Admissions Process

Placement at Teen Challenge Adventure Ranch begins with an initial consultation call with our program specialists. During this call, we take the time to discuss your teens’ personal, medical, and legal history while sharing details about our facility and care team to help you make an informed decision about care.

Our compassionate admissions team will talk with you as you decide if residential treatment is the right choice for your teen and your family. 

We work with most insurance companies. If Teen Challenge Adventure Ranch is a good fit for your family’s needs, the next step is to run a verification of benefits (VOB) to determine policy coverage for services and provide a realistic estimate for your out-of-pocket costs associated with care.

Next, you will complete a program application which provides for more extensive documentation of treatment needs as well as personal, legal, and medical history for the applicant. This step provides our care teams with the information they need to assess and ensure a good fit, where treatment will benefit the teen and the family seeking care.

Once a completed application has been submitted, our care team will work diligently to review the application and proceed with approval or denial as quickly as possible. We understand that your need for placement is urgent. Please allow enough time so that we can ensure the right support is in place before we begin making plans to admit. During this time, our admissions team will facilitate additional communication to obtain medical records, academic records, and other types of documentation as needed.

If you would like to schedule a campus tour, we can accommodate an in-person or virtual tour with one of our admissions team members. This can allow parents an opportunity to see our facility and gain a better understanding of the impact that our Christ-centered environment can have during treatment and recovery.

If approved for placement, you will work with the admissions team to schedule your family’s intake day. This process may require several phone calls and emails to facilitate communication and prepare your family to admit your teen. Intake day can be very stressful. It’s our goal to make the transition as seamless as possible, ensuring that you leave with all the information you need and that you know that your teen is in a safe place. On intake day, family’s typically spend at least a half-day on campus completing an intake orientation.