Resources
Equine Assisted Programs for Injured Veterans and Military Families
Directory of Speakers to Address Groups
CA
Nora Fischbach, Executive Director (Special Olympics Riding Coach)
Phone: 818-341-4737
Email: nora@strides.org
STRIDES/Sinlimites Therapeutic Riding Centers, Inc.
mail: PO Box 572455
Tarzana CA 91357-2455
Location: 11582 LongAcre Ave
Granada Hills CA 91344
VA
Clint Arrington
Executive Director
804-357-9524
Lonesome Dove Therapeutic Riding Center, Powhatan VA
Specializes in Therapeutic Riding for Veterans
Buckingham Rd Stables
Powhatan VA 23139
email: ldequestriancenter@yahoo.com
Directory of Programs
NATIONAL
Horses for Heroes National Program Guidelines for Wounded Warriors
PO Box 33150
Denver CO 80233
National Office Physical Address:
7475 Dakin St Ste 600
Denver CO 80221
ARIZONA
Equine Voices Rescue & Sanctuary
P.O. Box 1685
Green Valley, AZ 85622
Phone: 520-398-2814 (Phone)
Email: karen@equinevoices.org
Horses Help Therapeutic Riding Center
Freedom Rider Program for Veterans
2601 East Rose Garden Lane
Phoenix, Arizona 85050
(602) 569-6056
Barbara Beard, Veterans Service Coordinator
email: Barbara.b@horseshelp.org
or Gregg Goodman, Executive Director
email: gregg.g@horseshelp.org
brochure: http://www.horseshelp.org/Common/Files/Horses%20Help%20Freedom%20Rider%20Client%20FAQ_2.pdf
Therapeutic Riding of Tucson
8920 East Woodland Road
Tucson AZ 85749
Mary Vardi, Program Director
520-749-2360
email: trotarizona@aol.com
CALIFORNIA
Hearts Adaptive Riding Ctr Santa Barbara CA
Hearts Adaptive Riding Center
P.O. Box 30662
Santa Barbara, CA 93130
Phone: 805-964-1519
Program Director, Connie Weinsoff:
STRIDES/Sinlimites Therapeutic Riding Centers, Inc.
mail: PO Box 572455
Tarzana CA 91357-2455
Location: 11582 LongAcre Ave
Granada Hills CA 91344
Nora Fischbach, Executive Director (Special Olympics Riding Coach)
Phone: 818-341-4737
Email: nora@strides.org
Veterans Program at NCEFT
National Center for Equine Facilitated Therapy (NCEFT)
880 Runnymede Road
Woodside, CA 94062
Rita A. Almon, Executive Director
(650) 851-2271
email: raalmon@comcast.net
COLORADO
Challenge Aspen Military Opportunities
PO Box 6639
Snowmass Village, CO 81615 USA
Sarah W. Volf, Director of Operation C.A.M.O.
970-923-0578
email: sarah@challengeaspen.org
Combat Veterans Cowboy Up
Moon Fall Ranch
5937 Hwy 86
Elizabeth CO 80107
877-377-CVCU
Contact: John Nash
Hearts & Horses Therapeutic Riding Center
163 N. County Rd. 29
P.O. Box 2675
Loveland, CO 80539
Phone: 970-663-4200
Email: info@heartsandhorses.org
Pikes Peak Therapeutic Riding Center
13620 Halleluiah Trail
Elbert, CO 80106
Nancy B. Marshall, Program Manager
(719) 495-3908
email: marshall@pptrc.org
Sopris Therapy Svcs.
