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Arivaca Boys Ranch is an Arizona residential treatment center for teenage boys near Arivaca. A 2010 StrugglingTeens profile described it as a ranch program for boys ages 13-17, and later legal materials described treatment at Arivaca Boys Ranch as care at an Arizona-licensed residential treatment center (StrugglingTeens archive, JML Law).
Advocacy sources identify Arivaca Boys Ranch as opening in 2007 and describe it as a behavior-modification program with Christian elements. Those sources also report survivor allegations and asserted historical links to WWASP-related program models; those claims are attributed to advocacy sources rather than to official findings (r/troubledteens wiki).
In 2026, a federal court approved a $1.415 million ERISA mental-health parity class-action settlement involving United Behavioral Health coverage denials. The named plaintiff's dependent had received treatment at Arivaca Boys Ranch; the settlement concerned insurance coverage parity rather than a finding about the quality of care at the ranch (JML Law).