Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches Residential Care Program

Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches Residential Care includes activities such as swimming, baseball, volleyball, canoeing, arts and crafts, and other recreation activities. Youth also attend school, can have an on-campus job, and take part in chapel services as part of the program’s four-pillar philosophy of Work, Study, Play and Pray, using a family model with a “mom and pop” in a cottage with the youth.

• Ages: 3–18 years old

Founded in 1957, the Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches has a statewide network of residential campuses and summer camps and is credited with helping more than 190,000 children and families in Florida. Staff in this residential child care program are trained in Trust Based Relational Intervention (TBRI). Youth Ranch Safety Harbor is home to sibling groups who need a place to grow up in a safe environment as a family. The Mission of the Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches is to prevent delinquency and develop resilient, productive, and law-abiding citizens. The Don Genung Training and Resource Center equips law enforcement, teachers, biological, adoptive, and foster parents, churches, and systems of care with Trauma-Informed Care Services, including employee training, TBRI evidence-based trainings, and implementation strategies to help create trauma informed communities.

Last updated June 1, 2026.