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An Alternative to a Group Home for Girls in Austin

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A clinical sanctuary where we treat the root of her pain

Action-based healing through OT and life skills on our ranch

Family focus with weekly sessions and on-site weekends

If you’re searching for a group home for girls in Austin, you’re taking a difficult step for any parent. If your home has turned into a cycle of stress and unsafe choices, we can help you breathe again.

Roots Renewal Ranch is a specialized alternative to standard group homes, providing girls 13–17 with the structure, therapy, and school support they need to heal. We focus on the root of the struggle, ensuring that when she returns home, your entire family is stronger and more connected.

Moving beyond typical teen group homes in Austin

Many Austin families search for group homes when their daughter is stuck in a cycle of crisis:

  • Emotional shutdown or intense anxiety
  • Heavy depression or a loss of interest in life
  • Academic failure and school-related stress
  • Unsafe patterns with substances or self-harm
  • Constant family arguments and broken trust

But when weekly therapy isn’t enough, she needs more than a place to stay—she needs a clinical reset.

We specialize in complex trauma, going under the surface of anxiety and substance use to treat underlying emotional pain. We help girls move from survival mode to a convicted belief that they are worthy and enough.

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How are we different from a traditional group home?

How we get to the root of the problem and rebuild her future:

  • Intentional healing: We guide girls through 8 clinical focus weeks, tackling themes like shame and vulnerability, boundaries, and grief.
  • The OT advantage: Our occupational therapy program bridges the gap between talking and living in the real world. Girls practice budgeting, cooking, and social confidence daily.
  • High-level medical care: We have nurses on-site daily and a psychiatric evaluation within the first 48 hours to ensure her body is as supported as her mind.

Is our ranch the right fit for your daughter?

Families searching for group homes for girls in Austin are often dealing with more than one issue. Our program supports adolescent girls dealing with

  • Trauma, anxiety, or depression
  • Impulsive choices or emotional shutdown
  • Constant family conflict and tension
  • Substance use tied to internal hurt
  • School struggles or risky peer groups

Your daughter is more than a set of symptoms. We design a unique care plan that addresses her specific challenges and focuses on her strengths to ensure lasting progress.

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Building healthy habits in our group home for girls

Our goal is to help your daughter build skills she can use long after she leaves. At our ranch, girls follow a steady daily rhythm that replaces chaos with a sense of home:

  • Balanced sleep, movement, and meal routines
  • Stronger boundaries and wiser decision-making
  • Better communication to heal relationships
  • New ways to cope with stress and manage big emotions
  • A clear transition plan for returning home

We focus on healing the root of the problem so your family can find lasting peace.

Healing through connection and creative expression

Girls heal best when they are outside and part of a community. Your daughter won’t just sit in a chair and talk—she will practice life skills every day. She’ll spend time in therapy, connect with our animals, and explore our ranch. Through art, music, and coaching, she will rediscover her strengths. We’ll help her build a deep belief that she is worthy and enough.

Professional medical and psychiatric care

Girls often need extra support for sleep, mood, or focus. We do the heavy lifting of medical management so you can focus on being her parent.

  • Daily on-site nurses
  • Psychiatric assessments
  • Safe medication support
  • Clinical evaluations and labs
  • Home-cooked, healthy meals prepared by our chef and shared with staff

If you’re comparing group homes in Austin, our level of clinical care provides the peace of mind you’ve been searching for.

Daily life at the ranch

Chaos is replaced by a calm, predictable rhythm built on the healthy mind platter for mental well-being.

A typical day includes a Morning Huddle, focused Roots Reads time, and hands-on animal time with our donkey, Alfredo. Our executive chef prepares healthy, scratch-made meals that our staff and girls eat together, creating a true sense of community and family belonging.

Over time, this healthy routine helps her

  • Think clearly before responding
  • Stay steady even when things feel difficult
  • Build self-worth one successful day at a time
  • Master tools for long-term stability

Rebuilding the family system together

You are the “secret sauce” to your daughter’s success. We don’t shut you out; we partner with you. You will participate in weekly family therapy and have access to our Family Trail Guide app.

