Residential Psychiatric Treatment
and Education for Children
Christ-Centered Care for Children in North Dakota
Residential Therapy and Care for Children
With emotional, behavioral, or trauma-related challenges.
Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch is a forward-thinking nonprofit organization dedicated to providing a safe and nurturing environment where children facing emotional, behavioral, educational, and trauma-related challenges can grow, learn, and thrive. With a compassionate team of professionals, evidence-based therapies, and trauma-focused initiatives, the Ranch is committed to transforming lives and building brighter futures.
At the Ranch, we don't ask our kids, "What is wrong with you?" but "What happened to you?" Seeing our children through a lens of grace and mercy allows us to walk with them through their pain, and help them become their best selves.
Child and Adolescent Residential Treatment
A place of healing for children and adolescents facing emotional, behavioral, and trauma-related challenges.
Trauma-Responsive Education
Supporting students with complex learning needs due to psychiatric, behavioral, and trauma-related issues.
Outpatient
Mental Health Care
Outpatient mental health care for children, adolescents, adults, and families facing complex mental and behavioral health issues.
Thrift Stores
Local thrift stores for a great cause. In addition to providing funding for children’s mental and emotional well-being, Ranch thrift stores are positive, productive, and compassionate members of the community.
Donate
Share your love with a child at the Ranch. Your tax-deductible gift helps children and families experience expert care, lasting healing, and the love of Jesus.
About Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch
We are a place of healing for children and adolescents in North Dakota. At Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch, children have access to resources they can't get anywhere else. Our on-site clinical staff includes therapists, nurses, psychologists, addiction counselors, occupational therapists, and a psychiatrist.
In addition to Residential Treatment Facilities in Fargo, Bismarck, and Minot, the Ranch provides Outpatient Psychiatric and Psychological Services, and Spiritual Life Programs. Our on-campus school, Dakota Memorial School (DMS), provides a personalized education for kids who have psychiatric, behavioral, and trauma issues.
“We all communicate so much better. I honestly don’t know where we would be without the Ranch, because that seems to have given us all a reset–just that breather we needed to build our skills so we could come back together and function as a family.”
– Melanie, Parent of a Former Ranch Resident
Ariel’s Story
Ariel, a former Ranch resident, is back at the Ranch with a unique opportunity to help kids who struggle with many of the same challenges she did. Ariel has worked directly with our kids, on the Facilities Maintenance team, and is now working as the Marketing and Content Specialist for our Thrift Stores, raising awareness and helping to raise funds for the wraparound care we provide.
"I am grateful that I was a resident," Ariel said. "I'm grateful for the skills I developed while I was at the Ranch. I see how it helps me now as an adult." Ariel believes in the kids at the Ranch and appreciates the opportunity she has to make their lives better. "These kids deserve every chance in the world to have a restart at life."
Local Treatment,
Nationally Recognized
The Ranch has been recognized statewide and nationally as a leader in innovative, evidence-based adolescent treatment programs. Our psychiatrist, psychologists, therapists, and educators are experts dedicated to transforming young lives by maintaining the highest standards in residential treatment and care.
Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, an international, independent, nonprofit accreditor of health and human services. Accredited organizations must meet defined international standards of quality in health and human services.
Dakota Memorial School, the Ranch's on-campus school, is accredited by COGNIA, a global nonprofit that provides comprehensive accreditation, evaluating every element of the school—policies, programs, practices, learning environments, and cultural dynamics—to ensure accredited schools meet the needs of every learner.
Get in Touch
Do you have questions about residential treatment, outpatient therapy, education, Ranch thrift stores, or donating to the Ranch?
Contact us today by completing the contact form.