Center for Life Management

What Center for Life Management does

Center for Life Management (CLM) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit community mental health center headquartered in Derry, New Hampshire, designated by the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services to serve as the regional community mental health center for 11 towns: Atkinson, Chester, Danville, Derry, Hampstead, Newton, Pelham, Plaistow, Salem, Sandown, and Windham. Founded in 2006 and operating with 251-500 employees, CLM delivered care to 5,564 individuals in FY25 across children/adolescents (1,859) and adults/seniors (3,705). The organization operates five physical locations across Derry and Salem, with additional community-based service delivery in homes, schools, and workplaces, plus telehealth via Microsoft Teams.

CLM's service platform spans six core lines: Adult Services, Child/Adolescent/Family Services, Collaborative Care Services for co-occurring IDD/autism/TBI, Integrated Care/Healthy Together (co-located primary care via Lamprey Health Care), Acute Care & Crisis Center Services with 24/7 walk-in assessments and mobile crisis response, and a specialized Depression Center offering NeuroStar TMS Therapy and Spravato esketamine for treatment-resistant depression. Supporting infrastructure includes an on-site Genoa Healthcare pharmacy, supportive housing (Jean's Place), senior services (REAP), and academic pipelines with UNH Manchester and New England College. Technology is healthcare-standard: Microsoft Teams telehealth, Power Platform referral forms, EHR systems, with no disclosed AI/ML capabilities.

Revenue is generated primarily through insurance reimbursement (Medicaid, Medicare, commercial plans), supplemented by government funding as a designated CMHC, charitable care subsidies, foundation grants, and individual donations. Pricing follows insurance billing with co-pays, deductibles, and a limited fee-for-service program (Child Impact Program at $85/registration). The go-to-market combines direct-to-consumer phone intake (Access to Care department), medical professional referrals with 48-hour response, school and first responder partnerships, and community events. The organization accepts new clients regardless of insurance status through a charitable care program funded by donations and grants.

Name

Center for Life Management

Legal name

Center for Life Management

Website

https://centerforlifemanagement.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Center for Life Management is a New Hampshire designated nonprofit community mental health center serving 11 towns with comprehensive behavioral health, crisis, integrated primary care, and specialized treatment-resistant depression services across five locations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Mental Health Services

NAICS

Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (621420), Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians) (621330)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Behavioral Health & Cognitive Support Coordination (Dementia, Depression, SUD) (HSABAIAF)

Keywords

• Community mental health
• Behavioral health services
• Crisis intervention
• Outpatient psychiatric care
• Integrated primary care

Headquarters

HQ city

Derry

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Insurance Reimbursement: CLM accepts nearly all major health insurance plans including Medicaid and Medicare. Services are billed to insurance providers. The organization has contracts with most health plans and informs clients of any co-pays, deductibles, or other costs for which they may be responsible.
2. Charitable Care / Financial Assistance: Charitable care assistance is provided to low-income, uninsured, or underinsured clients who qualify based on individualized financial assessment. Eligibility requires residency within CLM's service area. This program ensures services are available regardless of ability to pay, funded in part by charitable donations and government programs.
3. Charitable Donations and Grants: CLM is a 501(c)(3) public charity. Donations support the organization's mission to promote mental health and emotional well-being. Charitable gifts of $100 and more are recognized with an engraved leaf on the 'Tree of Life' sculpture. The organization also receives grants from foundations such as the Alexander Eastman Foundation.
4. Government Funding (Community Mental Health Center): As the designated community mental health center for the region, CLM receives government funding and operates under state oversight by the NH Division of Behavioral Health. Services such as REAP (Referral Education Assistance and Prevention) for seniors are provided at no cost through government-funded programs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Center for Life Management is the state-designated community mental health center providing comprehensive behavioral health services to individuals and families across 11 southern New Hampshire towns. It delivers integrated mental health, substance use, and primary care through outpatient clinics in Derry and Salem, telehealth, community-based care, and a 24/7 crisis center, with advanced specialty offerings including NeuroStar TMS Therapy and Spravato for treatment-resistant depression.

