Acts Behavioral Health and Recovery Center

What Acts Behavioral Health and Recovery Center does

Acts Behavioral Health and Recovery Center, legally Asian Counseling Treatment Services (ACTS), is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit outpatient behavioral health organization founded in February 2003 in Kent, Washington, and currently headquartered in Lakewood, Washington. The organization delivers integrated outpatient services across substance use disorder treatment (Level 0.5, Level I, and Level II intensive outpatient), mental health counseling (psychotherapy, EMDR, trauma-focused CBT), problem gambling treatment, DUI/deferred prosecution programming, domestic violence perpetrator treatment, and anger management. Its stated differentiation is serving Asian/Pacific-originated and recent immigrant communities in Washington State through multilingual clinical staff (Korean, Vietnamese, Samoan, English, Hindi, Malayalam, Urdu, and Bahasa) and culturally adapted treatment modalities, operating from offices in Lakewood, Lynnwood, and Tacoma and serving approximately 700 to 800 clients per year.

ACTS is funded primarily through government contracts and payor relationships: it has held a contract with Pierce County Optum BHO for SUD and mental health outpatient programs since 2015 and contracted with Medicaid Washington Apple Health Plans since 2019. The Problem Gambling program is fully state-funded and free to clients, while other services are also offered at no cost to qualifying individuals. Supplemental funding comes from individual donations, community foundations, and corporate giving, including a $5 Pay-It-Forward coffee program at the ACTS Community Wellness Cafe. The organization is a NAADAC-approved education and CEU provider, operating the ACTS Counseling Education Academy to train culturally competent behavioral health professionals, and is certified by Washington State to provide all four of its core regulated program lines. ACTS distributes through direct outpatient service delivery at its own facilities and through community-based outreach partnerships with organizations such as the Korean Association and Tacoma Community House.

Name

Acts Behavioral Health and Recovery Center

Legal name

Asian Counseling Treatment Services

Website

https://actsrehab.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Acts Behavioral Health and Recovery Center (Asian Counseling Treatment Services) is a Washington State 501(c)(3) nonprofit providing integrated outpatient substance use, mental health, problem gambling, and domestic violence treatment, with a distinctive focus on Asian/Pacific-originated and immigrant communities served through multilingual clinical staff in Lakewood and Lynnwood.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Outpatient Behavioral Health Services

NAICS

Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (621420), Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (62142)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Substance Use Recovery & Harm Reduction Support Services (BPAGAEAO)

akta.pro secondary industry

Substance Use Prevention & Recovery Lifestyle Education (Non-clinical) (EDAAAHAL)

Keywords

• Substance use disorder treatment
• Outpatient mental health services
• Behavioral health counseling
• Problem gambling treatment
• Domestic violence intervention

Headquarters

HQ city

Lakewood

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Medicaid / WA Apple Health Contracts: ACTS is contracted with Medicaid Washington's Apple Health Plans, providing coverage for mental health and substance use disorder outpatient services. This is a major funding source for client services.
2. County Government Contracts: Contracts with Pierce County Optum BHO for Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health Outpatient Programs. The Problem Gambling program is fully state-funded.
3. Foundation and Community Donations: As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, ACTS seeks funding from bona fide donors, groups, community foundations, and corporations to make services available regardless of financial circumstances.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

ACTS provides integrated outpatient behavioral health services combining substance use disorder treatment (Level 0.5 Alcohol/Drug Educational Program, Level I Outpatient, Level II Intensive Outpatient), mental health counseling, problem gambling treatment, DUI/Deferred Prosecution assessments, domestic violence perpetrator programs, and anger management. Multilingual delivery in Korean, Vietnamese, English, and Samoan targets Asian/Pacific-originated and recently immigrated communities in Washington State, supplemented by NAADAC-approved continuing education for behavioral health professionals.

Product overview

ACTS Behavioral Health and Recovery Center operates as a non-profit community wellness organization offering integrated behavioral health services through multiple program areas. The core service portfolio includes Assessment/Evaluation (Substance Use Disorder, DUI, Mental Health, and Problem Gambling assessments), Substance Use Disorder Treatment (Level 0.5, Level I, and Level II programs with individual, group, and family counseling), Mental Health Services (psychotherapy, suicide prevention, youth/adolescent counseling), Problem Gambling Treatment (state-funded), DUI Program, Community Education and Outreach, NAADAC Approved Education Program, and NAADAC Approved CEU Program. The organization also operates a Café Community Program for donations and community engagement. Services are provided in Korean, Vietnamese, English, and other languages, with locations in Lakewood (main office) and Lynnwood, Washington.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ACTS Counseling Education Academy: Free CEU Program for Pierce County Providers providing NAADAC-approved culturally competent SUD co-occurring education topics for behavioral health professionals.

