WEBVTT

1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.505
>> WEATHERING THE PANDEMIC HAS
BEEN CHALLENGING FOR EVERYONE,
BUT ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT FOR
TEENAGERS WHO WERE FORCED TO

2
00:00:05.505 --> 00:00:11.978
DISCONNECT FROM THEIR NORMAL
SCHOOL ROUTINES, ACTIVITIES, AND
FRIENDS. THE RIPPLE EFFECTS ON
THEIR MENTAL HEALTH CAN BE

3
00:00:11.978 --> 00:00:17.917
SIGNIFICANT, BUT A YOUNG
NONPROFIT IS CONFIDENT MOTHER
NATURE CAN HELP.
BUSINESS OF HEALTH REPORTER

4
00:00:17.917 --> 00:00:23.356
KYLIE VELETA HAS MORE.
KYLIE.
>> THANK YOU, GERRY.
WHILE BEN'S RANCH FOUNDATION WAS

5
00:00:23.356 --> 00:00:27.494
CREATED BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, ITS
MISSION IS PERHAPS MORE
IMPORTANT THAN EVER. THE CDC
SAYS EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISITS

6
00:00:27.494 --> 00:00:34.434
RELATED TO MENTAL HEALTH
INCREASED 31-PERCENT FOR
TEENAGERS IN 2020.
AND DURING MARCH OF THIS YEAR,

7
00:00:34.434 --> 00:00:41.074
ER VISITS FOR SUSPECTED SUICIDE
ATTEMPTS JUMPED 50 PERCENT FOR
TEEN GIRLS, COMPARED TO TWO
YEARS AGO.

8
00:00:41.074 --> 00:00:47.046
THE CONCEPT FOR BEN'S RANCH
FOUNDATION IS SIMPLE: GET TEENS
OUTSIDE AND IN TOUCH WITH HORSES
AND NATURE TO BOOST THEIR MENTAL

9
00:00:47.046 --> 00:00:52.852
HEALTH.
FOUNDER BROSE MCVEY IS A
FAMILIAR NAME IN INDIANA
BUSINESS AND POLITICS HE JOINS

10
00:00:52.852 --> 00:00:58.591
ME NOW TO TELL US MORE ABOUT THE
MISSION OF HIS NONPROFIT.
THANKS FOR BEING ON THE SHOW
TODAY.

11
00:00:58.591 --> 00:01:03.396
>> IT'S MY PLEASURE, THANKS FOR
HAVING US.
>> START WITH THE NAME OF THE
FOUNDATION, NAMED AFTER YOUR SON

12
00:01:03.396 --> 00:01:14.474
WHO PASSED AWAY. TELL US HOW HE
HELPED INSPIRE THIS NON-PROFIT.
>> YES, BEEN HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED
AT 14 WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER,

13
00:01:14.474 --> 00:01:24.317
WHICH STARTED A TEN-YEAR JOURNEY
FOR US, WHICH WAS A PRETTY ROUGH
ROAD. ONE OF THE THINGS WE
NOTICED, HIS DOCTORS MENTIONED

14
00:01:24.317 --> 00:01:32.125
IN THAT PATH, WHEN HE SPENT TIME
WITH HORSES OUTDOORS IT WAS VERY
THERAPEUTIC. LAMENTED IF WE
COULD ONLY GET KIDS OUT ON A

15
00:01:32.125 --> 00:01:40.800
FARM. THAT STUCK WITH ME, SO WE
STARTED DEVELOPING THAT AND
EVENTUALLY WOULD DRIVE HIM TO A
REMOTE RANCH IN WYOMING TO WORK

16
00:01:40.800 --> 00:01:49.142
FOR A SUMMER. AND THAT BLOOMED
INTO ABOUT A 18-MONTH STAY. AND
IT REALLY RESET HIS LIFE AND
BECAME KIND OF THE ONLY

17
00:01:49.142 --> 00:01:57.750
HIGHLIGHT IN WHAT WOULD BECOME A
TEN-YEAR STORY. AND IT STUCK
WITH ME, SO WE LOST HIM A FEW
YEARS AGO, I DECIDED WE HAVE GOT

18
00:01:57.750 --> 00:02:04.057
TO BRING THAT BENEFIT TO OTHERS.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.
>> A BEAUTIFUL CONCEPT, JUST
GETTING TEENS OUTSIDE. AND IT