Product overview

Center for Life Management (CLM) is a designated community mental health center providing comprehensive behavioral health services across New Hampshire. Rather than a single product, CLM operates as an integrated service delivery platform with multiple interconnected programs serving children, adolescents, adults, and seniors. Core service lines include Adult Services, Child/Adolescent/Family Services, Collaborative Care Services, Integrated Care/Healthy Together, Acute Care & Crisis Center Services, and a specialized Depression Center offering NeuroStar TMS Therapy and Spravato. Support services include on-site Pharmacy Services via Genoa Healthcare, Supported Housing (Jean's Place), and Senior Services (REAP). Services are delivered through outpatient offices in Derry and Salem, NH, via telehealth (Microsoft Teams), and community-based settings. The organization emphasizes evidence-based practices, whole-person care integration, and 24/7 crisis availability.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Depression Center: A state-of-the-art Depression Center offering comprehensive evidence-based therapeutic approaches and advanced treatment options including NeuroStar TMS Therapy and Spravato for treatment-resistant depression.
• Healthy Together
• Continuum of Collaborative Care
• Jean's Place

Products and services

• Adult Services Comprehensive mental health services for adults 18+ including individual and group therapy, case management, medication services, community support, housing assistance, senior services, and evidence-based treatments like DBT and ACT. Designed for adults living with serious mental illness, co-occurring substance use disorders, brain injuries, developmental disabilities, and autism.
• Child, Adolescent and Family and Young Adult Services Specialized clinical services for children from pre-school age through young adulthood, including individual, family, and group therapy, case management, community support, evidence-based practices (TF-CBT, CPP, MATCH), substance use treatment, and transition programs.
• Collaborative Care Services Specialized coordination for individuals with co-occurring mental health needs and intellectual/developmental disabilities, brain injuries, or autism, in partnership with Community Crossroads providing multidisciplinary assessments, therapy, medication management, and community-based supports.
• Integrated Care / Healthy Together Whole-person healthcare combining mental and primary care in one setting. Includes individual and group therapy, medication services, Integrated Care Case Management, Functional Support Services, Behavioral Health Visiting Nurse, and wellness programs (NEW You, Integrated IMR). Primary care delivered via partnership with Lamprey Health Care.
• Acute Care & Crisis Center Services 24/7 crisis services including walk-in assessments, telehealth and mobile crisis response, crisis stabilization, family consultation, peer support, and hospital admission coordination. Designed to provide urgent mental health care and prevent emergency medical situations.
• Depression Center Specialized depression treatment program offering NeuroStar TMS Therapy and Spravato for adults with treatment-resistant depression, plus individual/group therapy and medication management. Operates as a 12-year continuously running TMS program within CLM.
• Pharmacy Services On-site pharmacy via Genoa Healthcare providing complete medication fulfillment, mail delivery, pill organization by date and time, prescription transfers, and medication counseling at CLM's Derry office.
• Child Impact Program Four-hour educational program helping parents understand the impact of divorce or custody changes on children. State-aid eligible, offered in person and online via Microsoft Teams, with $85 per-person registration.
• Supported Housing and Homeless Outreach Housing assistance via HUD and PATH funding for eligible homeless adults. Jean's Place is a six-bed supportive housing program with 24/7 staffing and four independent apartments promoting wellness and recovery.
• Senior Services and REAP Behavioral health support for seniors 60+ including grief counseling, technical assistance, education programs, and community resource connection via the REAP program at no cost to eligible NH residents.
• NeuroStar TMS Therapy FDA-approved transcranial magnetic stimulation therapy for treatment-resistant depression. Non-invasive, non-medication treatment using focused magnetic pulses available for adults, adolescents aged 15+, and adults with OCD.
• Spravato (Esketamine) Treatment FDA-approved esketamine nasal spray for treatment-resistant depression that acts on glutamate neurotransmitters; administered twice weekly initially in a supervised clinical setting with each session lasting about two hours under medical supervision.
• HOPE Program for First Episode Psychosis Specialized clinical program for teens and young adults ages 15-25 experiencing first episode psychosis, providing coordinated specialty care, clinical training for staff, and team-based treatment to address early-stage psychotic illness.

