Buckeye Ranch Inc – Grove City

If I could put zero stars I would they treat us like literal garbage your mental health is going to be very unhealthy being there, would literally rather kill myself then go back there they allowed a staff to call me… his baby and babygirl and did nothing about it even after he put his hands on me they yelled at me when I expressed my feelings about that and continued to let him work with me knowing he made me uncomfortable

I was at The Buckeye Ranch in 2021 and was terrified going in because I didn’t know what to expect. From the moment I arrived, the staff made me feel welcomed and safe. Camille, Jessica, Devyn, and Miranda truly stood… out, they were incredibly kind, supportive, and helped me more than they’ll ever know. I was only there for three months, but with the staff’s help and my own determination, I met my goals and became a better version of myself. I still think about this place often, and one day I hope to work here to help other kids the way I was helped.

I was at the buckeye ranch back in 2005... i use to think life was over when i nevwr wven realized or witnessed qhat real life was about or about to become... i know there were 3 staff i loved dearly ... justin was a… great role model for me !!! Then theres miss tina !! She was like my mom there she actually gor fired when i was there because they said she was to kuch of a mom figure -_- to certain kids smh... then there was brandi hodges ... i hated her so bad at forst because she use to think crazy things about miss tina.. either way i grew to love her too. Cause it felt like she was all i had being there that long... an eith other staff leaving... i would love to just give miss brandi Hodges flowers an to thank her ... 😘

The buckeye ranch taught me to never give up and be a stronger version of myself. I miss some of the staff. I miss my clinician and I miss being in the groups and being able to not only fix myself but see my peers and… their perspectives on things. I messed up a lot there but I held strong

DO THEY LET YOU STAY UP LATE

In 2013, this place had its issues, but helped me tremendously… though there were three multi-repeat residents in my unit, alone. It was the most disheartening experience to interview there and to see the units now.… They are not even a shell of what they used to be. The lights were all off in one unit, only one light filtering from the small office window, with residents standing around taking turns playing music on an iPod. No more furniture making it a warm environment fit for healing, except for uncomfortable looking chairs and one table. This all would have NEVER happened in 2013 - we would have been engaged in activities, learning new coping skills, or talking with staff. Pomegranate got shut down, and the Buckeye ranch I’m certain will be after them in the next 10-15 years, hopefully less. If you have had a bad experience here, please report it to the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services. Take your kids to children’s hospital if they are in need of help.

this place was a joke, i definitely got more trauma than help being here. i witnessed another resident cutting themselves and trying to hang themselves in front of me. a lot of drugs got on my unit “nelson” which was… also a co-ed unit and a transgender male gave me fake pills and me and another female od. we both almost died and it was so scary. i felt very uncomfortable around the staff, at lot of staff made racial remarks to me and there was a group of boys who jumped a old lady and stole her car. she was a sweet lady too. it’s a messed up crazy place. no stabilty. felt like jdc kinda and i was there before. i was there in 2022/2023

I used to go to there. It’s a great place.

NEVER GO HERE !!

This place was like something out of a horror film for me. I was here for years. I try very hard to forget about my experience in The Buckeye Ranch’s residential program. I feel like I need to speak up about my personal… experiences and things I had to witness while in this facility, I’d like to prevent any child from going through what I had to endure. I also would like to point out that there are many other ways to help your children without sending them away, if you do please take into consideration that they may leave this place with more issues and more trauma than they had to begin with. Just top 5 experiences I had to live through 1. Molested by another patient there 2. Witnessed staff abusing another patient 3. Witnessed many very brutal suicide attempts 4. Was jumped and attacked by other patients 5. Privacy did not exist, yes your minor child will be repeatedly strip searched in front of multiple adult staff it’s a requirement, I was even watched while showering. There’s so many more things wrong with this place and because of it I’ll never fully be ok again, you truly lose all sense of dignity in this place. Have more questions reach out. If you went through this, reach out, maybe we can help others.

If I could give this place zero stars I would I was there for two years only maybe two or three staff never gave up on me and they all got fired but the bad staff stayed one he sat there and watched me choke on a piece… of really hard plastic cause I tried to cut my insides and It was stuck in my wind pipe and all they say is your doing that for attention I'm sorry but they don't know what went through my head that was from 2015 to 2017 so I would never send my daughter there she will never be in places like that

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They're not going to help anything they literally sit back and allow the kids to do what they want, for example, they give them computers to do their school work on and my child isn't doing his school work and when we… asked whats the consequences they said they can't monitor every child and that they fail school but still allow them to have the computer! He is having issues with his relationship with his father which is 1 reason he's there to begin with! and I thought they would help by maybe having a few sessions over video chat but no they allow him to make all the decisions like where tf did I send my child? While y'all over here collecting a check for absolutely nothing. DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND LOOK ELSEWHERE

Staff was very nice doin some construction so beware

I sent my daughter there and she run away, and thé workers can't put their hand on them that's why my daughter was running away Everytime. Like their horrible. The supervision is just plain horrible.

My name is Melissa I Kno my husband did like 9 months there when he was 15 he spent the last 10 years in prison. He wants to be a role model to kids like him growing up. He has so much knowledge and good to show and… give back . Would there be any chance he could come work with the buckeye ranch after everything he has been threw . I would love to hear your thoughts and opinions on this topic ...

Staff seems nice

I am very disappointed with my experience at the buckeye ranch. In fairness, I had intended go to the "Bucky Ranch," which is the name of friend Henry's house in New Orleans. That was my mistake. But I still didn't have… a great time here. It didn't meat my needs or expectations.

The staff in the houses aren't very good too the kids. Calling the kids names while trying to have a phone call. Won't get a good behavior out of that kind of treatment for the kids.