Child Guidance Center

Name

Child Guidance Center

Legal name

Child Guidance Center

Website

https://cgcjax.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1952

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Children's Mental Health Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Child and Youth Services (624110), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Mental Health & Infant/Early Childhood Consultation (0–5) (EDACAFAO)

akta.pro secondary industry

Family Resource Centers & Wraparound Support Services (EDACALAH)

Keywords

• Children mental health services
• School-based therapy
• Family counseling
• Crisis intervention services
• Outpatient behavioral health

Headquarters

HQ city

Jacksonville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Government/Public Funding: Primary revenue from government sources including Florida Department of Children and Families (Substance Abuse and Mental Health division), Kids Hope Alliance, and United Way of Northeast Florida. Services funded through public mental health programs.
2. Insurance/Medicaid Billing: Billing insurance or Medicaid for treatment services. Diagnosis, method of treatment, and dates of visits submitted to insurance carriers.
3. Self-Pay/Fee-for-Service: Self-pay options available with published fee structure. Clients who self-pay may restrict disclosure of PHI to insurance carriers.
4. Donations and Philanthropy: Tax-deductible donations from individuals and organizations. 501(c)(3) organization with Tax ID Number: 59-0704727. Annual Sandal, Sneaker, & Stiletto Gala fundraising event.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Child Guidance Center provides outpatient mental health counseling, in-school therapy, crisis intervention, family therapy, psychiatric services, and case management for children, adolescents, and families in the Jacksonville area. Services are delivered through multiple programs including Community Action Team, Full Service Schools, Outpatient Services, Rapid Response Team, Talkable Communities trainings, Medical Services, Specialized Family Services, and Targeted Case Management.

Product overview

Child Guidance Center provides a comprehensive suite of mental health services for children, adolescents, and families in the Jacksonville area. The organization operates multiple interconnected programs including the Community Action Team (CAT), Full Service Schools (in-school therapy), Outpatient Services, Rapid Response Team (24/7 crisis intervention), Talkable Communities Mental Health Trainings, Medical Services, Specialized Family Services, and Targeted Case Management. The center utilizes evidence-based therapeutic approaches including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Trauma-Focused CBT, Play Therapy, Family Therapy, and Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI). Services are delivered across multiple locations and through school-based programs, with crisis support available 24/7 through the Rapid Response Team.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Community Action Team (CAT) Comprehensive mental health services program providing support to children, adolescents, and families in the Jacksonville community.
• Full Service Schools In-school therapy program providing mental health services directly within Duval County Public Schools at no cost to families.
• Outpatient Services Traditional outpatient mental health counseling services for children, adolescents, and families delivered across multiple office locations.
• Rapid Response Team 24/7 crisis intervention team providing emergency behavioral health support to all ages in Duval County, including mobile response.
• Talkable Communities Mental Health Trainings Free community mental health training program offering QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer) suicide prevention training across Northeast Florida.
• Medical Services Medical and psychiatric services including ePrescribing capabilities for medication management.
• Specialized Family Services Family-focused therapeutic interventions including family therapy, Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI), and Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT).
• Targeted Case Management Case management services helping families navigate and access appropriate mental health resources and support systems.

Quantifiable outcome

• 40% higher anxiety recovery rate than U.S. national average in Full Service Schools programs
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Greenspace HealthcoreTechnology or IntegrationTechnology partnership for measurement-based care platform. Greenspace Health provides the MBC platform enabling CGC to track client symptoms using validated instruments (PHQ-9, GAD-7) at regular intervals throughout treatment via email/text links.
• Talkable Communities (Five Nonprofit Collaboration)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration of five nonprofits providing free mental health trainings across Northeast Florida. Led by Starting Point Behavioral Health, funded by Florida Blue, includes Clay Behavioral Health Center, Epic Behavioral Health, and Gateway Behavioral Health Services. CGC leads QPR training program.
• Soul LifeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner for Murals & Melodies Summer Empowerment Camp, providing expressive arts programming for children focusing on emotional expression through art and music.
• The Goodness TourminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner for summer camp programming, providing music instruction, art therapy, and AI-based comics creation activities through facilitators Luc Reynaud and Benjamin Swatez.
• UNF Brooks College of HealthminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership providing canine therapy program through Campus Canines, involving Dr. Carlene Taylor and Lucy Croft for animal-assisted therapy during summer camp.
• Duval County Public SchoolscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFull Service Schools program delivers in-school mental health therapy services at no cost to students and families at DCPS locations.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Child Mind Institute: National nonprofit children's mental health organization with clinical, educational, and research arms. Comparable mission and outcome-tracking orientation, but operates at national scale and a higher-acuity clinical tier than CGC's community-CMHC model.
• Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services: Large nonprofit behavioral health and child welfare provider. Comparable integrated children-and-family mental health service model including outpatient, school-linked, and case management — at much larger scale.
• Childhelp: National nonprofit focused on child abuse prevention and children's mental health treatment. Comparable mission (children's trauma and behavioral health), comparable reliance on donations and grants, and a broader-but-overlapping service portfolio to CGC's Specialized Family Services.
• Florida Council for Community Mental Health: Statewide trade association for Florida community mental health providers (referenced in CGC's links page). While not a direct service provider in itself, it represents the broader category of publicly funded Florida CMHCs against which CGC competes for state contracts and grant funding.

Emerging players

• Charlie Health: Tech-enabled virtual outpatient mental health provider focused on adolescents and families. Comparable clinical population and outcome-tracking orientation as CGC, but delivers via a for-profit, virtual-first model — an emerging competitive threat to traditional community-CMHC delivery.

Direct peers

• Gateway Behavioral Health Services: Community mental health provider serving the Jacksonville region and Talkable Communities collaborator alongside CGC. Comparable nonprofit, publicly funded operating model with overlapping crisis and outpatient service lines.
• Starting Point Behavioral Health: Community mental health nonprofit serving Northeast Florida and the lead collaborator with CGC in the Talkable Communities training initiative. Same funding geography (LSF Health Systems / Florida DCF), similar populations and service mix, making it the most directly comparable regional peer.
• Family Support Services of North Florida: Regional social services nonprofit (referenced as a CGC funder-ecosystem partner and linked from cgcjax.org); delivers child welfare, case management, and family support in the same Duval/Clay geography, overlapping meaningfully with CGC's Targeted Case Management and Specialized Family Services.
• Clay Behavioral Health Center: Northeast Florida community mental health center listed as a CGC partner and link from cgcjax.org; shares the Florida children's mental health mission, Clay County footprint, and public funding model — a tight service-line and geography match.

Regional players

• Empath Health (Suncoast Hospice / Directions for Living): Florida-focused nonprofit health services network with behavioral health and child/family programs. Regional comparable in mission and payer mix, though less pediatric-specialized than CGC — illustrates the broader Florida nonprofit behavioral-health category CGC operates within.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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