Quantifiable outcome

• 5,564 individuals received care in FY25 across 11+ communities
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Community CrossroadscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCLM and Community Crossroads Area Agency jointly created the Continuum of Collaborative Care program, providing effective and specialized treatment options for individuals with co-occurring mental health needs and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD), Brain Injuries, and/or Autism. The program emphasizes interagency collaboration to create cohesive client-centered teams and outcomes.
• Lamprey Health CarecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThrough the Healthy Together partnership, Lamprey Health Care provides high-quality primary care services to individuals age 12 and older in the same setting as CLM's mental health care, creating a one-stop solution for whole-person integrated care at CLM's Derry office.
• Genoa HealthcarecoreTechnology or IntegrationGenoa Healthcare provides on-site pharmacy services for CLM consumers at the Derry office. Genoa fulfills all medication needs including mailing medications at no extra cost, organizing pills by date and time, helping transfer prescriptions, and providing 24-hour customer service.
• New England CollegecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCLM partnered with New England College to offer a Master's of Science Counseling degree program. The 5-year program combines a 3-year graduate degree with professional development, featuring a hybrid academic model of online classes mixed with in-person instruction at CLM's Derry office. Tuition is covered by CLM for eligible full-time employees.
• University of New Hampshire at ManchestercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCLM partnered with UNH Manchester and NH's Community Mental Health System to create the Behavioral Health Co-Op program, providing students with hands-on experience, professional mentoring, and meaningful paid employment while completing their degrees. The first student joined CLM in January as a Collaborative Care Community Support Counselor.
• NH DHHS (New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCLM operates as the designated community mental health center under state oversight by NH DHHS Division of Behavioral Health. Receives government funding and operates programs such as REAP (Referral Education Assistance and Prevention) for seniors, funded through government programs.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Riverbend Community Mental Health Center: NH community mental health center delivering outpatient behavioral health, crisis, and integrated services under the same designated CMHC model. Comparable scope across adult, child, and family services.
• Greater Nashua Mental Health Center: Another NH-designated community mental health center serving a contiguous catchment in southern New Hampshire. Provides comparable outpatient mental health, substance use, and integrated care services under the same NH DHHS CMHC framework as CLM.
• Harbor Care: NH-based nonprofit delivering integrated health, housing, and behavioral health services for vulnerable populations. Operates a similar mix of community mental health, supportive housing, and primary care partnerships.
• Monadnock Family Services: NH-designated community mental health center serving rural/small-town populations comparable to CLM's catchment. Provides outpatient therapy, crisis, substance use, and community-based services with a similar full-lifecycle model.
• WestBridge: Manchester, NH-based integrated mental health and substance use treatment provider serving adults with co-occurring disorders. Comparable specialized programming and New Hampshire regional footprint.
• Seacoast Mental Health Center: NH-designated community mental health center providing outpatient therapy, medication management, crisis services, and integrated care comparable to CLM's full service menu.
• Lakes Region Mental Health Center: NH community mental health center offering mental health and substance use disorder treatment across the lifespan. Operates as a designated CMHC with emergency services and community programs paralleling CLM.
• Northern Human Services: NH community mental health agency serving rural northern New Hampshire with outpatient mental health, substance use, and developmental services under the same designated-CMHC operating model as CLM.

Broad incumbents

• Cambridge Health Alliance: Massachusetts-based health system operating community mental health and integrated primary care programs with a public-sector safety-net mission. Comparable in its integration of behavioral health and primary care, but operates at significantly larger scale and broader scope.

Emerging players

• Brightside Health: Digital-first behavioral health platform offering therapy and psychiatry including treatment-resistant depression services online. Represents an emerging, technology-enabled delivery model that competes with CLM for commercial-pay and self-pay patients in the same geographic region.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles16 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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