Skylight Respite Ranch, Inc.

The mission of Skylight Respite Ranch is to prevent adoption dissolution and/or disruption by offering short term respite care and advanced parenting training for families with adopted children.

Skylight Respite Ranch will provide respite care for adopted children (primarily) ages 8-17 on a working ranch for up to two weeks while parents learn more effective ways of managing their children’s behavior and prepare for their children’s return home. Families who need respite care services are generally on their own to find friends or family members who are willing to care for their children. Often the children’s behaviors are so severe that friends and family are unwilling to care for the children. Occasionally the state will pay for respite care services, but usually that just entails finding a foster family that is willing to take the child for a few days. It does not include specialized activities for the children or education for the parents. Often behaviors become so severe that children require hospitalization or residential treatment. Our goal is to provide a higher level of respite care for children, and education for parents to help prevent the need for residential treatment. If after two weeks at our respite ranch families are not ready to be reunited, residential treatment may become necessary, but we hope to prevent that need as often as possible. We believe that our services will fill a great need in the adoption community.