Mount Carmel Youth Ranch (MTCYR)
is a non-profit organization founded in 1993 that uses real life
experiences on a 40,000-acre ranch to impact young men. Those visiting
Mount Carmel Youth Ranch may fly into Cody, Wyoming or Billings,
Montana. The remote location coupled with the raw beauty of the western
United States immediately impacts families who are considering this
ranch.
Most young men face a new reality when removed from familiar
surroundings and confronted with wilderness, nature and a different
perspective of the creation all around them. This wilderness setting
provides a catholic faith-based focus that helps mend a young man’s
relationships with his family and his world while building a moral
conscience. At Mount Carmel Youth Ranch a threefold focus on body, mind
and spirit deliver changes that last a life time. MTCYR believes in its
process to such an extent that they guarantee the success of their
MTCYR Wilderness Therapy-Frontier and Long Term Programs.
Mount Carmel Youth Ranch serves young men between the ages of 12-17.
Mount Carmel Youth Ranch processes applications year round, in as
little as three to five days. The programs vary in length from ninety
days to eighteen months based on individual needs. Mount Carmel Youth
Ranch has confidence that the Frontier Program and School make a
positive impact on the young men attending their programs. Should a
young man have a relapse after completing the eighteen month long term
and Wilderness/Frontier program, Mount Carmel Youth Ranch offers the
Frontier Therapy Intervention Program to him free of charge for twenty
one days.
Mount Carmel Youth Ranch accepts applicants with addiction, behavioral
and life style issues. Mount Carmel Youth Ranch offers to dispense
medication in a controlled and secure environment that allows families
to have peace of mind. All young men are required to attend regular
church services weekly. MTCYR models the Catholic family, however all
faiths are accepted and respected.
School attendance may or may not be required based on the term of the
program. Mount Carmel Youth Ranch uses the nationally accredited Seton
Home Study Program, Christian-based and the Nationally Accepted Our
Lady of the Rosary home study program which offers complete teacher
services, texts, lesson plans, workbooks, tests, grading and diplomas.
The state of Wyoming Department of Family Services licenses Mount Carmel Youth Ranch
as a group home. Mount Carmel Youth Ranch is a non-profit organization
with a governing board of directors. All Mount Carmel Youth Ranch fees
cover in-house counseling, tutoring, twenty four hour supervision,
room and board, and personal hygiene products, as well as horses,
saddle and all tack used during the stay at the ranch.
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