19
00:02:04.057 --> 00:02:10.196
ALL CENTERS ON THESE PAID,
PART-TIME INTERNSHIPS. EXPLAIN
WHAT THOSE ARE.
>> WE SEARCHED IN THE

20
00:02:10.196 --> 00:02:16.603
WILDERNESS, IT SEEMS FOR A LONG
TIME, ADD VALUE, AND HOW TO
UNDERSTAND THIS SITUATION. WE
KNEW WHERE WE WANTED TO GO,

21
00:02:16.603 --> 00:02:25.945
WHICH WAS TO LEVERAGE THE POWER
OF THE FARM AND NATURE AND JOBS
AND WORK, AND BUSY ACTIVITY ON
MENTAL HEALTH. AND WE CAME

22
00:02:25.945 --> 00:02:34.621
AROUND THE CONCEPT OF THESE PAID
PART-TIME JOBS AT FARMS AND
STABLES, AND NOW PLACES LIKE
CONNER PRAIRIE, AND SO WE PLAYED

23
00:02:34.621 --> 00:02:42.996
A ROLE OF FINDING THESE SITES
AND COMMUNITIES, APPROACHING THE
OWNERS, MANAGERS, MAKING A CASE
FOR BUILDING A SLOT FOR INTERNS.

24
00:02:42.996 --> 00:02:50.036
THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
ORGANIZATION WE ATTRACT AND
SCREEN THEM AND WE PLAY A
MATCH-MAKING ROLE. FINALLY WE

25
00:02:50.036 --> 00:03:00.246
SUBSIDIZE OUR WAGES, BECAUSE WE
REALLY WANT THIS TO BE IN ALL
WAYS A JOB FOR THEM. AND WE
THINK THAT CREATES THE MAXIMUM

26
00:03:00.246 --> 00:03:08.755
THERAPEUTIC VALUE. BUT ALSO
FILLS A NEED, THOSE SKILLS, AND
SORT OF CREATES A WIN-WIN. WE
WANT TO EXPAND THAT REALLY AS

27
00:03:08.755 --> 00:03:14.994
MUCH AS POSSIBLE AROUND THE
STATE.
>> SPEAKING OF SKILLS, THIS
REALLY TIES IN TO, THIS NEW

28
00:03:14.994 --> 00:03:22.001
MOVEMENT IN EDUCATION, THAT'S
GOING TO BE REQUIRED HERE IN
INDIANA FOR THE CLASS STARTING
IN 2023, THESE NEW GRADUATION

29
00:03:22.001 --> 00:03:29.809
REQUIREMENTS, EXPLAIN HOW THIS
IS GOING TO WORK?
>> INTERESTING, WE GOT A COLUMN
COMING OUT ON THIS SOON. WE

30
00:03:29.809 --> 00:03:37.450
REALLY THINK THAT IN TIME, THE
INDIANA GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS NOW
KNOWN AS PATHWAYS, IN SHORT, HAS

31
00:03:37.450 --> 00:03:46.326
A VERY INTENTIONAL TRACK FOR
WORK RELATED EDUCATION AND
INTERNSHIPS. WE'RE OUT THERE
CREATING THEM ALREADY. I SPENT

32
00:03:46.326 --> 00:03:53.099
AN HOUR ON THE PHONE WITH THE
SUPERINTENDENT TODAY TRYING TO
HELP THEM THINK ABOUT HOW WE
COULD BUILD INTERNSHIPS IN THEIR

33
00:03:53.099 --> 00:04:01.841
RURAL COMMUNITY. SO, YOU KNOW,
WHAT THIS ALL SAYS TO US IS THAT
WE'RE ON TO SOMETHING WHICH IS
THAT A JOB, ESPECIALLY A JOB

34
00:04:01.841 --> 00:04:13.353
CLOSE TO NATURE, OUTDOORS, WITH
ANIMALS, CAN REALLY CHANGE THE
TRAJECTORY OF THESE KIDS' LIVES,
IT CAN DO SO FOR ANY KID, BUT

35
00:04:13.353 --> 00:04:25.965
ESPECIALLY THAT HUGE GROUP NOW,
GROWING LARGER.
>> THIS IS NOT MEANT TO REPLACE
MEDICAL INTERVENTION, THIS IS IN

