The document discusses The 180 Ranch, which is located east of Denver International Airport on 40 acres of land. The 180 Ranch aims to help men overcome addiction by providing housing for up to 120 beds and treating them so that they are mentally and emotionally healthy as well as socially adjusted and spiritually alive. The Teen Challenge program, on which The 180 Ranch is modeled, has had over a 50% success rate in helping people live drug and alcohol free lives with high employment rates after graduating. The document advocates for the work of The 180 Ranch to help address the significant problems of prescription drug abuse and deaths in Colorado.

1. Visible Physical
Miracles Happen
Here
The 180 Ranch

2. Addressing
real issues
requires
more than
a Band-Aid.

3. Emancipation
from mental
slavery doesn’t
fit into a 20
second sound
bite.

6. 1) Mentally-sound
2) Emotionally-balanced
3) Socially-adjusted
4) Physically-well
5) Spiritually-alive

7. Teen Challenge success rate of
consistently more than 5O%, which has
been documented:
 Teen Challenge alumni have a 67%
success rate in living a drug and alcohol
free lifestyle
 Employed at a far higher rate (90%
full time employment

8. 2nd in the nation for prescription
drug abuse
Half of drug related deaths
between 2003 & 2008 were
prescription drugs
3x as many Coloradoans died from
prescription drugs than drunk
driving

9. 40 Acres—
east of DIA airport
- Existing Housing for 16
- Development for 100-120 beds added (24-36 mos)
We don't believe
the only goal is to
get these men free
from addiction, but
prepare them to
live a full life.
The 180 Ranch
Induction Center for Men

10. Reaching addicts takes
a team effort
My commitment to
my team of partners is:
Work diligently with excellence
reaching these men
Regularly give specific updates
from students that are being
sponsored & program updates
I will join our students &
staff praying for you

11. “I told the man I love that I’d
rather be alone than have the
father of my children be an addict.
The year apart was one of the
toughest in my life, but I would not
trade it for anything. Thanks Teen
Challenge for my husband and my
daughter’s father.”
Graduates Spouse