Help Tucker Finish His Healing Journey From Trauma

Insurance Abandoned Him. Now 16-Year Old, Tucker Needs Us to Help him Finish His Healing Journey for His Future.

In the heart of Utah, where faith, family, and community mean everything, a young man named Tucker is fighting for his future.

16 year old, Tucker Scranton is a smart, funny, generous and kind young man. He is a lover of cross country and making music and has a bright future ahead of him.

But in December 2024, all of that started to slip away.

Tucker began seriously contemplating suicide. His parents had no idea the depth of pain their son was carrying. What they would soon learn was devastating: four years earlier, Tucker had experienced traumatic abuse from outside his home that he kept secret for years.

But the body keeps the score. Time didn’t heal the wounds. Carrying that secret for so long only made things incredibly worse.

Robyn and Rob adopted Tucker from a Russian orphanage when he was just 22 months old. From the very beginning, he was deeply loved and nurtured. But trauma doesn’t vanish with love alone. Adopted children often carry deep emotional scars, and Tucker struggled with attachment and a fear of rejection that made it even harder for him to share his story and his pain.

He masked the pain the only way he knew how—through vaping, alcohol, caffeine, and other substances. As time passed, the weight of that unspoken trauma became too much to bear.

In January 2025, he began running away. One night, at 11 p.m., police found him trying to jump in front of traffic. The night before, Tucker later confessed he had stood on train tracks, hoping to be hit by a train.

In a desperate attempt to save their son-his parents made the difficult decision in admitting him into a behavioral hospital. There, Tucker finally opened up to a psychiatrist about what he had endured. What followed was a dark, difficult month of stabilization—his trauma pouring out after years of silence.

Once stabilized, he was transferred to a Residential Treatment Center (RTC). At first, it seemed hopeful. Insurance agreed to a special case exception, and he was admitted to the only facility that could take him with the level of care he needed. For three months, Tucker worked through incredibly dark days, supported by therapy and the love of his family. Slowly, signs of healing began to emerge.

Then, in mid-May 2025, without warning or explanation, insurance abruptly cut off all funding for Tucker’s care—ignoring letters and medical opinions from his psychiatrist, therapists, and case managers who all insisted he needed to remain in treatment.

Robyn, Rob and Tucker were devastated. They scrambled to find a new facility, paying for a month of care out of pocket. They appealed the decision twice and were denied both times. With every option exhausted, they began reaching out to Utah legislators and agencies for help—only to be met with silence, red tape, and dead ends.

Tucker is now at a new RTC, and something incredible is happening—he’s thriving. He’s engaged, healing, and making real progress. His care team has set a beautiful, achievable goal: for Tucker to return home in time for his 17th birthday in early November.

Tucker wants this too. He wants to come home—not as a broken boy, but as a young man who fought to heal and won.

The RTC, recognizing the family’s dedication, generously gifted two weeks of free care to give them time to raise funds. But that time is running out.

The cost of Tucker’s treatment is $350 a day, or $10,500 a month. 

He needs 4 more months to safely complete his healing journey. 

The total needed is $42,000, and the family’s immediate goal is to raise $10,500 within the next two weeks to secure another month of care.

Every dollar raised goes directly to the RTC—covering therapy, education, meals, housing, and the life skills Tucker needs to truly recover.

This isn’t just about one boy. It’s about a broken system that fails vulnerable youth, about the power of community, and about the belief that healing deserves time, support, and love—not a deadline set by bureaucracy.

To not let him finish what he’s started, sets him up for relapse. And his story is not unique. This is a common tale from many homeless adults and drug users - once children and youth who were denied the support they needed to heal from past trauma by broken insurance and government systems.

Tucker is more than his trauma. He is a son, a musician, a cross-country runner, and a kid who still has a future worth fighting for.

His family believes in miracles. They believe in the compassion of others. And they are praying that you’ll help them give Tucker the one gift he wants more than anything: to come home, whole, for his 17th birthday.

Please help Tucker by sharing his story, praying, and if you can- donating to this fund.

Every dollar counts no matter the amount. If it buys him a day, a week, a month, or until Nov 6– his 17th birthday -Tucker and his family would be forever grateful.