HOPE YOUTH RANCH INC
Transforming Lives & Restoring Families
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Private K-12 School for Autistic Children
HOPE Youth Ranch, Inc through its d.b.a. HOPE Ranch Learning Academy has provided K-12, specialized therapeutic education to children with developmental and learning disabilities since 2005. We use a holistic approach to strengthen the entire person. Our focus is to make the student a success by maximizing their full potential through individualized academic plans, using horses in the therapeutic and motivational process, partnering with research and teaching foundations to remain in the forefront of best practices for autism, employing licensed and experience educators, and collaboration with other nonprofits to offer specialized therapeutic services.
Where we work
Awards
Community Hero 2012
Tampa Bay Lightening Foundation
Outstanding Youth Organization 2014
West Pasco Chamber of Commerce
Community Hero 2014
Wells Fargo Bank
Outstanding Community Organization 2013
UPS Foundation
Technology for Social Good Award 2014
J.P. MORGAN CHASE BANK
Non-Profit of the Year in Education 2016
Tampabay Business Journal
Overall Non-Profit of the Year 2016
Tampabay Business Journal
Best of Hudson - Mental Health Services 2018
Hudson Award Program
School of Excellence 2019
Step Up For Students
Affiliations & memberships
Department of Human Services 2013
Association of Programs for Rural Independent Living 2014
Fla Dept of Agriculture Solicitation Certificate 2019
External reviews

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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of teachers involved in school-wide decisions about student learning
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Private K-12 School for Autistic Children
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Number of Lead Teachers actively participating in school-wide student learning decision such as curriculum planning, lesson planning, standardized testing, award recognition requirements.
Number of students showing improvement in test scores
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Private K-12 School for Autistic Children
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Improvement to test scores as measured by changes in the Norm-Reference testing conducted yearly at each of the campuses. This is based on our School District report showing improvement rates.
Number of students per teacher during the reporting period
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Private K-12 School for Autistic Children
Type of Metric
Context - describing the issue we work on
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Number of students receiving personal instruction and feedback about their performance
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Private K-12 School for Autistic Children
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
These are students participating in the norm-reference testing and individualized lesson planning.
Number of students at or above a 90% attendance rate
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Private K-12 School for Autistic Children
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Total number of students (cumulative) across all campuses achieving 91% or better attendance rate for the year.
Number of family members participating in school activities
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Private K-12 School for Autistic Children
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Number of families that participate in major school activities (fundraisers, plays, award ceremonies)
Number of students who receive scholarship funds and/or tuition assistance
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Private K-12 School for Autistic Children
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Number of students receiving scholarship funds from McKay or Gardiner for students with learning disabilities.
Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Our aim is to make every person we serve become successful by achieving their full potential. We aim to maximize the full potential of the autistic child into adulthood. Using a growth mindset, we want to impart on the students that learning is a life long process and new skills can be acquired throughout their lifetime.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
As an organization we are to network closely with funding sources, community organizations, parents, legislators, and other stake holders to monitor and predict market trend. By predicting these trends, we can strategically prepare and modify the organization as needed to maintain our competitive and creative edge. Strategically, we are to remain as flat an organization as possible with well integrated leadership and managerial functions allowing for decision making on a timely basis and in line with rules, regulations, and requirements. Strategic and synergistic associations are made with other non-profit organizations to enhance our ability to provide a more complete service delivery system creating a "one stop" therapeutic setting.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Internally our people is our number one resource for success. These individuals serve a common service culture and are committed to a mission bigger than themselves. Internally we embrace constant training and see planned change as an integral part of our organizational culture to ensure we stay in the forefront of our industry.
Externally we form strong support bonds with our local and national community through utilization of every network avenue available to us. Quantifying our strength, listening for areas of needs, and proactively asking ourselves what we can do to be cost effective in delivering the desired outcomes. Additionally, we seek to have external, third party validation of our service and deliverable to ensure that what we are claiming in terms of success are indeed real.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Sine our inception in 2004, our financial performance has increased from a yearly revenue of $50,000 to now close to $2,000,000. Services continue to expand from 1 campus to now 3 campuses across the county serving over 120 students. Employee base for serving over 120 consumers and their supporting families has grown from 4 employees to currently 45 to include PhD, MS, BS and AA degree as well as non-degree individuals. Strategic and synergistic associations are made with other non-profit organizations to enhance our ability to provide a more complete service at one location. Strategic cooperation with research foundations allows us to remain in the forefront of best practices to serve the autistic population in our programs.
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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HOPE YOUTH RANCH INC
Board of directorsas of 09/24/2020
Dr. Jim Pickens
House of Faith
Term: 2011 -
Dr. Kenneth Boaz
International Church of Clearwater
Term: 2006 -
Ken Boaz
International Church of Clearwater
Fernando Arroyo
Palm Harbor Pediatrics
Beverly Plummer
Pasco County
Jaque Coffee
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes