News and Highlights

• Join Us for the Raney Hall Ribbon Cutting, June 13

  05/15/2026

  Join us at the Arkansas Sheriffs’ Youth Ranches for a Ribbon Cutting and Open House for our newest home, Raney Hall—Saturday, June 13 at 11am.  Raney Hall is named in recognition of the Raney family of Ozark, Arkansas, whose extraordinarily generous gift funded the construction of a new home that will provide safe, loving homes for children at the Arkansas Sheriffs’ Youth Ranches. We are so grateful to the Raney family for making this dream home a reality for the Ranch, and we look forward to celebrating this important milestone for the organization with some of our closest friends. WHAT: Raney Hall Ribbon Cutting and Open … Continue reading →

• Laura Landreaux to Receive 2026 Arkansas Children’s Award

  05/04/2026

  31st Annual Arkansas Children’s Award Dinner For 31 years, Arkansas Sheriffs’ Youth Ranches has recognized Arkansans who have made outstanding contributions to create better opportunities for Arkansas children. These Arkansans personify in word and deed the ideals of the Ranch, and hundreds gather each year to pay tribute to their dedication at the Arkansas Children’s Award Dinner. This year, we are excited to present the 31st annual Arkansas Children’s Award to Laura Landreaux, a generous advocate for building brighter futures for Arkansas youth. A Little Rock native, Laura Landreaux was raised by parents who instilled in her a deep commitment … Continue reading →

• 50 Years of Home at Arkansas Sheriffs’ Youth Ranches

  04/27/2026

  On Saturday, April 18, current and former Ranchers, houseparents, and board members, as well as sheriffs and supporters from across Arkansas and beyond gathered to celebrate 50 years of home at the Arkansas Sheriffs’ Youth Ranches. We had a short program looking back on our past 50 years featuring the daughter of founding sheriff Mike Grady, Mischelle Thiels, past board president Phyllis Worley, current board member Larry Stone, Independence County Sheriff Shawn Stephens, and Rancher #1 Roger Wright. After the program, everyone enjoyed a catfish lunch on the grounds with all the fixin’s, 50th birthday cupcakes, and cotton candy and shaved ice for the kids (and … Continue reading →

• There’s still time to make a difference in 2025!

  12/29/2025

  As we look back at our 49th year at the Arkansas Sheriffs’ Youth Ranches, we are grateful for YOU! Here are some ways you helped us accomplish BIG things in 2025. In May, we gathered with some of our closest friends and supporters and celebrated a ribbon cutting for our newest home, Beebe Hall! After years of planning, fundraising, and a year of building, this new home was a long time in the making and a welcome sight to behold. And because the need for this new home was so great, Beebe Hall welcomed a whole housefull of new Ranchers within weeks. And … Continue reading →

• Help Make Christmas Merry and Bright for our Ranchers

  12/10/2025

  You can help make Christmas merry & bright for our Ranch boys and girls this year! Christmas can be the most wonderful time of year and, at the same time, the most painful time for some our Ranch boys and girls. It may be hard to imagine, but for some of our Ranchers, this year will be the first time they ever receive a single Christmas gift. They will be overjoyed! For others, the holidays are a time when they miss their family of origin, even if they experienced abuse and neglect in those homes. Emotions can swing wildly this … Continue reading →