Our Family Intensive Weekends allow you to join us on the ranch for immersive training, ensuring that when she graduates, the entire family has a shared language for peace at home.

Maintaining academic progress

Many families worry about credits and falling behind. We protect your daughter’s academic progress by building school into her weekly rhythm.

  • Dedicated school hours built into her day
  • Guidance in using her school’s online platform
  • Flexible options for credit recovery or virtual learning
  • Regular parent updates on her school progress
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Building confidence through action

Girls start to believe in themselves again when they succeed at new things. Along with therapy and school, life on the ranch includes

  • Team-building and ropes courses to build trust
  • Gardening and animal care to practice nurturing
  • Archery and hiking across our beautiful setting
  • Service projects that give her a sense of purpose
  • Life skills learned through active, daily routines

These experiences help your daughter feel capable. She will build a deep belief that she is enough as she connects with nature and her peers.

Planning for a successful transition home

Graduation is just the beginning. We provide a 90-day aftercare bridge to ensure your daughter’s new habits stick when she returns home.

This includes a personalized reintegration plan, weekly alumni peer groups, and ongoing coaching through our private mobile app. We stay by your side to make sure her transition home is stable and successful.

A Texas ranch that gives Austin families room to reset

Sometimes the best way to heal is to give your daughter a quiet place to reset away from the city. Many families find that our ranch is the perfect step up from the typical group home for girls in Austin. We offer professional therapy and fresh air routines in a safe, Texas setting.

Staying close to home makes family healing easier. We help your daughter build new habits so she can return to Austin with the skills to succeed.

FAQs about our group home for girls in Austin

Treatment does not end on discharge day. We provide a 90-day aftercare bridge to prevent the transition gap. Aftercare planning includes transition guidance, reintegration support, and coordination with providers. Your daughter will have access to weekly alumni groups and the Roots app for support. Because our occupational therapy program teaches her real-world skills like budgeting and emotional regulation while she’s here, she returns home with the “muscle memory” needed to handle life’s daily stresses.

Roots is not a “basic supervision” group home. We provide a bio-psycho-social-spiritual clinical reset. We don’t just watch your daughter; we treat the complex trauma that drives her behavior. With daily rhythms built on the Healthy Mind Platter, she receives a balance of intensive therapy, physical activity, and down time to help her nervous system heal.

We use evidence-based therapies like DBT, CBT, and EMDR. We also use ART (accelerated resolution therapy) to help girls process trauma quickly and effectively. Our 8-week clinical focus curriculum ensures she isn’t just talking—she is working through specific themes like shame resilience and boundary setting to prepare for a successful return to Austin.

Yes. Education is one of the seven key areas of our daily Healthy Mind Platter. She will spend approximately 2.5 hours a day in our on-site classroom. We work with her home campus or programs like the Texas Virtual School Network to ensure she earns the credits she needs while focusing on her emotional health.

Roots stays in contact with families throughout the process. Parents receive regular communication, updates on progress, and guidance as treatment unfolds. The goal is to reduce the feeling of being in the dark and help families understand what is improving, what still needs work, and how to prepare for the next step.

Roots works with teen girls facing mental health, trauma, substance use, self-harming behaviors, school problems, and family breakdown. Many girls arrive with more than one issue happening at the same time. Rather than treating each problem separately, we look at the full picture so care can be more accurate, more personal, and more useful.

We believe the family is the secret sauce to lasting change. You aren’t just an observer. You are a partner. In addition to weekly family therapy, you will use our Family Trail Guide app and join us for Family Intensive Weekends. This hands-on training ensures you and your daughter have a shared language and new habits before she leaves the ranch.

Talk with admissions about a group home alternative for girls in Austin

If you’re looking for a group home for girls near Austin, Texas, we can help you understand your options and next steps.

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