P.O. Box 2080
Carbondale, Colorado 81623
Tel (970) 963-4677
Therapeutic Experiences & Cadence Therapeutic Riding
120 CR 236
Durango, CO 81301
Contact: Ron Tyner
Phone: 970-749-0607
email: rtyner@q.com
Therapeutic Riding and Education Center
Therapeutic riding programs for Veterans and the disabled
Virginia Steckman, Executive Director
508 E. Idledale
Pueblo West, CO 81007
719-547-8315
email: trectrax@msn.com
CONNECTICUT
Second Company Governor’s Horse Guard Therapeutic Riding
4 Wildlife Drive
Newtown CT
Cindy Joyce
203-426-5686
email: cjoycester@gmail.com
FLORIDA
HOPE - HOrses helping PEople
9814 SW 153RD Ave
PO Box 1177
Archer, FL 32618
Personal Ponies
Visit VA Hospitals and Nursing Homes
R Farm
4250 NW 74th St
Coconut Creek, FL 3307
Contact: Mrs. Sandra Seiden
Phone: 561.445.4456
Email: gimmesleep@aol.com
Marion Therapeutic Riding Association
Horses for Heroes, Sep thru May
P.O. Box 830488
Ocala, FL 34483-0488
Kate Robbins, Program Director
352.624.4240
Quantum Leap Horse Farm, Inc.
10504 Woodstock Road
Odessa FL 33556
Owner Edie Dopking
813-920-9250
email: quantumleapfarm@aol.com
S Florida Veterans Multi-Purpose Ctr
Horses for Heroes
4311 SW 63d Ave
Davie FL 33314
Contact: Bob Bambury Exec Dir
Phone: 954-791-8603
Vinceremos Therapeutic Riding Center
Horses for Heroes Program
13300 6th Court N
Loxahatchee FL 33470
Amy Vulpis, Program Director
561-792-9000
GEORGIA
Chastain Horse Park
4371 Powers Ferry Road
Atlanta, GA 30327
Leslie Olsen
(770) 330-0506
Email: lholsen@bellsouth.net
HAWAII
Manawale a Riding Center
41-170AWaikupanaha St
Waimanalo HI 96795
Patti Silva
Phone 808-352-1523
Email: manawalea2000@yahoo.com
Manawale a Riding Center is a Branch of Ko olaupoko Lions Club
IDAHO
Sun Valley Adaptive Sports
Website: www.svasp.org
Higher Ground
Box 6791 Ketchum ID 83340
Phone: (208) 728-9298
Email: info@svasp.org
Tranquil Valley Sanctuary
1240 east hwy 36
Malad city, ID 83252
801-540-2724
Donna Thibedeau-Eddy
ILLINOIS
BraveHearts Therapeutic Riding & Educational Center
7319 Maxon Road
Harvard IL 60033
Marge Tautkus Gunner
farm office: 815-943-8226
email: MTautkus@wmconnect.com
KENTUCKY
Central Kentucky Riding for Hope
Hospice summer camp for children
Horses for Heroes
PO BOX 13155
Lexington, KY 40511 Phone: 859-231-7066
Forward Motion, Inc.
Hippotherapy, EA Psychotherapy, TR
2201 Goshen Lane
Goshen, KY 40026
Ashley Bowles, MSOT, OTR/L, cert. NARHA
Office: (502) 228-4040
Cell: (502) 387-9079
MAINE
Equest Therapeutic Riding Center
P.O. Box 935
Kennebunk, ME 04043
Contact Susan E. Grant, OTR/L
(207) 985-0374
email: sarmentrout@equestmaine.org
MARYLAND
Maryland Council for Special Equestrians
"Horses for Heroes"
2501 Frederick Road
Catonsville, MD 21228
410-418-4300
Therapeutic and Recreational Riding Center, Inc (TRRC)
3750 Shady Lane
Glenwood, MD 21738
Dr. Helen Tuel
410-489-5100
Tranquility Farm Equestrian Education and Renewal Center, Inc.
11819 Whates Lane
Thurmont, Maryland 21788
Phone: (301)-271-3400
Contact: Sarah Transeau
Email: tqfarm@aol.com
MASSACHUSETTS
Windrush Farm Therapeutic Equitation, Inc.
