Teen Health Connection

What Teen Health Connection does

Teen Health Connection is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit healthcare organization headquartered at 3541 Randolph Rd, Charlotte, North Carolina, founded in 1991/1992 to serve adolescents and young adults ages 11 through 25. It describes itself as the leading provider of integrated medical and behavioral healthcare for that demographic in the Charlotte metropolitan area, operating an exclusive community collaboration with Atrium Health's Levine Children's Hospital to access specialized pediatric resources.

The core service offering combines adolescent medicine (physicals, immunizations, acute care, chronic illness management, nutrition guidance, and reproductive healthcare) with integrated behavioral health services. Layered on the core are specialized programs including the Center for Disordered Eating, Teens and Tots (for adolescent parents), and Independent Psychological Assessment, plus youth development programs such as the Teen Advisory Board, the Youth Drug-Free Coalition, the Teen Leadership Summit, the Johnston Ziegler Safrit Youth Leadership Scholarship, free Parenting Training Classes, and a community outreach tool called The BIG PICTURE.

The business model is a hybrid patient-care and charitable-finance model. Revenue is generated from patient service billing — accepting private insurance and Medicaid, with a sliding fee scale for uninsured patients — and is supplemented by donations, grants, and fundraising (a prominent "Donate" CTA and an Amazon Wish List are visible on the website). The organization has an operating headcount of 1-10 employees and serves a single regional market via in-person appointments and same-day sick visits, with no app, API, or digital product surface.

Name

Teen Health Connection

Legal name

Teen Health Connection

Website

https://teenhealthconnection.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Teen Health Connection is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit healthcare provider in Charlotte, NC, delivering integrated medical and behavioral health services to adolescents and young adults ages 11 to 25, primarily through a single clinic in partnership with Atrium Health's Levine Children's Hospital.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Adolescent and Young Adult Healthcare Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Child and Youth Services (624110), Health Care and Social Assistance (62)

SIC

Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine Practices (HLAFAJAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Behavioral Health for Children & Adolescents (Youth Services) (HLAFACAL), Youth Mental Health, Counseling & Wellbeing (Education-Linked) Nonprofits (BPAGADAK)

Keywords

• Adolescent healthcare services
• Behavioral health treatment
• Reproductive health care
• Chronic illness management
• Youth wellness programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Charlotte

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Patient Care Services: Healthcare services billed through private insurance, Medicaid, or sliding fee scale for uninsured patients

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Teen Health Connection provides integrated medical and behavioral healthcare services exclusively to adolescents and young adults ages 11 through 25, including primary/adolescent medicine (physicals, immunizations, acute care, chronic illness management, reproductive healthcare, nutrition), behavioral health, disordered eating treatment, and programs for young parents. Services are billed through private insurance and Medicaid with a sliding fee scale for uninsured patients, and delivered primarily at its Charlotte, NC clinic in collaboration with Atrium Health's Levine Children's Hospital.

Product overview

Teen Health Connection operates as an integrated medical and behavioral healthcare organization serving adolescents and young adults ages 11 through 25. The organization functions as a medical practice with an exclusive community collaboration with Atrium Health's Levine Children's Hospital. The core offerings include Medical Services (providing adolescent medicine, sports/school/camp physicals, immunizations, acute care, chronic illness management, nutrition/wellness guidance, and reproductive healthcare), paired with Behavioral Health services. Additional specialized programs include the Center for Disordered Eating, Teens and Tots for young parents, and The BIG PICTURE health education outreach tool. Youth engagement programs encompass the Teen Advisory Board (adolescent volunteer leadership), the Youth Drug-Free Coalition (community prevention coalition), Parenting Training Classes (free workshops), Teen Leadership Summit, Johnston Ziegler Safrit Youth Leadership Scholarship, and Independent Psychological Assessment services. The organization is a 501(c)(3) qualified charity based in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Medical Services

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Atrium Health's Levine Children's HospitalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerExclusive community collaboration providing access to specialized pediatric healthcare resources and expertise for adolescent patients

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• InStride Health: Virtual provider of evidence-based care for children and adolescents with anxiety, OCD, and related conditions. Overlaps with THC's behavioral-health and disordered-eating offerings but operates nationally via telehealth.
• Brightside Health: Telehealth mental-health provider serving adolescents and adults. Competes for the same adolescent behavioral-health demand that THC serves, but via a digital-only delivery model at national scale.
• Hazel Health: School-based and in-home telehealth provider focused on adolescent mental and behavioral health. Targets an overlapping adolescent population via a virtual delivery model that contrasts with THC's in-person approach.

Broad incumbents

• Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center: Leading pediatric hospital with adolescent medicine, behavioral medicine, and eating-disorder treatment. Comparable clinical scope to THC but operates as a research-driven academic center rather than a community nonprofit clinic.
• Boston Children's Hospital: Major pediatric academic medical center with a dedicated Adolescent Medicine division. Comparable to THC via its adolescent medicine, behavioral health, and reproductive care offerings, but operates at far larger scale and as part of a full-service children's hospital.
• Akron Children's Hospital: Regional pediatric health system with adolescent medicine, behavioral health, and community-based service lines. Comparable in delivering pediatric specialty care to a defined regional population, though at much larger scale than THC.
• Children's Healthcare of Atlanta: Large pediatric health system with adolescent medicine, behavioral health, and eating-disorder programs. Comparable clinical categories to THC but operates as a multi-hospital system serving a regional population.
• Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (Adolescent Medicine): Top-tier pediatric hospital with adolescent medicine, behavioral health, and eating-disorder programs. Comparable in clinical scope to THC but as part of a much larger institution serving a national referral base.

Regional players

• Daymark Recovery Services: North Carolina-based nonprofit behavioral-health provider serving adolescents and adults across multiple counties. Comparable in mission and North Carolina footprint to THC's behavioral health offerings, though THC's integrated medical model is differentiated.

Direct peers

• Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center: Free, comprehensive medical and mental-health clinic serving adolescents and young adults in NYC. Operates an integrated medical + behavioral + reproductive health model for teens — the closest functional analog to Teen Health Connection's model in a different metro.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/TeenHealthConne
• Facebookfacebook.com/TeenHealthConnection
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/teenhealthconnection

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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