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Plan for womens sex trafficking home parallels Eagle Ranchs start
South Hall boys home faced similar concerns when founded in 1980s
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A view of the entrance of the Eagle Ranch children’s home in South Hall County.
It was a faith-based proposal to help a troubled group of people in a rural Hall County residential complex, and it initially caused a stir among neighbors. That’s the early story of Eagle Ranch, a highly acclaimed, Christian-based residential program for teens having problems at home and school. And it’s a present-day scenario for Gainesville-based Straight Street Ministries, which is set to go before the Hall County Board of Commissioners this week with its much-opposed rezoning proposal for a campus to house women involved in sex trafficking.