Windrush Horses for Heroes Program
30 Brookview Road
Boxford, MA 01921
Josselyn Shaughnessy
Phone: 978.682.7855
email: wfte@windrushfarm.org
MICHIGAN
Cheff Center
8450 N. 43rd Street
Augusta, MI 49012
Tara East
(269) 207-7349
email: tara@cheffcenter.org
MINNESOTA
Sharadise Therapeutics Foundation Horses for Heroes
10922 Bolton Ave. NW
Monticello, Minnesota 55362
Shari Mangas, OTR
(763) 360-4117 (work)
email: smangas@hotmail.com
MISSOURI
Helping Hands Therapeutic Riding Center
31505 E. Stringtown Rd
Greenwood MO 64034
Phone: 816-697-5400
Contact: Janellen Cappo
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Horse Power
13 Pony Farm Lane
Temple NH 03084
Contact: Terri Devlin
603-654-6308
email: terri848@hotmail.com
Huggins Hospital Therapeutic Riding Program
Huggins Hospital Adaptive Sports Program
80 Academy Drive
Wolfeboro, NH 03894
603-569-7565
603 569-3022
Email: aplusriding@abilityplus.org
NEW JERSEY
Atlantic Riding Center for the Handicapped, NJ
Narha Horses for Heroes Program for injured and disabled war veterans
206 Asbury Road
Egg Harbor Township, NJ 08234
Phone 609-926-2233
Reindancer Therapeutic Riding Center
31 Archtown Road
New Egypt NJ 08533
609-752-0900
NEW MEXICO
Santa Fe Equestars
100 S. Polo Drive
Santa Fe, NM 87507
Amy E. Gloman, Executive Director
(505) 424-9550
email: info@equestars.org
NEW YORK
Life’s Journey Equine Therapy
68-A Sickletown Rd
Orangeburg, NY 10962
Contact: Lynn Kuropatkin
Phone: 845-620-3780
Email: info@lifesjourneyet.org
Lothlorien Therapeutic Riding Center
Horses for Heroes
15 Reiter Rd
E Aurora NY 14052
Contact: Kathryn Tyrrell
Phone: 716-655-1335
Email: Kathryn@lothlorientrc.org
Winslow Therapeutic Center
Horses for Heroes; surviving children
328 Route 17A
Warwick, NY 10990
Contact: Mike Luraschi
phone: 845-986-7625
fax: 845-988-5980
email: mluraschi@yahoo.com
Windhorse Farm, LLC
75 Walker Road
Hilton, NY 14468
Dr Joseph Lancia
(585) – 392-3492
email: windhorsefarmllc@gmail.com
NORTH CAROLINA
Coastal Therapeutic Riding Center
3507 N Kerr Ave
Wilmington NC
910-538-5575
Kim Niggle, Program Director
Miracle Meadows Therapeutic Riding Center, Jacksonville NC
Healing programs for families who have lost a loved one in the Armed Forces, and for injured veterans and their families.
140 Catino Farms Lane, Jacksonville NC 28546
Joe Cappar, Director
email: capparjc@yahoo.com
OHIO
Fieldstone Farm Therapeutic Riding Center
Horses for Heroes
Mary Hipp, Head Riding Instructor
16497 Snyder Road
P.O. Box 23129
Chagrin Falls, OH 44023
(440) 708-0013 x127
The Pegasus Farm Veterans Salute! Program
7490 Edison St. NE
Hartville, Ohio 44632
Karen Layton, Program Administrator
(330) 935-2300
email: Karen@pegasusfarm.org
OREGON
Happy Trails Riding Center
West Linn, OR
PENNSYLVANIA
Storm Harbor Equestrian Center
1 Storm Harbor Drive
Slippery Rock University
Slippery Rock, PA 16057 Phone: 724-738-4015
E-mail: courtney.gramlich@sru.edu
SOUTH CAROLINA
Equine Rescue of Aiken
cert. EAGALA
Haven Hills Farm
532 Glenwood Dr.
Aiken, SC 29803
803-643-1850 or 803-716-8056
TEXAS
R.O.C.K
Horses for Heroes
P.O. Box 2422
Georgetown, TX 78627
1-512-930-ROCK
email: info@rockride.org
Hannah's Horseshoes of Hope
Horses for Heroes
1553 CR 2905
Dodd City TX 75438
Janice Mills, Founder/ED
903.664.3062Email:
email: jcmills@fanninelectric.com
Minis and Friends, Austin,TX
Project for the families and children of the Deployed/Wounded Warriors out of Camp Mabry, Killeen and Ft. Sam Houston where the Wounded Warrior Hospital and Transition Center is located.