Products and services

• Substance Use Disorder Treatment Integrated chemical dependency treatment across ASAM levels (Level 0.5 Alcohol/Drug Educational Program, Level I Outpatient, Level II Intensive Outpatient), with individual, group, and family counseling, co-occurring mental health integration, and case management for adults and adolescents.
• Mental Health Services Outpatient mental health care including individual and group psychotherapy, family counseling, suicide prevention, depression and mood disorders, personality disorders, senior psychiatry, and youth/adolescent counseling, using modalities such as EMDR, CBT, DBT, ACT, and mindfulness-based interventions.
• Problem Gambling Treatment State-funded outpatient problem gambling treatment program delivered at no cost to eligible individuals, with financial counseling and family impact support.
• Assessment and Evaluation Comprehensive assessments for Substance Use Disorder, DUI/Deferred Prosecution, Mental Health, and Problem Gambling, using intake interviews including the Addiction Severity Index (ASI), serving clients referred through community, court, and clinical channels.
• DUI Program DUI/Deferred Prosecution Assessment and related treatment services for individuals with driving under the influence charges, accepted by Washington State court systems.
• Domestic Violence Perpetrator Program Washington State-certified Domestic Violence Perpetrator treatment program integrated with mental health and substance use services for court-referred clients.
• Anger Management Anger management counseling services delivered as part of ACTS's integrated behavioral health treatment continuum.
• Community Education and Outreach Community education sessions throughout the North and South Sound regions of Washington State, focusing on recognizing and preventing mental health and substance use issues through formal classes and informal community conversations.
• NAADAC Approved Education Program NAADAC-approved substance use disorder education program providing culturally competent training for ethnic and minority candidates seeking to become behavioral health professionals, covering 15 topics across psychopharmacology, ethics, cultural competency, and Asian Culture interfacing with American Culture.
• NAADAC Approved CEU Program Free continuing education unit (CEU) program for Pierce County behavioral health providers offering 15 NAADAC-approved culturally competent SUD co-occurring topics, delivered through weekly Lunch and Learn sessions.

Quantifiable outcome

• Serves 700 to 800 clients per year across all programs

Named customers3 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• Pierce County Behavioral Health and Therapeutic CourtscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerACTS partners with Pierce County Behavioral Health and Therapeutic Courts to deliver the NAADAC-approved SUD co-occurring education program. This partnership supports workforce development for Asian/Pacific-originated behavioral health providers and enhances cultural competency for providers serving WA Asian/Pacific-originated populations (APIDA). The program is supported by Pierce County to increase the pipeline of culturally competent counselors.
• Korean AssociationsupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerACTS collaborates with the Korean Association for community education and outreach events, including relationship skills programming held at the Korean Association venue.
• Tacoma Community HousesupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerACTS partners with Tacoma Community House for community outreach activities, providing educational sessions and behavioral health awareness programming.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Asian Health Services: Oakland-based federally qualified health center providing primary care, behavioral health, and dental services to Asian American communities. Comparable culturally-focused community-health model but operates at considerably larger scale in California.
• MultiCare Behavioral Health: Behavioral health division of MultiCare Health System, a major Washington State integrated delivery network headquartered in Tacoma. Provides outpatient behavioral health services in same geographic market as ACTS with broader hospital-based backing.
• Compass Health: Washington State nonprofit behavioral health provider operating across multiple counties with outpatient mental health and substance use disorder programs. Competes for the same Pierce County Optum BHO and Medicaid payer contracts that ACTS depends on.
• Sea Mar Community Health Centers: Washington State community health center network providing behavioral health, SUD, primary care, and social services across WA. Operates as a Medicaid contractor with similar state-PIerce County funding profile; broad incumbent in the same regional behavioral health contract landscape.

Emerging players

• Asian Mental Health Collective: National grassroots nonprofit supporting Asian American mental health awareness and provider referral. Emerging player expanding culturally competent behavioral health access, with thematic overlap to ACTS's community-education mission.

Direct peers

• Korean American Family Services (KFAM): New York-area nonprofit offering mental health, family counseling, and substance use services tailored to Korean American communities. Closest cultural-competency analog to ACTS outside Washington, with matching Korean-language clinical team and Korean-American target population.
• Asian Americans for Community Involvement (AACI): San Jose-based nonprofit providing integrated behavioral health, primary care, and social services to Asian American and Pacific Islander clients. Mirrors ACTS's integrated co-occurring treatment model and culturally-competent delivery model at a larger scale.
• Asian Counseling & Referral Service (ACRS): Seattle-based 501(c)(3) providing behavioral health, human services, and youth education to Asian/Pacific Islander communities. Most direct comparable peer in Washington State, with overlapping multilingual service lines (Korean, Vietnamese, Chinese) and similar community-health-center operating model.
• Center for MultiCultural Health: Seattle-based nonprofit providing culturally and linguistically appropriate health and behavioral health services to immigrant and refugee communities in Washington State. Direct peer in cultural-community-health service delivery.

Regional players

• Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon (APANO): Oregon-based nonprofit focused on Asian and Pacific Islander community advocacy, behavioral health, and social services. Closest regional peer in the Pacific Northwest serving APIDA populations outside Washington.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/actsrehab
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/acts-behavioral-health-recovery-center

Compliance9 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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