What Lifelong does

Lifelong, Inc. is a privately held, Colorado-based mental health and behavioral health agency founded in 1993 and restructured under its current name in 2016. Headquartered in Englewood, the firm delivers a broad portfolio of clinical and therapeutic services—including psychotherapy, psychological and neuropsychological evaluations, ABA therapy, substance abuse and DUI treatment, domestic violence treatment, supervised and therapeutic visitation, life-skills training, and experiential modalities such as adventure-based, play/art, and equine-assisted therapy. Clients are primarily individuals with intellectual, developmental, learning, and mental health disabilities, autism spectrum conditions, and traumatic brain injuries, alongside families and court-involved populations referred through county departments of human services, judicial districts, and community mental health centers.

The firm operates without proprietary technology; its product is delivered by licensed clinicians (psychologists, LCSWs, BCBAs, and certified addiction counselors) across a five-county Colorado service area (Douglas, Arapahoe, Denver, Jefferson, and Adams). Services are delivered in office, in clients' homes, in community settings, and on-site at partner agencies, supported by a referral-based go-to-market motion rather than direct consumer advertising. There is no mobile app, API, or platform layer described in available materials.

Revenue is generated through billable professional services—largely fee-for-service clinical hours paid via Medicaid, commercial insurance, county human-services contracts, and client self-pay—plus court-ordered DUI/domestic-violence treatment and supervised visitation. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and Good Faith Estimates are provided only as legally required. The firm appears founder/management-owned and operated, with no disclosed external funding or institutional investors.

Name

Lifelong

Legal name

Lifelong, Inc.

Website

https://lifelonginc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Lifelong, Inc. is a Colorado-based mental health and behavioral health agency serving individuals with intellectual, developmental, and learning disabilities, autism, traumatic brain injuries, and court-involved families across five counties via referral-based clinical services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mental and Behavioral Health Services

NAICS

Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (621420)

SIC

Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093)

akta.pro primary industry

Behavioral Health for Children & Adolescents (Youth Services) (HLAFACAL)

Keywords

• Mental health services
• Behavioral health therapy
• Substance abuse treatment
• Developmental disability services
• Psychological evaluations

Headquarters

HQ city

Lakewood

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Mental Health and Behavioral Health Services: Lifelong generates revenue through providing billable mental health therapy, psychological evaluations, substance abuse treatment, ABA therapy, and related professional services to individuals and families. Services are provided to clients referred through government agencies, county departments, and direct consumer referrals.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Lifelong, Inc. is a Colorado-based private mental health and behavioral health agency that delivers psychotherapy, psychological and neuropsychological evaluations, substance abuse and DUI treatment, ABA therapy, life skills training, therapeutic and supervised visitation, domestic violence treatment, and experiential therapies (Adventure Based Therapy, Play and Art Therapy, Equine Assisted Therapy) to children, adolescents, adults, and families with intellectual, developmental, and learning disabilities, autism, traumatic brain injury, and co-occurring mental health conditions. Services are delivered by licensed clinicians through office-based, home-based, and community-based settings across five Colorado counties, primarily via referrals from county Departments of Human Services, mental health centers, and judicial districts.