512-292-8746, mailbox 2
VERMONT
Water Tower Farm Therapeutic Riding Center
P. O. Box 225
3860 SR+2
Marshfield, VT 05658
Dianne Lashoones, PT
(802) 426-3781
email: WaterTowerFarm@aol.com
VIRGINIA
Caisson Stables, 3rd Infantry Regiment (Old Guard)
Horses for Heroes
Fort Myer, Arlington, Va.
Mary Jo Beckman
email: mjbeckman@gmail.com
Golden Dreams Therapeutic Riding Center
P.O. Box 1413,
Middleburg, Va 20118
Contact: Sue Bell, Program Director
Barn #: 540-687-5800
Fax #:540-687-6098
Lonesome Dove Therapeutic Riding Center, Powhatan VA
Specializes in Therapeutic Riding for Veterans
Buckingham Rd Stables
Powhatan VA 23139
Clint Arrington
email: ldequestriancenter@yahoo.com
Northern Virginia Therapeutic Riding P.O. Box 184
Clifton, VA 20124
Phone: (703) 764-0269
Email: info@nvtrp.org
WASHINGTON
Boots ‘n Breeches Therapeutic Horsemanship
P. O. Box 7069
Tacoma, WA 98406
Sandra Reid Boe
(253) 761-941
email: sreid@harbornet.com
WYOMING
CHAPS Equine Assisted Therapy
PMB 201 1842 Sugarland Dr. Ste. 108
Sheridan, WY 82801
Contact: Sue Suddith, Executive Director
Phone: (307) 673-6161
email: chaps@fiberpipe.net
Professional Association Directory
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NARHA-Horses-for-Heroes/ Online Forum for NARHA individual and Center Members to share questions, ideas, discussions and techniques for working w/recently wounded military members or veterans.
American Hippotherapy Association Inc. (AHA, Inc.) promotes the use of the movement of the horse as a treatment strategy in physical, occupational and speech-language therapy sessions for people living with disabilities. Hippotherapy has been shown to improve muscle tone, balance, posture, coordination, motor development as well as emotional well-being. AHA Inc. consists of medical professionals (physical, occupational and speech-language therapists) and others who are interested in the use of equine movement as a treatment strategy.
DELTA Society - Improving human health through service and therapy animals
MONEY MATTERS FOR PROGRAM PROVIDERS
For reference only.
Possible methods of Reimbursement/funding programs:
Hippotherapy Insurance Codes (past):
From American Hippotherapy Assn website: “When we refer to using the horse or equine movement as a treatment tool within a therapeutic procedure it is then very appropriate to bill for units of service depending on how the tool is used. APTA and AOTA have both agreed that use of the CPT codes 97110 (therapeutic exercise), 97112 (neuromuscular education), 97530 (therapeutic activities) or 97770 (sensory integrative activities) could all be appropriate codes depending on how the tool of the horse is used by a therapist with a treatment procedure. However, when therapists call the reimbursement department of APTA to inquire how the treatment approach of “hippotherapy” should be coded, APTA has been reluctantly but correctly recommending recently (since the Korokti administrative insurance hearing occurred) that therapists use the code 97799 (for unlisted therapeutic procedure) which then requires that additional documentation be submitted in order to be reviewed for reimbursement. In this case, the therapist has presented hippotherapy as a unique treatment and since it does not have its own code number, the unlisted procedure code should be used. If instead, the therapist inquires how to code a treatment session in which neuromuscular reeducation is used in order to improve the patients’s postural control, balance and body awareness and the horse is used as a treatment tool to assist in that process, APTA would concur that use of the code 97112 for neuromuscular reeducation would be appropriate. I think you begin to see the importance of how we state what we are doing:
“Indiana Health Coverage Programs October 18, 2005
Banner Page BR 200542
To All Physical Therapy Providers
The IHCP has initiated coverage of hippotherapy for physical therapy effective April 1, 2005. To be covered, services must be provided by a licensed physical therapist and should be billed using the appropriate HCPCS code from the following list:
97110 – Therapeutic exercises to develop strength and endurance, range of motion and flexibility.
