2002-2003 Annual Report

Rancho San Antonio

Rancho San Antonio operates a Job and Career Training Center and offers urban survival classes, which teach participants how to live independently, get and keep a job and manage their money. Rancho San Antonio, a residential treatment facility located in Chatsworth, provides a comprehensive range of services for 106 adolescent boys, ages 13 to 17. Clients, who are juvenile offenders and placed at Rancho San Antonio by the courts, take part in four phases of care designed to promote change: Intensive Residential is the campus-based program focused on accountability, responsibility, job skills training, educational needs, life skills training and a reality-based approach to living; Emancipation Preparation work begins on campus and transfers ultimately to two community-based group homes. The goal of this phase is to give each resident an opportunity to develop skills necessary for independent living; Rancho’s After Care provides three to nine months of community-based follow-up services to all graduates; and The Transitional Housing Program is a post-placement program for youth, 18 years and over, who have no place to live and have need for transitional services.

Specialized drug treatment and sex offender programs, as well as responsibility training, value clarification and life recovery services, are offered through daily group therapy, family treatment and situational counseling. 2003 marks the 50th anniversary of the arrival of the Holy Cross Brothers at Rancho San Antonio. As brothers in the Congregation of Holy Cross, they have devoted their lives to the education of youth in schools, colleges and in boys’ homes, such as Rancho San Antonio. Brother John Crowe, CSC, has been Director of Rancho San Antonio since 1970.

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