Pine Belt

What Pine Belt does

Pine Belt Mental Healthcare Resources (PBMHR) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit community mental health center founded in 1973 and headquartered in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The organization delivers behavioral health services across 18 Mississippi counties through 68 service locations, employing more than 800 full and part-time staff. PBMHR operates four integrated service divisions — Adult Services, Child and Adolescent Services, Chemical Dependency Services, and Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities Services — covering psychiatric care, outpatient and residential treatment, school-based counseling, crisis stabilization, psychosocial rehabilitation, supported employment, and case management.

The service delivery platform is anchored by county-level mental health centers, school-embedded programs, crisis stabilization units, residential facilities (including Clearview Recovery Center), and community-based programs (including MYPAC-TAG, CommUNITY Cares, and Pine Belt Industries). PBMHR uses Electronic Health Records (EHR) to coordinate care across its locations and holds CARF accreditation at the highest level, Mississippi Department of Mental Health certification, and National Health Service Corps (NHSC) site approval.

Revenue is generated through three primary streams: insurance reimbursement (UnitedHealthcare, UMR, HealthSCOPE Benefits), government contracts and grants under the Mississippi mental health system, and a sliding fee scale for uninsured and underinsured clients. Demand is driven by community referrals (schools, courts, healthcare providers, social services), self-referral, and court-ordered mandates, with no commercial marketing motion. The organization operates as a safety-net provider serving children, adolescents, adults, seniors, and individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities across underserved Mississippi communities.

Name

Pine Belt

Legal name

Pine Belt Mental Healthcare Resources

Website

https://pbmhr.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1973

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Pine Belt Mental Healthcare Resources is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit community mental health center founded in 1973 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, operating 68 service locations across 18 counties with 800+ staff to deliver integrated behavioral health, substance use, and developmental disability services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Behavioral Healthcare Services

NAICS

Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Facilities (6232), Residential Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities (623220), Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120), Child and Youth Services (62411)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Mental Health & Crisis Support Services (BPAGAEAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Residential Mental Health Treatment Centers (HLAFACAC), Crisis Stabilization Units & Psychiatric Emergency Services (HLAFACAH), Mental Health Counseling & Psychotherapy Services (EDALAFAB)

Keywords

• Community mental health services
• Substance abuse treatment
• Developmental disability services
• Behavioral health programs
• Psychiatric outpatient services

Headquarters

HQ city

Hattiesburg

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices30 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Insurance Reimbursement: Pine Belt accepts insurance and processes claims through major providers including UnitedHealthcare, UMR, and HealthSCOPE Benefits. Services are billed through standard medical/behavioral health insurance codes.
2. Government Contracts & Grants: As a certified community mental health center by the Mississippi Department of Mental Health and an approved NHSC site, the organization receives government funding and operates under state mental health system contracts.
3. Sliding Fee Scale / Self-Pay: A discounted/sliding fee schedule is available based on family size and income. No one is denied access due to inability to pay. Intake costs are due at time of service.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Pine Belt Mental Healthcare Resources is a nonprofit community mental health center that delivers community-based behavioral healthcare across four integrated service divisions: Adult Services, Child and Adolescent Services, Chemical Dependency Services, and Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities Services. Programs include outpatient counseling, psychiatric services, crisis intervention, residential rehabilitation (Clearview Recovery Center), school-based services, supported employment, day habilitation, and psychosocial rehabilitation. Services are billed through insurance reimbursement, sliding fee scales, and state/government contracts across 18 Mississippi counties served by 68 locations.

Product overview

Pine Belt Mental Healthcare Resources operates as a comprehensive community mental health center offering four core service divisions: Adult Services, Child and Adolescent Services, Chemical Dependency Services, and Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities Services. The organization provides a coordinated portfolio of mental health programs including outpatient counseling, psychiatric services, crisis intervention, residential treatment (via Clearview Recovery Center), school-based services, day programs, and supported employment. Services are delivered through 68 locations across 18 Mississippi counties, with specialized programs such as MYPAC-TAG for youth, CommUNITY Cares for families, and Pine Belt Industries for vocational training. The organization employs over 800 staff and serves as a safety-net provider offering sliding fee scales for uninsured patients.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Adult Services Comprehensive mental health services for adults including psychiatric evaluation and medication management, case management, crisis intervention, group home services, psycho-social rehabilitation (Clubhouse Model), transitional living apartments, individual/family/group therapy, intensive case management, senior day services, adult residential services, HIV special services, and Employee Assistance Programs.
• Child and Adolescent Services Behavioral health services for children and adolescents including outpatient counseling, day programs, school-based counseling, day treatment, MS Youth Programs Around the Clock (MYPAC), Achieve Our Potential programs, psychological assessments, parenting classes, preschool day treatment, crisis intervention, transitional outreach, and CommUNITY Cares System of Care coordination.
• Chemical Dependency Services Comprehensive substance use disorder treatment including in-patient and out-patient care, individual/group/family counseling, D.U.I. assessment and counseling, intensive outpatient program, residential alcohol and drug rehabilitation, aftercare counseling, family consultation, long-term care, prevention services, transitional living, co-occurring disorders treatment, and medication assisted treatment.
• Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Services Services for individuals age 18+ with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities, including Day Habilitation, Prevocational Services, Supervised Living, Supported Employment, Behavior Management, Community-Based Job Placement, Employment/Vocational Training, School-to-Work Transition, and Pine Belt Industries. Each individual receives a customized service plan.
• Clearview Recovery Center Residential alcohol and drug rehabilitation facility in Moselle, Mississippi operated by Pine Belt, providing long-term non-hospital residential treatment for individuals requiring inpatient chemical dependency care.
• MYPAC - TAG (Mississippi Youth Programs Around the Clock) Intensive behavioral health program for youth providing around-the-clock support and services for children and adolescents with complex behavioral and emotional needs as part of Pine Belt's Child and Adolescent Services array.
• CommUNITY Cares (System of Care) System of Care initiative providing coordinated, family-driven services for children and youth with serious emotional disturbances and their families across multiple agencies and systems.
• Pine Belt Industries Pre-vocational services program providing employment and vocational training opportunities for individuals with developmental disabilities, including work experience and skills development.
• Supported Employment Program Structured supported employment approach for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, helping participants find and maintain fulfilling employment with ongoing community-based job coaching support.
• Psycho-Social Rehabilitation (Clubhouse Model) Evidence-based psycho-social rehabilitation service using the Clubhouse Model, providing rehabilitation through vocational and social programs for persons with serious mental illness, including transitional employment programming.

