Causes: Children & Youth, Crime & Law, Family Counseling, Foster Care, Mental Health, Mental Health Disorders, Youth Violence Prevention
Mission: Being dependent on God, Rawhide's mission is to develop beneficial environments so at-risk and delinquent youth and their families can build healthy, life-changing relationships, and become responsible individuals.
Results: In 2020, more than 745 lives were impacted through our residential and community counseling services. We had 110 clients who attended CHAPS Equine-Assisted Therapy sessions. Sixty-five percent of discharged residential youth return to a safe, less restrictive environment and 85% of youth do not re-enter the child welfare system again six months after returning home. More than 6,700 vehicles were donated to Rawhide to raise money for at-risk youth. More than
Target demographics: at-risk youth and their families
Direct beneficiaries per year: 745 youth in 38 Wisconsin counties
Geographic areas served: Wisconsin
Programs: residential care and mental health services for troubled youth and their families through counseling, equine-assisted therapy, education, community service and work experience training.