McClendon Center

Name

McClendon Center

Legal name

McClendon Center, Inc.

Website

https://mcclendoncenter.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1980

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Mental Health Services

NAICS

Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (621420), Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (62142), Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians) (621330)

SIC

Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093), Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Mental Health Centers (CMHCs) & Public Behavioral Health Providers (HLAFACAI)

Keywords

• Community mental health services
• Behavioral health treatment
• Psychiatric rehabilitation services
• Crisis intervention support
• Community support specialists

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Medicaid Reimbursement: Primary revenue source through managed care organizations. Medicaid rate covers approximately $0.85 to every dollar of cost for psychiatric treatment and support services. Non-reimbursable services include meals, home visits, and Metro assistance.
2. Private Foundations and Grants: Funding from private foundations including The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation ($30,000 grant) to close gap between District funding and service costs.
3. Individual Donations and Corporate Sponsorships: Donations through online platforms, workplace giving (CFC #64382), Amazon Smile, monthly sustaining gifts, tribute gifts, stock donations, and employer matching programs.
4. Program Service Revenue: Revenue from clients participating in Day Program and Core Services, including art sales through Art of Transformation event.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

McClendon Center is a community-based behavioral health organization delivering psychiatric care, counseling, case management, and wraparound support services to adults with serious mental illness in Washington, DC. Core offerings include a certified Core Services Agency (intake, medication management, community support, clinical care coordination, crisis services, counseling), a Day Program with expressive arts and recovery groups, Patient Discharge Coordination for psychiatric inpatient-to-community transitions, and Counseling on Dupont outpatient psychotherapy.

Product overview

McClendon Center is a community-based behavioral health organization providing a comprehensive suite of mental health and recovery services to adults with serious mental illness in Washington, DC. The organization operates as a unified service delivery model centered around whole-person, wraparound care. Core offerings include the Core Services Agency (CSA) providing intake assessment, medication management, community support, clinical care coordination, crisis services, and counseling; the Day Program offering therapeutic group services including expressive arts therapy, substance use recovery, and trauma recovery; and the Patient Discharge Coordination (PDC) program facilitating transitions from psychiatric hospitalization. Additional services include Counseling on Dupont (CAD) for outpatient psychotherapy, and the annual Art of Transformation event showcasing client artwork. The organization is certified by the DC Department of Behavioral Health and accredited by The Joint Commission.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Core Services Agency (CSA) DC Department of Behavioral Health-certified Core Services Agency providing six core mental health services to adults with serious mental illness in Washington, DC: Intake Assessment, Medication Management, Community Support, Clinical Care Coordination, Crisis and Emergency Services, and Counseling. Staffed by Licensed Independent Clinical Social Workers, Licensed Professional Counselors, Community Support Specialists, Registered Nurses, Psychiatrists, and psychiatric nurse practitioners. Available regardless of ability to pay.
• Day Program DC Department of Behavioral Health-certified day services program for adults with serious mental illness offering group-based therapeutic services Monday through Friday from 8:30 AM to 1:00 PM. Includes four daily group sessions: Clinical Skill-Building, Client Empowerment, Expressive Arts Therapy (dance movement, art, music, drama, yoga), and Substance Use Recovery. Provides 4,000+ meals monthly to enrolled clients.
• Patient Discharge Coordination (PDC) Partnership program with AmeriHealth Caritas DC and Beacon Health Options ensuring seamless transitions from psychiatric inpatient hospitalization back into community-based care for Medicaid managed care members. Community-based teams meet members at bedside before discharge and provide ongoing medication management, community support, and care coordination. Reduced psychiatric readmission rates by 8% in 2020, 4% in 2021, and 12% in 2022 through enhanced engagement with Woodley House crisis beds.
• Counseling on Dupont (CAD) Affordable individual, couples, and group psychotherapy services offered at the Dupont location for individuals covered by medical insurance providers. Expands access to McClendon Center's clinical expertise beyond the uninsured/Medicaid population.
• Art of Transformation McClendon Center's signature annual fundraising and community celebration event featuring client artwork displays, a reception, and community awards. Held at the historic True Reformer Building in Washington, DC. Proceeds from the event and related art sales support the Center's mental health services.

