The Hawkeye Ranch Center for Autism

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WE ARE EXCITED TO MEET YOU! Thank you for visiting Hawkeye Ranch's page and showing your support! Scroll down to meet our spokespeople, learn more about our supporters, and to become more informed about autism. To have some fun, watch the video of our spokesman Chris Fonseca, who tours around the world and campaigns for us along the way.



There were 23,000 babies born last year who will be diagnosed with autism. Because of a lack of public funding, when these children leave the school system their services, therapy and support are gone. We want to change that situation for the future generations of children and adults who are diagnosed with autism.

Our mission is to create a nationwide initiative to help young adults with autism continue their services and grow into a thriving adulthood. There are only 25 centers in the country to support this transition. The Hawkeye Ranch Center for Autism is number 26. It is only the beginning. Our goal is to have fifty centers by the time the children diagnosed with autism this year reach young adulthood.





I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself and our non-profit organization dedicated to helping families with autism and disabilities. We are an organization founded on the knowledge gained from the struggle to find services for our co-founder's grandson with autism.

Our mission to provide a future for one child with Autism expanded to one that would change the lives of hundreds. Hawkeye Ranch's program is being developed to provide real life training skills to children and adults. We are expanding to include day care assistance, respite, assisted living centers, scholarship funds, summer camp options and a wide variety of therapies by collaborating with other organizations with similar goals.

We are now in the process of opening Hawkeye Ranch, a non-profit 501(c)(3) living center for adults with an IQ over 70. This is the beginning of the vision. Currently, state and federal funding providing assistance to the families of children with autism ends when that child leaves the school system, leaving the family to shoulder the entire financial burden of providing care for the adults with autism for his/her entire life, creating a crisis situation for many families.

The vision of the center is to provide a community that can house assisted living, day-camps, knowledge centers, family respite, and updated therapies. The center will be staffed with highly qualified and trained professionals, who will provide exceptional life skill therapies and valuable services, including but not limited to life and Social Skill Instructions, Behavioral Therapy and a wide variety of Job Skills Training Therapies.

Respectfully,

Gregg Whelen Co-founder, President, and Director of Hawkeye Ranch 4164 Austin Bluffs pkwy #110 Colorado Springs 80918 (303)935-2822

The Hawkeye Ranch Center for Autism is one of the founding members of the Autism Awareness Alliance. Please learn more about the alliance hear on MySpace. Click to visit the Autism Awareness Alliance





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