Building Brighter Futures: Joel's Story (School-Based Mental Health Services)

At Binns Elementary, Principal Joel Grant has seen The Buckeye Ranch’s School-Based Mental Health services inspire hope in the lives of countless youth and families at his school.
Access to mental health services in a school setting are so critical to opening doors and opportunity for kids in our community. Thanks to partnering with The Buckeye Ranch, his students have learned critical emotional regulation skills from their clinician, Jacqueline.
Thanks to those skills, he has not only seen students able to focus better but he has seen an overall improvement in their confidence levels and minutes spent learning in the classroom for all. Thank you, Principal Joel, for your commitment to building brighter futures for youth in our community!
The Buckeye Ranch is a private, non-profit provider that has been serving children and families in Ohio for over 60 years. Opening in 1961 as a treatment center for 10 young men, it has now transitioned into a leading provider of emotional, behavioral and mental health services for children and families in Ohio. Each day, more than 2,350 youth are in The Buckeye Ranch’s care, receiving services designed to help them become successful within their families, schools and communities. With 6 locations and over 550 dedicated team members, a number of successful mental health services and programs across our four service lines - Child Welfare Services, Community-Based and Education Mental Health Services, Residential Treatment Services, and Integrated Care Services - are operated for youth and families across the state.