Product overview

Lifelong, Inc. is a private mental health and therapy agency offering a comprehensive suite of behavioral health services. The organization provides psychotherapy, psychological evaluations, substance treatment, ABA therapy, and specialized support services including supervised visitation, mentoring, adventure therapy, and diagnostic evaluations. The service portfolio spans individual and family therapy, DUI treatment, domestic violence treatment, foster care support, college student support, job coaching, and life skills training. Services are delivered across Douglas, Arapahoe, Denver, Jefferson, and Adams Counties in Colorado through a team of licensed therapists, behavior analysts, and clinical professionals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Psychotherapy Client-centered individual or family therapeutic sessions tailored to identified barriers, specific goals, and desired outcomes based on learning style, strengths, and commitment, for children, adolescents, adults, and families.
• Psychological and Neuropsychological Evaluations Comprehensive assessments using battery tests, interviews, and collateral documentation, producing thorough specialized reports that detail strengths, deficits, and recommendations for future planning.
• Life Skills Training Training and support in activities of daily living including schedule planning, budget keeping, appointment tracking, community navigating, hygiene, employment support, social skills training, psycho-education, and self-advocacy.
• Therapeutic Visitation and Supervised Visitation Intensive, goal-oriented supervision of parent-child interactions to support emotion regulation, safety, depth of parenting practices, and goal alignment with family plans, social services, courts, legal teams, or other professionals, conducted in the community, office, social service department, or home.
• Substance Treatment Individual and group substance and addiction treatment providing creative and sustainable approaches to developing and maintaining sobriety, including DUI treatment and relapse prevention.
• Parent Child Interactional Assessments (PCI) Therapist-led recorded assessments involving parent(s) and children during interview and play sessions to assess family dynamics, risk, attachment, and recommendations for future family and individual treatment.
• College Student Support Tailored services for college students addressing identified barriers and goals, designed and implemented jointly with the student.
• Job Coaching Adaptive skill training combined with relationship-building with employers to help clients maintain employment at standards they can be proud of.
• ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis) Functional and adaptive behavior assessment for children, adolescents, and adults experiencing developmental trauma, intellectual or developmental disability, autism, ADHD, or other behavioral challenges, delivered by Board Certified Behavior Analysts and Behavior Technicians.
• Specialized Mentoring Structured mentoring relationship between a youth and a trained adult that identifies building blocks to a healthy community, offering service to those in need and developing community relationships.
• Foster Care Forums Therapeutic group meetings where youth in foster care discuss conflict, advocacy, focused listening, action-planning, and coping with change.
• Adventure Based Therapy Experiential therapy using activities and the environment to simulate real or perceived risk, pressure, or time constraint to accomplish tasks and bring about desired change.
• Play and Art Therapy Play and art-based techniques helping children cope with, process, and find closure for unsettling emotions and traumatic experiences related to social, emotional, behavioral, and learning problems.
• Parent Coaching Parenting support designed to best meet the specific needs of children and families.
• Resume Building and Interview Training Individual or group classes to help build resumes and prepare for interviews, building confidence and ability to gain employment quickly.
• Budget Planning and Money Management Professional help designing, committing to, and following through with a budget to achieve financial goals.
• Domestic Violence Treatment Individual or group classes helping develop and support communication between partners, build healthy skills for safe separation, and extinguish abusive patterns of behavior.
• High Conflict Co-Parenting Services to develop and support communication for co-parents navigating high-conflict situations.
• Case Management Support Support with paperwork, tracking bills and deadlines, and prioritizing and creating action plans when information becomes overwhelming.
• Individual, Group, or Agency Trainings Specialized trainings catering to learning or professional needs, delivered by expert professionals either on-site or at the client's location.
• Pediatric and Adult Diagnostic Evaluations Diagnostic evaluations assessing for autism spectrum disorder and other conditions impacting communication, learning, behavior, and daily living.
• Caring Dads Program 17-week program helping abusive fathers improve their relationship with their children, focusing on child-centered parenting to end controlling, abusive, and neglectful behavior.
• DUI Treatment Court-ordered treatment through an approved alcohol and drug driving safety education and treatment program, including Level I and II Education and Therapy and Interlock Enhancement Counseling.

Quantifiable outcome

• Successful treatment outcomes for clients who have not had success with previous providers

