Rainbow Acres sits on a ranch-style property in Camp Verde, Arizona, at 2120 W. Reservation Loop Rd., and serves adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities, including autism, from over 23 states and different faith backgrounds, giving them a safe home in a Christian community with a heart for dignity, purpose, and growth. The people who live there are called Ranchers, and each one gets care based on person-centered planning, with staff and caregivers who get to know every Rancher, developing living and health plans for both immediate and long-term needs in areas like health, skills, and social life. Rainbow Acres offers assisted living, memory care, and residential care home services, with 24/7 resident care in 12 homes with 10 private bedrooms each, caregiver suites, and 8 one-bedroom apartments for those who can handle more independence.
The campus feels like a farm, with vegetable gardens, greenhouses, an orchard, and animals, offering hands-on programs in horticulture and animal science. Ranchers learn job skills through vocational training and supported employment, and they can take part in recreational activities, volunteer jobs, music therapy, fine arts, and practical arts classes. The Daehler Building holds the Weaving Room, Fine Arts Painting Studio, craft room, gift shop, recreation room, and even a sleeping loft for mission volunteers. The Palmer Community Center brings everyone together with a dining area, staff offices, Roadrunner Fitness Center, a commercial kitchen, and rooms for talent shows, dances, movies, classes, and big community meetings or performances. There's also the Worden Taber Center, which houses classrooms, a music room, sensory room, computer lab, and a small radio station, all designed to help Ranchers grow in different ways.
Outdoor living stays active, since Paintbrush Park sits at the highest hill for walking and relaxing, and there are trails for walking, biking, or horseback riding near the modern Barn, stables, round pen, and arena. Healthy living gets help from a Health and Wellness Center with nurses and a medical records coordinator, who watch over appointments, nutrition, emotional health, and fitness goals. Rainbow Acres runs on faith, hope, love, and compassion, focusing on empowering Ranchers to live happy, full lives with as much freedom and independence as possible, and everything's run by staff who understand different learning styles and abilities. Residents spend their days in on-ranch and off-ranch activities, events, celebrations, tours during the annual Family & Friends Weekend, and take classes through Rainbow Academy. Solar panels cover most electricity needs, and programs there-like animal care, horticulture, arts, fitness, and more-all help Ranchers find work, friends, and joy in a lively and caring ranch community where every day brings new milestones and possibilities.
