Smiling Goat Ranch (SGR) provides the healing power of horses, movement, nature, and a caring community to people with neuropsychiatric conditions, including autism, anxiety, depression, PTSD, grief, trauma, and recovery using the Horse Boy Method and Movement Method. Our programs are free for families in need, ensuring no one is turned away due to financial barriers.
SGR fills a critical gap in our valley by providing accessible, no-cost mental health programs for individuals and families facing autism, PTSD, anxiety, depression, ADHD, grief, and recovery challenges. As traditional therapy becomes increasingly costly and inaccessible, SGR offers a proven, whole-family alternative rooted in evidence-based, animal-assisted therapeutic interventions, movement, and nature.
For over 10 years, SGR has served the community free of charge, ensuring no family or veteran is turned away due to financial barriers. Through structured therapeutic sessions with trained therapy animals, participants build emotional regulation, trust, and resilience in ways conventional clinical settings often cannot replicate.
Now entering our second decade, our vision is a sustainable, clinically integrated organization where every person who needs mental health support can access it—regardless of income—within a compassionate, community-centered environment.
Funding will support integrating licensed clinical mental health services directly into SGR’s existing programming, including contracting a licensed mental health professional for clinical oversight and individual sessions, implementing standardized intake assessments and outcome-tracking tools, and investing in staff training to strengthen trauma-informed practices across all programs.