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

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Partnerships

18 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Denver County Department of Human ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment partner providing client referrals and coordination for human services programs including child welfare, mental health, and substance abuse services.
• Jefferson County Division of Children, Youth, & FamiliescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCounty government partner for child and family services, providing referrals and coordinating care for families involved with the child welfare system.
• Adams County Department of Human ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCounty partner providing client referrals for human services including mental health, substance abuse, and child welfare programs.
• Douglas County Department of Human ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCounty human services partner providing referrals and coordination for families receiving services through Douglas County programs.
• Weld County Department of Human ServicesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCounty human services partner providing referrals for services in Weld County area.
• Arapahoe County Department of Human ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCounty partner providing client referrals for human services programs including mental health and child welfare services (PRN - as needed basis).
• Jefferson Center for Mental Health (JCMH)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMental health center partner providing coordination of care and referrals for individuals with mental health needs in Jefferson County.
• Mental Health Center of Denver (MHCD)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor mental health center partner providing referrals and coordination for mental health services in the Denver area.
• North Metro Community Services, Inc.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity services organization providing services to individuals with developmental disabilities, serving as a partner for coordinated care.
• Developmental PathwayscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganization providing services to individuals with developmental disabilities and delays, coordinating care and referrals for this population.
• Developmental Disabilities Resource Center (DDRC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResource center partner serving individuals with developmental disabilities, providing coordinated service delivery and referrals.
• Imagine!minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganization providing innovative supports and services for individuals with developmental disabilities and delays.
• Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerState vocational rehabilitation agency providing employment-related services and referrals for individuals with disabilities.
• Veteran's Administration (VA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFederal agency providing veterans services and coordinating referrals for veterans needing mental health and support services.
• Rocky Mountain Human Services (RMHS)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHuman services organization providing case management and support services, coordinating care for individuals in need.
• Rocky Mountain Hospital for ChildrenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPediatric healthcare facility partner providing healthcare referrals and coordination for children's health and mental health services.
• Caring DadsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization for the Caring Dads program, a 17-week program helping abusive fathers improve relationships with their children.
• Judicial Districts 01, 02, 04, 17, 18, and 19coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with multiple Colorado judicial districts for court-ordered services including DUI treatment, domestic violence treatment, and family court-related services.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Sevita Health: Sevita Health (formerly The MENTOR Network) provides residential and community-based services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, behavioral health, and autism. Direct peer to Lifelong for IDD, ABA, and disability support services across multiple states.
• Easterseals Colorado: Easterseals Colorado delivers behavioral health, therapy, and disability services to children and adults across the state. Operates in the same Colorado service geography as Lifelong and serves overlapping disability populations.
• Mental Health Center of Denver: Mental Health Center of Denver is a community mental health center providing outpatient mental health, substance use, and recovery services in Denver County. Direct comparator to Lifelong's outpatient behavioral health and substance treatment service lines.
• Jefferson Center for Mental Health: Jefferson Center for Mental Health is the community mental health center for Jefferson County, offering therapy, substance treatment, and crisis services. Overlaps directly with Lifelong's psychology, substance use, and ABA offerings in the same Colorado catchment.
• UCHealth AspenPointe: AspenPointe (now part of UCHealth) provides behavioral health, mental health, and substance abuse services across Colorado Springs and southern Colorado. Comparable outpatient and community-based mental health portfolio with broader institutional backing.
• BlueSprig Pediatrics: BlueSprig Pediatrics is one of the largest U.S. providers of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy for children with autism. Direct competitor to Lifelong's ABA service line, though at significantly greater scale and geographic reach.
• Centria Healthcare: Centria Healthcare provides ABA therapy, pediatric home health, and behavioral health services. Comparable to Lifelong's ABA, behavioral health, and disability-focused offerings with similar home- and community-based delivery models.

Broad incumbents

• BayMark Health Services: BayMark is the largest U.S. addiction treatment provider network, including outpatient substance use and DUI programs. Comparable to Lifelong's substance treatment and DUI court-ordered service lines as a broad incumbent with multi-state scale.
• BrightSpring Health Services: BrightSpring is a large diversified provider of home and community-based health services including behavioral health, I/DD support, and ABA. Similar service mix to Lifelong at vastly larger scale and publicly listed.
• Acadia Healthcare: Acadia Healthcare is one of the largest publicly traded behavioral health companies operating inpatient psychiatric facilities, residential treatment centers, and outpatient programs nationwide. Broad incumbent competitor for mental health and substance use treatment services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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