Aurora Mental Health Center

What Aurora Mental Health Center does

Aurora Mental Health & Recovery (AMHR, also operating as Aurora Mental Health Center) is a Colorado-based nonprofit community mental health organization founded in 1975, serving individuals and families across the lifespan in the Aurora area. AMHR operates as a SAMHSA Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) grantee, providing a comprehensive continuum of behavioral health services — mental health therapy, psychiatric services, 24/7 crisis intervention, and addiction and recovery treatment — alongside a distinctive set of wraparound social services including homeless services, adult education (ESL, GED, citizenship, workforce), victim assistance, a Youth Leadership Academy, and the Colorado Language Connection, consolidated under the Cultural Development & Wellness Center.

Service delivery is multi-channel: nine physical service locations across Colorado, embedded behavioral health teams in schools and juvenile detention centers, a 24/7 Crisis Walk-In Clinic at the Potomac Pavilion, same-day Connect to Care access, and telehealth appointments delivered via Microsoft Teams. Clinical differentiators include a Measurement-Based Care approach reported to reduce time to symptom remission by more than 50% and evidence-based trauma treatments associated with 40% faster recovery than average.

AMHR is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit governed by a Board of Directors, with leadership including CEO & Executive Director Randy Stith and a Chief Strategy & Operations Officer. Revenue is generated through a hybrid of healthcare insurance reimbursement (including Medicaid), SAMHSA CCBHC grant funding, and individual donations; services are offered on a sliding scale with no denial for inability to pay. Scale in 2025 reached 19,000+ clients and 400,064 services rendered. The organization's footprint is regional (Colorado), with strategic moves in 2026 including a planned merger with the Asian Pacific Development Center, the opening of Potomac Pavilion, the launch of the Cultural Development & Wellness Center, and concurrent staff and program reductions that signal a realignment of resources alongside expansion.

Name

Aurora Mental Health Center

Legal name

Aurora Mental Health & Recovery

Website

https://aumhc.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1975

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Aurora Mental Health & Recovery (AMHR) is a nonprofit community mental health organization founded in 1975, delivering comprehensive behavioral health, crisis, addiction, and wraparound social services across 9 Colorado locations and telehealth to individuals and families in the Aurora area.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Mental Health Services

NAICS

Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (621420), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093)

akta.pro primary industry

Peer Support, Recovery Coaching & Sober Living Services (HLAFACAN)

Keywords

• Community mental health services
• Behavioral health services
• Substance use treatment
• Crisis intervention services
• Wraparound social services

Headquarters

HQ city

Aurora

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, Others

Revenue model

1. Healthcare Insurance Reimbursement: The organization accepts insurance and bills through standard healthcare reimbursement channels for covered behavioral health services
2. SAMHSA CCBHC Grant Funding: As a SAMHSA Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic grantee, receives federal grant funding to support comprehensive behavioral health services
3. Donations and Charitable Contributions: Accepts charitable donations from individuals and organizations to support programs and services

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Aurora Mental Health & Recovery (AMHR) is a nonprofit community mental health organization that provides comprehensive behavioral health and wraparound social services to individuals and families across the lifespan. Core clinical offerings include mental health therapy, psychiatric services, addiction and recovery treatment, 24/7 crisis intervention, and same-day Connect to Care access, delivered via telehealth, 9 in-person Colorado locations, and embedded teams at schools and detention centers. Wraparound programs include Homeless Services, Adult Education (ESL, GED, Citizenship, Workforce), Victim Assistance, Youth Leadership Academy, and Colorado Language Connection, all coordinated through the Cultural Development & Wellness Center.

Product overview

Aurora Mental Health & Recovery (AMHR) is a nonprofit community mental health organization offering a unified portfolio of behavioral health services. The core offerings include Mental Health & Behavioral Health Services, Crisis Services (24/7 walk-in), Connect to Care (same-day non-emergency), and Addiction & Recovery. These are delivered via telehealth, 9 service locations, embedded school/detention teams, and community-based partners. Wraparound services include Homeless Services, Adult Education (ESL, GED, Citizenship, Workforce), Colorado Language Connection, Victim Assistance, and Youth Leadership Academy—all coordinated through the Cultural Development & Wellness Center. The organization also operates the Aurora Research Institute. Services are provided as a SAMHSA Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) grantee, ensuring comprehensive, coordinated care across the lifespan.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Cultural Development & Wellness Center: Programs including Behavioral Health, Adult Education (ESL, GED, Citizenship, Workforce Services), Victim Assistance, Youth Leadership Academy, and Colorado Language Connection

Products and services

• Mental Health & Behavioral Health Services

Quantifiable outcome

• 40% faster recovery for clients receiving evidence-based trauma treatments compared to average
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Asian Pacific Development CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAurora Mental Health Recovery and Asian Pacific Development Center announced plans to join forces, combining resources and expertise to better serve diverse communities in the Aurora area. This partnership will expand culturally-responsive mental health services.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• WellPower (formerly Mental Health Center of Denver): WellPower is a Denver-based nonprofit community mental health center and SAMHSA CCBHC offering a comparable continuum of behavioral health, crisis, and wraparound services to AMHR, with a similar Colorado footprint, payor mix, and CCBHC-certified operational model.
• Jefferson Center for Mental Health: Jefferson Center is a Colorado community mental health center serving the Jefferson County area with behavioral health, crisis, and recovery services—directly comparable to AMHR in scope, mission, and CCBHC-style integrated care delivery.
• AllHealth Network: AllHealth Network is a Colorado-based nonprofit community mental health organization providing behavioral health, crisis, and integrated services across multiple sites—closely aligned with AMHR's multi-location, wraparound service model.
• Mental Health Partners (Boulder County): Mental Health Partners is a Colorado community mental health center offering outpatient behavioral health, crisis, and recovery services in Boulder County—structurally and operationally comparable to AMHR within the same state.

Broad incumbents

• Acadia Healthcare: Acadia Healthcare is one of the largest publicly traded behavioral health operators in the U.S., offering inpatient, residential, and outpatient mental health and substance use services—representing the scaled, well-capitalized incumbent that community providers like AMHR increasingly compete with for referrals and clinicians.
• Universal Health Services (UHS) Behavioral Health: UHS operates a large behavioral health hospital and facility network across the U.S. and is a broad incumbent in the same service category, though focused on higher-acuity inpatient settings rather than AMHR's community-based outpatient model.

Emerging players

• Charlie Health: Charlie Health is a virtual-first intensive outpatient program for adolescents and young adults with mental health and substance use conditions—an emerging digital competitor whose tech-enabled, virtual delivery model directly overlaps with AMHR's outpatient therapy and addiction services, particularly for younger demographics.
• Cerebral: Cerebral is a tele-mental-health platform providing therapy, counseling, and medication management online—an emerging player whose digital-first model and commercial/insurance positioning overlaps with AMHR's outpatient and telehealth services, especially for working-age adults.
• Lyra Health: Lyra Health is a virtual mental health benefits platform for employers and payers—an emerging player whose evidence-based, outcome-measured approach (including Measurement-Based Care concepts) parallels AMHR's stated clinical differentiators, though Lyra targets employer-sponsored rather than Medicaid populations.

Others

• Centene Corporation: Centene is a major managed care company specializing in Medicaid and government-sponsored health plans—an adjacent ecosystem participant that functions as both a payor partner for AMHR (Medicaid reimbursement) and a competitor via its owned behavioral health delivery assets, materially influencing AMHR's reimbursement economics.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/aumhcaurora

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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