ABOUT US
New Horizons provides counseling and specialized treatment to children and families throughout Texas. For over 50 years, we have been helping children who are suffering from emotional trauma due to abuse and neglect.
New Horizons Ranch and Center, Inc. is nationally accredited by the Council on Accreditation, demonstrating our commitment to high-performance standards and best practices for child welfare and behavioral health.
We are a Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) Certified Agency, and we incorporate the model into every aspect of treatment for the child. TBRI, developed by the Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development at Texas Christian University, is designed to meet the complex needs of vulnerable children.
OUR MISSION
Our mission is to keep kids first.
OUR PROGRAMS
The Ranch – An intensive, inpatient residential treatment center focused on helping children who are experiencing mental health issues and emotional, behavioral, and attachment difficulties related to being physically and sexually abused or neglected. Located south of Brownwood, Texas in Mills County. Learn more about The Ranch.
Audrey Grace House – A community-centered inpatient residential treatment center focused on helping children who are experiencing mental health issues and emotional, behavioral, and attachment difficulties related to being physically and sexually abused or neglected. Located in Abilene, Texas. Learn more about Audrey Grace House.
Foster Care and Adoption (Child Placing Agency) – We train and license foster and adoptive families to place children in their homes in and around the communities of Abilene, Brownwood, San Angelo, and Weatherford, Texas. Children and adolescents who need temporary care are placed in licensed homes to keep them connected to the community, family, and friends.
Children live in a safe and supportive family environment with additional structure while remaining in public school and involved in extra-curricular activities. Therapeutic and support services are provided to children in these settings. Learn more about Foster Care and Adoption
Free Counseling Services (FAYS) – We provide free, in-home and in-school counseling, support, and crisis intervention to families and youths who are experiencing conflict, school-related issues, legal offenses, or homelessness. Located in multiple Texas counties. Learn more about FAYS.
Family Center – We provide therapy services to children who are currently in the foster care system and their foster or biological families. Our Licensed Counselors offer individual, family, and group psychotherapy services, play-based therapy, and CANS Assessments. Our counselors are trained in Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) and apply TBRI techniques with both parents and children. Learn more about our Family Center.
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OUR PHILOSOPHY
New Horizons philosophy is based upon healthy and safe relationships. Relationship must be built in order to help children develop success and pride in themselves, high self esteem and to enjoy life as a child.
Staff help children explore the abandonment, neglect, abuse, trauma and/or issues behind the behavior that brought them into care. This allows them to find ways to deal with the issues so that their behaviors do not disrupt or destroy their lives.
CORE BELIEFS
The core belief and guiding principle for New Horizons is Children are First. Keeping kids first requires that every decision and action be motivated by and geared toward meeting the highest need of the individual child in care.
HISTORY
A LEGACY OF HEALING CHILDREN
New Horizons was founded in 1971 as a residential treatment center for emotionally disturbed boys on 150 acres in Goldthwaite, TX. A number of boys from a treatment center near Austin were taken on a camping trip, on the land that is presently “The Ranch” in Goldthwaite. They were so successful in the more open, individualistic environment that a decision was made to build a permanent residence.
Originally known as Camp Pecan Bayou, the name was changed to New Horizons in 1974. (This was the result of a group effort by the boys to decide on a name which better expressed the purpose and was easier to spell!) The first girl was admitted to the program in 1978.
FOSTER CARE / ADOPTION
New Horizons helps children and families in Texas through counseling, foster care, adoption, and residential treatment.
New Horizons Ranch and Center, Inc. DBA New Horizons is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization, tax identification 75-1530340.
New Horizons Ranch and Center, Inc. is nationally accredited by the Council on Accreditation, demonstrating our commitment to high-performance standards and best practices for child welfare and behavioral health.
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New Horizons helps children in Texas through counseling, foster care, adoption, and residential treatment.
New Horizons
147 Sayles Blvd.
Abilene, Texas 79605
(325) 437-1852
New Horizons Ranch and Center, Inc. DBA New Horizons is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization, tax identification 75-1530340.
New Horizons Ranch and Center, Inc. is nationally accredited by the Council on Accreditation, demonstrating our commitment to high-performance standards and best practices for child welfare and behavioral health.
MEMBER OF: