Family Ties

Name

Family Ties

Legal name

Family Ties Enterprises, Inc.

Website

https://familytiesinc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services

NAICS

Individual and Family Services (6241), Child and Youth Services (62411)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Family & Parenting Support Services (BPAGAEAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Family Engagement & Caregiver Support Programs (SEL/Mental Health) (EDAKAMAK), Family Resource Centers & Wraparound Support Services (EDACALAH), Parent Mental Health, Stress Management & Wellness Programs (EDACALAJ)

Keywords

• Child mental health services
• Home-based counseling
• School-based behavioral health
• Family preservation services
• Medicaid behavioral health

Headquarters

HQ city

Sandy Springs

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Medicaid Funded Mental Health Services (CORE): Child and Adolescent Medicaid approved Core Provider and State Fee For Service approved Provider. Services funded through PeachState, WellCare, Cenpatico, Caresource, Amerigroup, and Medicaid. Uninsured children up to age 21 still in school access free in-home mental health services.
2. Insurance Billing: Accepts multiple insurance providers including Medicaid, Tricare, BCBS, Cigna, Aetna, Amerigroup, and PeachState. Services billed through insurance for covered families.
3. Self-Pay Option: Self-pay option for families with no insurance or private insurance who want to utilize school-based services. Contact required for pricing details.
4. DFCS Contracted Services: Licensed Provider approved to provide all services under the Comprehensive Child and Family Assessment (CCFA) program including family assessments, wraparound services, and adolescent assessments. Services include Brief Intervention, Homestead, Wraparound, PUP, and Parent Aide programs with various billing codes.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Family Ties provides intensive, home-based counseling and community integration services for children and families, plus school-based mental health services, Medicaid-funded behavioral health services (CORE), DFCS-contracted assessments and wraparound services, private consulting/evaluations, and TeleMental Health, delivered by licensed clinicians across 12+ Metro Atlanta counties.

Product overview

Family Ties is a mental health services organization offering an integrated portfolio of five core service lines: Telemental Health (remote video/phone counseling), CORE Medicaid Funded Mental Health Services, DFCS Services (Department of Family and Children Services programs including assessments and wraparound services), Private Consulting (evaluations and counseling), and the School Based Program (in-school mental health services). The School Based Program includes specialized sub-services such as CBITS trauma groups, Social-Emotional Learning Training, Anxiety Training, and Mindfulness Meetings. Services are delivered across multiple Georgia counties through in-home, school-based, and telehealth modalities by licensed clinicians, supervisors, and paraprofessionals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Telemental Health Remote mental health services delivered via telecommunication systems (video or phone) enabling clients to connect with their clinical team from a smartphone, tablet, or computer when in-person visits are not possible. Includes assessments, individual counseling, family counseling, CSI, psychiatric services, nursing, and psychological services. Covered by Medicaid, Cenpatico (Centene), WellCare, Amerigroup, and CareSource.
• CORE (Medicaid-Funded Mental Health Services) Comprehensive array of mental health services for youth ages 4–18 with emotional and behavioral issues, funded through Medicaid and State Fee For Service programs. Includes crisis intervention, behavior modification, in-home individual and family therapy, community linkage, group counseling, psychiatric services, psychological services, and substance abuse counseling. Family Ties is a Child and Adolescent Medicaid approved Core Provider and State Fee For Service approved Provider.
• DFCS Services (Department of Family and Children Services Programs) Licensed provider offering services under the Comprehensive Child and Family Assessment (CCFA) program, including family assessments, wraparound services, adolescent assessments, CPS and ongoing services, court-related services, Brief Intervention, Homestead, Parent Aide, and PUP counseling and assessments.
• Private Consulting Private consulting services including home evaluations, parental fitness assessments, substance abuse assessments, domestic violence assessments, individual and family counseling, and certified anger management counseling, available to self-pay and privately insured clients.
• School Based Program In-school mental health services providing counseling, support, and clinical interventions to students across multiple school districts, including individual therapy, CBITS trauma groups, social-emotional learning training, anxiety training, mindfulness sessions, and teacher consultation, delivered through 73 partner schools across 6 school districts (Atlanta Public Schools, Clayton County, Forsyth County, Fulton County, Henry County Schools, plus additional partners).

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 5,600 children and families provided counseling and support services
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered major, core and minor.