97112 – Neuromuscular re-education of movement, balance, coordination, kinesthetic sense, posture and/or proprioception for sitting and/or standing activities.
97530 – Therapeutic activities to improve functional performance.
97533 – Sensory integrative techniques to enhance sensory processing and promote adaptive responses to environmental demands. This code can only be used for patients with a diagnosis of traumatic brain injury (TBI)
Services must be ordered by a physician and included in the patients’s treatment plan. Existing PA requirements for physical therapy apply to hippotherapy.
Note: Procedure code 58940 (hippotherapy per person, equestrian, hippotherapy, per session) was a new HCPCS code effective January 1, 2005, and is not covered by the IHCP.”
Grants, Funding and Program Support:
Veterans Affairs:
Arizona Veterans Affairs contributes $500 per injured veteran per semester to the program at Therapeutic Riding of Tucson.
Illinois Veterans Affairs gave a $100,000 grant to support programs for injured veterans at BraveHearts Therapeutic Riding Center.
Veterans Administration:
In 2008, the VA distributed a grant totaling $50,000 between a number of therapeutic riding centers nationally for injured veteran programs.
Disabled American Veterans
Charitable Service Trust awarded a $10,000 grant to Quantum Leap FL to help some of the nearly 900 veterans who could be served in the program each year.
Other Funding Sources
The Independence Fund awarded a $5,000 grant in Jan 2008 to Miracle Meadows Therapeutic Riding Center near Camp Lejeune, Jacksonville (NC)
(Nov 07 update Indy Blog).
The Pro Rodeo Cowboys Association provided support and in kind contributions to wounded troops participating in B.I.T.S. Color Guard ceremony at Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo in Colorado Springs, CO 06/12-16/06
Fundraising Possibilities:
www.goodsearch.com users can register online for annual donation to go to non-profit of their choice resulting from the number of times they use the search engine
www.gratefulamericancoin.com opportunity to choose charity to support.
© 2008 M. Holden
All Rights Reserved.
“The new program was so successful that now therapeutic riding is a regular part of treatment for many veterans. Wounded servicemen and women being treated at Walter Reed are brought to stables in Virginia once a week.”
“Equine Assisted Pyschotherapy
requires immediate solutions
to problems at hand, which,
when practiced on a regular basis
nurtures an ability to adapt and
the development of
problem solving skills.”
-Dr. Lancia, Hilton NY
……."In some cases HPOT (using a horse in therapy) is the only way I can achieve certain treatment goals," says Joann Benjamin, a physical therapist certified in hippotherapy who is also secretary of AHA……"We're not talking about pony rides," says Don Vichick, MD, an Albuquerque orthopedic surgeon. "Hippotherapy can be an effective component of a total therapy package."….. Hippotherapy uses the multidimensional movements of a horse to achieve specific therapeutic functional outcomes. Specially trained physical therapists, occupational therapists and speech-language pathologists use selected horses as mobile therapeutic treatment tools.….. The difference between therapeutic riding and HPOT is important. Therapeutic riding is supervised recreational riding for people with disabilities. HPOT, on the other hand, is a medical therapy provided under a physician's prescription. Patients who are successful with HPOT often progress to therapeutic riding…..Able-bodied people don't realize how hard it is on kids with disabilities and their families, says emergency physician Jeff Lee, MD, the owner of EquiTherapy (Freedom Woods Equestrian Ctr) in Morton Grove, IL. "Their disabilities are forever, but hippotherapy can make a difference, medically and functionally."……. Awareness and acceptance are growing," says Norman White, MD, medical director at Presbyterian Health Plan in Albuquerque, N.M., which recently began reimbursing for HPOT on a case-by-case basis……." hippotherapy holds immense promise of therapeutic benefit for a variety of conditions, when used in concert with other therapies," says Stephen T. Glass, MD. in Woodinville, Wash. He refers patients for hippotherapy so frequently that it's printed on his prescription pad. Full Story>>