Named customers2 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Mississippi Department of Mental HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPine Belt is certified by the State of Mississippi Department of Mental Health as a community mental health center operating under state oversight and within the Mississippi mental health service delivery system.
• National Health Service Corps (NHSC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPBMHR is an approved NHSC site, a federal government program administered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HRSA Bureau of Health Workforce) that supports healthcare workforce placement in underserved communities.
• Mental Health Corporations of America (MHCA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPBMHR is a member of MHCA, a network of high-quality behavioral healthcare organizations that provides peer support, benchmarking, and best practice sharing among member centers.
• National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare (NCCBH)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPBMHR is a member of NCCBH, the oldest and largest national trade association representing mental health, substance abuse, and developmental disability service providers, providing advocacy and policy representation.
• Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCARF provides the highest level of accreditation for PBMHR's services, indicating rigorous compliance with international standards for rehabilitation facilities and behavioral health organizations.
• Clearview Recovery CentercoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerClearview Recovery Center (http://www.clearviewrecovery.com) is the residential alcohol and drug rehabilitation facility operated by Pine Belt for individuals requiring inpatient chemical dependency treatment.
• CommUNITY Cares (System of Care)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPine Belt participates in CommUNITY Cares, a System of Care initiative for children and youth with serious emotional disturbances, providing coordinated, family-driven services across multiple agencies and systems.
• UnitedHealthcare / UMR / HealthSCOPE BenefitscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorUnitedHealthcare, UMR, and HealthSCOPE Benefits create and publish Machine-Readable Files on behalf of Pine Belt Mental Healthcare Resources for healthcare price transparency compliance (transparency-in-coverage.uhc.com).
• Mississippi Youth Programs Around the Clock (MYPAC / TAG)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMYPAC (also referred to as TAG) is a Mississippi state program for youth requiring intensive behavioral health services. Pine Belt provides MYPAC services as part of its child and adolescent service array.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Centerstone: Centerstone is one of the largest U.S. nonprofit behavioral health and IDD provider networks, operating across multiple states with a similar integrated community-mental-health-center model (outpatient, residential, crisis, IDD, school-based). It is the closest structural analog to Pine Belt in scale, mission, and funding mix.
• Aspire Health Partners: Aspire Health Partners is a Florida-based nonprofit providing community mental health, substance use, and IDD services through a comparable division-based model with similar government-contract-driven revenue mix and CARF-aligned operations. It offers a near-perfect operational comparison to Pine Belt.
• Merakey: Merakey is a large nonprofit behavioral health and IDD provider with a community-based delivery model that mirrors Pine Belt's four-division approach across multiple states, with similar funding through Medicaid and state contracts.
• Sheppard Pratt: Sheppard Pratt is a Maryland-based nonprofit behavioral health system offering inpatient, residential, outpatient, and school-based services — comparable in service breadth to Pine Belt and similarly reliant on government and insurance reimbursement.
• Sevita Health: Sevita Health (formerly The MENTOR Network) provides community-based behavioral health and IDD services including day habilitation, supported employment, and residential care — directly overlapping Pine Belt's IDD division and Chemical Dependency services.

Broad incumbents

• BrightSpring Health Services: BrightSpring is a large publicly traded provider of home and community-based health and behavioral health services, including IDD and behavioral health. While more diversified and for-profit, its segment mix in behavioral health and IDD overlaps materially with Pine Belt's IDD and SUD divisions.
• Acadia Healthcare: Acadia is a leading publicly traded behavioral healthcare operator focused on inpatient psychiatric and residential treatment, including specialty SUD programs. It represents a much larger, capital-rich incumbent that overlaps with Pine Belt's Clearview Recovery Center and crisis stabilization capabilities.
• Universal Health Services: UHS operates one of the largest U.S. behavioral health platforms through its Behavioral Health segment, including acute psychiatric hospitals and residential facilities. It is a broad incumbent comparable to Pine Belt in service categories though at vastly larger scale and for-profit.

Emerging players

• LifeStance Health: LifeStance Health is a publicly traded outpatient mental health provider operating a large network of psychiatrist and therapist offices plus a growing telehealth offering. It is an emerging partial competitor in the insured outpatient counseling space where Pine Belt also operates.

Others

• Volunteers of America National Services: Volunteers of America operates a national portfolio of behavioral health, IDD, and housing programs through nonprofit affiliates, with a similarly diverse government-grant funding model. It is a thematically related nonprofit peer rather than a direct competitor in Pine Belt's geography.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/pinebelt-mental-healthcare

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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