Quantifiable outcome

• Since implementing enhanced engagement with Woodley House crisis beds, observed 8% decrease in readmission rates in 2020, 4% in 2021, and 12% in 2022
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Core technology

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App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• DCTVminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2024Community media nonprofit organization that featured McClendon Center through its Nonprofit Capacity Building Grants program. Clients Patrice and Phillip shared their transformation stories, and leadership team members participated in interviews highlighting the Center's work.
• MedStar Family ChoicecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Managed care partnership providing coverage for DC residents. Under leadership of President & CEO Sheandinita Dyson, McClendon Center has strengthened managed care partnerships including MedStar Family Choice alongside AmeriHealth Caritas DC.
• AmeriHealth Caritas DCcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015Since 2015, partnership to serve Washington DC's most vulnerable residents through Patient Discharge Coordination (PDC) program. AmeriHealth Caritas DC is a Medicaid managed care organization providing funding and collaborative support for the PDC program ensuring seamless transitions from psychiatric inpatient care to community. Partnership expanded to include Post-Emergency Evaluation Services (PEES). McClendon Center honored AmeriHealth Caritas DC with inaugural Transforming Lives Award in 2026.
• Beacon Health OptionscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015Partnership in the Patient Discharge Coordination (PDC) program along with AmeriHealth Caritas DC. Beacon Health Options serves as the managed Medicaid behavioral health organization helping ensure members experience seamless transitions from psychiatric inpatient hospitalization back into community.
• Woodley HousecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015Community-based crisis beds partnership. McClendon Center refers clients to Woodley House crisis beds as first-line crisis intervention. Enhanced engagement has resulted in measurable reductions in readmission rates: 8% decrease in 2020, 4% in 2021, and 12% in 2022. McClendon Center advocating alongside Woodley House against DC budget cuts to crisis beds.
• So Others Might Eat (SOME)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015Partnership with homeless services provider. McClendon Center works alongside SOME in advocating for behavioral health safety net and community-based crisis services. Both organizations serving vulnerable DC residents face similar systemic challenges.
• George Washington University Psychiatry Residency ProgramcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2005Nearly two-decade partnership welcoming third-year psychiatry residents for yearlong clinical rotations at McClendon Center. Residents gain hands-on experience serving vulnerable DC residents under supervision of Medical Director Dr. Samuel Allen. This partnership has shaped generations of psychiatrists and is a key training pipeline for community mental health.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• National Council for Mental Wellbeing: National membership and advocacy organization representing 3,000+ behavioral health organizations providing mental health and substance use services. McClendon Center is a member organization; comparable in mission scope but operates as a trade association rather than direct service provider.
• Volunteers of America National Services: National nonprofit operating behavioral health, housing, and human services programs across the US, including services for individuals with mental illness and substance use disorders. Larger, geographically diversified incumbent with overlapping mission and service categories but broader portfolio.

Direct peers

• Pathways to Housing DC: DC affiliate of the national Pathways to Housing model, providing Housing First and supportive services for individuals with serious mental illness experiencing homelessness. Operates in the same DC behavioral health ecosystem with comparable client overlap and managed care contracting approach.
• MBI Health Services: DC-based outpatient behavioral health organization serving multicultural communities with mental health, substance use, and primary care services. Comparable CSA-certified outpatient mental health provider competing for similar DC Medicaid managed care contracts and underserved populations.
• Community Connections: Washington DC nonprofit providing behavioral health, housing, and recovery services to adults with mental illness and substance use disorders. Operates as a Core Services Agency in the same DC Department of Behavioral Health framework as McClendon Center, with similar program models and target population.
• Woodley House: DC-based community mental health nonprofit providing residential and supportive housing for adults with serious mental illness. Direct strategic partner of McClendon Center via crisis bed referrals that produced the documented readmission reductions; operates the same community-based, recovery-oriented model in the same DC market.
• So Others Might Eat (SOME): DC-based nonprofit integrating housing, behavioral health, and wraparound services for individuals experiencing homelessness and poverty. Direct partner with McClendon Center in advocacy for behavioral health safety-net funding, serving overlapping vulnerable populations in DC.
• Thresholds: Chicago-based nonprofit providing mental health, substance use, housing, and employment services to adults with serious mental illness. Comparable wraparound, recovery-oriented community mental health model with similar CSA-equivalent certification structure and Medicaid revenue model.

Others

• Beacon Health Options: Managed behavioral health organization administering behavioral health benefits for Medicaid plans. Strategic partner in McClendon Center's PDC program; comparable ecosystem participant rather than direct service peer, representing the payer-side counterpart to McClendon Center's provider role.

Regional players

• Howard Center: Vermont-based designated agency providing mental health, substance use, and developmental services across multiple sites. Operates a comparable community mental health center model with CSA-equivalent designation and value-based contracting, but in a different geographic market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/mcclendoncenter
• Facebookfacebook.com/mcclendoncenter

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

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Number of profiles

Profiles16 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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