• CARF InternationalmajorOthersFamily Ties received the highest level of accreditation from CARF International for its Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. CARF accreditation demonstrates commitment to quality standards and continuous improvement in service delivery.
• Project IntersectcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFamily Ties is an approved provider with Project Intersect, a program designed to provide therapy for commercially sexually exploited children. This partnership enables specialized services for a vulnerable population.
• Atlanta Public SchoolscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Atlanta Public Schools (with APEX Funding) providing school-based mental health services at 40+ schools including Beecher Hills ES, Bolton Academy, Carver, Dobbs Elementary, Harper Archer ES, and others.
• Clayton County SchoolscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Clayton County Schools (with Sparks Funding) providing school-based mental health services at schools including Ash Street Alternative, Calloway ES, Jonesboro HS, North Clayton MS, and others.
• Forsyth County SchoolscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Forsyth County Schools (with APEX Funding) providing school-based mental health services at 40+ schools including Alliance Academy for Innovation High, Big Creek, Chestatee, Lakeside Middle, Lambert High, and others.
• Fulton County SchoolscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Fulton County Schools (with APEX Funding) providing school-based mental health services at schools including Banneker High School, Bethune ES, Dunwoody Springs ES, Hamilton E. Holmes ES, and others.
• Henry County SchoolscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Henry County Schools (with APEX Funding) providing school-based mental health services at schools including Dutchtown MS, Eagles Landing HS, Hampton High, McDonough HS, and others.
• Children's Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerReferral partnership with CHOA at Egleston and Hugh Spaulding campuses for mental health services. Family Ties accepts referrals from CHOA and provides coordinated care for patients needing mental health services.
• Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD)coreOthersFamily Ties supports DBHDD initiative to provide a public mental health system that focuses on recovery, supports family-centered practice, shows respect to children and families, and is dedicated to excellence and positive outcomes.
• Georgia Department of Family and Children Services (DFCS)coreOthersLicensed Provider approved to provide all services under the Comprehensive Child and Family Assessment (CCFA) program, including family assessments, wraparound services, and adolescent assessments in multiple Georgia counties.
• Kipp Atlanta SchoolsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Kipp Atlanta Schools providing school-based mental health services at Kipp Collegiate, Kipp South Fulton, Kipp Strive Academy, Kipp Ways Primary, and Kipp Visions.
• Additional School PartnersminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAdditional school partnerships including Atlanta Tech GED Program, Kiddazzle Head Start, South METRO GNETS, Gainesville Middle, West End Academy, and Westside Charter.

Scale indicators5 records

Regional players

• Mary Hall Freedom House: Atlanta-based nonprofit providing housing, counseling and family-stabilization services for women and families, including DFCS-aligned programs. Comparable in family preservation focus, metro Atlanta footprint and trauma-informed care delivery.
• Viewpoint Health: Georgia Community Service Board (formerly DeKalb CSB) delivering behavioral health, developmental and family support services across metro Atlanta counties. Comparable in serving Medicaid populations, DFCS referrals and providing outpatient mental health to children and families.
• Lutheran Services of Georgia: Statewide nonprofit providing child welfare, refugee and behavioral health services across Georgia. Comparable in serving DFCS-involved families, providing counseling and behavioral health to vulnerable children and adolescents.
• Easterseals North Georgia: Regional affiliate of the Easterseals network providing disability services, family support and behavioral health programming across metro Atlanta. Comparable in serving children with developmental, behavioral and family-support needs.
• Highland Rivers Health: Georgia Community Service Board providing behavioral health, crisis and family services across northwest and metro Atlanta counties. Comparable in serving publicly funded children and adolescents with mental-health and substance-use needs.

Direct peers

• Youth Villages: Atlanta-based national nonprofit providing intensive in-home, residential and community-based services for at-risk youth and families. Directly comparable to Family Ties on population served, home-based delivery model and mental-health/family-preservation focus.
• Families First: Atlanta-based nonprofit delivering family preservation, counseling and DFCS-aligned services across metro Atlanta. Closely comparable in mission, DFCS contracting, family support services and geographic footprint.
• Hillside: Multi-state nonprofit serving children, youth and families with behavioral health, residential and community-based programs including Atlanta-area operations. Comparable in clinical intensity, youth mental-health specialization and family-centered delivery model.

Broad incumbents

• Children's Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA): Large pediatric hospital system that already serves as a referral partner and is expanding school-based and behavioral health programming in metro Atlanta. Comparable in target population (children/adolescents) and mental-health service line, though operating at much larger scale as a healthcare system.
• Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health: National nonprofit operating behavioral health programs for children and adolescents, including community-based and school-linked services. Comparable in evidence-based clinical programs, multi-state footprint and DFCS-style contract work, but at significantly larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/FamilyTiesIncGA
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/family-tyes-inc
• Instagraminstagram.com/familytiesinc_ga

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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