36
00:04:25.965 --> 00:04:32.905
ADDITION, AS A COMPLEMENT.
>> THAT IS TERRIBLY IMPORTANT
THAT WE STRESS THAT. THE PROBLEM
IS EVEN IF WE CAN GET THESE

37
00:04:32.905 --> 00:04:39.812
YOUNG PEOPLE SCREENED,
IDENTIFIED, TREATED, MAYBE INTO
SOME COUNSELING. THAT'S A BIG
ENOUGH CHALLENGE. YOU KNOW, WE

38
00:04:39.812 --> 00:04:47.954
DON'T THINK IT'S ENOUGH, OFTEN,
TO JUST STOP THERE. AND I THINK
SOCIETY, WHETHER WE'RE PARENTS,
TEACHERS, EMPLOYERS, WE'RE GOING

39
00:04:47.954 --> 00:04:54.527
TO HAVE TO START THINKING
CREATIVELY ABOUT MUCH BIGGER
STRATEGIES TO BRING TO THIS
PROBLEM. OTHERWISE WE'RE AT RISK

40
00:04:54.527 --> 00:05:02.869
OF LOSING MORE VALUABLE, YOU
KNOW, FUTURE EMPLOYERS, AND
MANAGERS AND LEADERS. YOU KNOW,
WE GOT TO REALLY STEP BACK AT

41
00:05:02.869 --> 00:05:12.512
EVERY LEVEL, FROM PARENTING TO
EDUCATION AND THINK ABOUT MENTAL
HEALTH IN A BIG WAY. SO WE'RE
REALLY EXCITED THAT THE PATHWAYS

42
00:05:12.512 --> 00:05:20.953
CHANGES WILL SORT OF PLAY INTO
THE THEORY AND THE VALUE SYSTEM
WE BROUGHT TO AND WE HOPE TO
PLAY A PART IN IT FOR SCHOOLS.

43
00:05:20.953 --> 00:05:26.292
>> WE'RE COMING OUT OF THE
PANDEMIC, FEELING LIKE WE'RE ON
THE UPSWING. YOU'RE SEEING AN
UPTICK IN DEMAND.

44
00:05:26.292 --> 00:05:33.566
>> THERE'S A LAG. I THINK THAT'S
THE WAY TO PUT IT. THE FIRST SIX
MONTHS OF COVID WE DID NOT SEE A
LOT OF EVIDENCE OF A PROBLEM.

45
00:05:33.566 --> 00:05:39.972
THAT MAKES SENSE, EVERYBODY
HUNKERED DOWN, WE DIDN'T HAVE
DATA. THE LAST SIX MONTHS IS
REALLY SCARY, ONE IN FIVE KIDS

46
00:05:39.972 --> 00:05:46.279
WERE ESTIMATED TO STRUGGLE AT
SOME POINT WITH MENTAL HEALTH
PRIOR TO COVID. NOW WE KNOW IT
IS MUCH LARGER. THAT IS A BIG

47
00:05:46.279 --> 00:05:55.054
CHUNK OF OUR SOCIETY, OUR FUTURE
WORKFORCE. AND OUR SCHOOLS, AND
OUR SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO
REALLY PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE, I

48
00:05:55.054 --> 00:06:03.730
EMPATHIZE WITH THEM, THEY HAVE A
LOT ON THEIR SHOULDERS.
>> WHAT DO YOU NEED NOW, WHAT IS
THE CALL TO ACTION FOR HOOSIERS?

49
00:06:03.730 --> 00:06:13.239
>> THANKS SO MUCH. WE'RE A
START-UP, NEW, HUMBLE. WE NEED
PEOPLE, TALENT, ADVISORS, BOARD
MEMBERS, REFERRAL SOURCES,

50
00:06:13.239 --> 00:06:22.982
ADVICE. SO WE NEED THE COMMUNITY
TO STEP UP AND HELP US, THAT
STARTS WITH GOOD PEOPLE AROUND
US, WE'RE LOOKING FOR THAT KIND

51
00:06:22.982 --> 00:06:28.654
OF HELP.
>> BIG BASH THIS FALL.
>> OCTOBER 3rd, SUNDAY, A VERY
FAMILY-ORIENTED EXPERIENCE. IT'S

52
00:06:28.654 --> 00:06:31.424
OUR FIRST ONE. WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE A LOT GOING ON. CONNER