Center For Health Care Services Foundation

What Center For Health Care Services Foundation does

The Center for Health Care Services Foundation is a Texas-incorporated nonprofit foundation established to support The Center for Health Care Services (CHCS), which has served as the designated mental health authority and public safety net for Bexar County, Texas for approximately 50 years. The Foundation's mission is to improve the lives of children and adults with behavioral health challenges or intellectual disabilities by securing resources and creating awareness. It channels philanthropic support into four program areas — Adult Behavioral Health, Child Behavioral Health, Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities, and Restoration and Transformational Services — organized under five Centers of Excellence that span the full behavioral health and substance use continuum.

The Foundation's direct product surface consists of a portfolio of mental health awareness training programs (Adult, Youth, and Teen Mental Health First Aid, plus the AS+K? About Suicide Gatekeeper Training) delivered through virtual, blended, and in-person formats. Operational service delivery for the parent CHCS is conducted across multiple physical sites in San Antonio, including the $23 million Paul Elizondo Adult Behavioral Health Clinic (opened late 2018), The Courtyard at Haven for Hope, the Integrated Wellness Clinic, the Welcome Center, the Crisis Care Center and Crisis Observation Unit, the CenterCare Clinic, and the Public Sobering Unit. Technology is non-proprietary: clinical services are delivered in person, training registration runs on Eventbrite, donations are processed via DonorPerfect and Amazon Smile, and marketing uses Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. There is no disclosed software product, API, or proprietary platform.

The business model is donation-driven philanthropy. The Foundation secures charitable contributions to advance CHCS's goals; no pricing models are disclosed for clinical services, which are funded through public sources (county, state, federal grants) as the community behavioral health authority. The Foundation itself operates with approximately 5 employees focused on fundraising and awareness, serving as a small fundraising arm over a large public-mandate operating entity that delivers ~1,000,000 behavioral health services annually to 40,000 Bexar County residents and has reached 800,000 residents over 20 years. The customer base consists of vulnerable populations — adults and children with mental illness, substance use disorders, intellectual/developmental disabilities, and homelessness — rather than commercial buyers.

Name

Center For Health Care Services Foundation

Legal name

The Center for Health Care Services Foundation

Website

https://chcsf.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Nonprofit foundation supporting Bexar County's designated mental health authority (CHCS), funding behavioral health, substance use, IDD, and crisis services for roughly 40,000 San Antonio residents annually through donations and community training programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Behavioral Health Services

NAICS

Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (621420), Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Facilities (6232), Social Assistance (624)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Mental Health & Crisis Support Services (BPAGACAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Residential Mental Health Treatment Centers (HLAFACAC), Community Health, Prevention & Health Education (BPAGACAC), Crisis Response & Threat Assessment (Suicide Prevention, Violence Prevention) (EDAJAIAH), Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Programs & Supports (EDAJAIAC)

Keywords

• Mental health services
• Behavioral health programs
• Mental health first aid
• Substance use treatment
• Intellectual disability services

Headquarters

HQ city

San Antonio

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Donations and Philanthropy: The foundation operates as a nonprofit that secures resources through donations to advance the goals of The Center for Health Care Services. Donors are described as 'the vital spark' that enables the organization to provide mental health services.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Center for Health Care Services Foundation is a nonprofit foundation that secures resources and conducts mental health awareness training (Mental Health First Aid for Adults, Youth, and Teens, plus AS+K? suicide gatekeeper training) to advance the goals of The Center for Health Care Services. It supports the broader CHCS delivery of behavioral health services across five Centers of Excellence for adults and children experiencing mental illness, substance use disorders, and intellectual and developmental disabilities in Bexar County.

Product overview

The Center for Health Care Services Foundation is a non-profit mental health services organization offering a portfolio of behavioral health programs and mental health training services. The organization provides mental health awareness training programs (Adult, Youth, and Teen Mental Health First Aid) and AS+K? suicide gatekeeper training. Its healthcare services include Adult Behavioral Health, Child Behavioral Health, Intellectual & Developmental Disability Services, and Restoration & Transformational Services. These programs operate through five Centers of Excellence covering the full spectrum of behavioral health, substance use services, and intellectual/developmental disabilities, with services delivered at multiple locations including the Paul Elizondo Adult Behavioral Health Clinic.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Adult Mental Health First Aid A training program that teaches participants how to identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental illness and substance use disorders in adults, providing skills to reach out and offer initial support to someone developing a mental health problem.
• Youth Mental Health First Aid A 6-hour training program for adults who work with youth (ages 6-18) that teaches how to identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental illness and substance use disorders in children and adolescents.
• Teen Mental Health First Aid A training program for high school students (grades 10-12) that teaches them how to identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental illnesses and substance use disorders among their friends and peers.
• AS+K? About Suicide Gatekeeper Training A one-hour e-learning course that provides participants with an overview of suicide epidemiology, including risk and protective factors, training them to recognize warning signs and initial intervention steps.
• Adult Behavioral Health Program Comprehensive behavioral health services for adults including medical treatment by psychiatric and primary medical providers, therapy, skills development, wellness groups, coaching, and coordination with community resources.
• Child Behavioral Health Program Behavioral health services for children from birth to 18+ years providing a continuum of innovative interventions focused on improving quality of life, preventing and minimizing crisis, and reducing the need for hospitalization.
• Intellectual & Developmental Disability Services Long-term care programs helping clients enhance quality of life by expanding mobility and communication abilities, social and job readiness skills, including Home and Community Based Services, Day Activity and Habilitation Services, and Employment Connections.
• Restoration & Transformational Services Substance use treatment programs, short-term residential assistance, and long-term integrated physical and mental health care, including programs for homeless individuals and community transitional housing.
• Crisis Care Center Emergency and crisis intervention services including the Crisis Observation Unit, Mobile Crisis Outreach Team, Public Sobering Unit, and Residential Detoxification Program.
• Opioid Addiction Treatment Services (OATS) Specialized treatment program for opioid addiction within the substance use disorder services.
• Mommies Specialized Female Outpatient Substance Abuse Program Specialized outpatient substance abuse program designed for women, particularly those who are mothers.
• Veteran Services Services specifically designed for military veterans, service members, and their families.

Quantifiable outcome

• Served 40,000 residents annually with 1,000,000 behavioral health services per year
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

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App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Haven for HopecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCHCS operates The Courtyard at Haven for Hope, a community and transitional housing program that provides safe shelter and recovery opportunities for homeless individuals. This partnership addresses the intersection of homelessness and behavioral health, offering psychological, medical, and social assistance.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• The Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD: The designated mental health authority for Harris County (Houston), Texas — a near-perfect structural analog to CHCS as a county-level behavioral health and IDD safety net, operating outpatient, crisis, and IDD services with comparable Centers of Excellence-style programs.
• Center for Life Resources: A Texas community mental health and IDD center serving multiple counties with outpatient behavioral health, crisis, and developmental disability services — structurally analogous as a multi-service community behavioral health authority in Texas.
• Mental Health America: National nonprofit dedicated to mental health awareness, advocacy, and education — the closest national analog to the Foundation's awareness-training, de-stigmatization, and community outreach mission.
• Clarity Child Guidance Center: San Antonio-based nonprofit child behavioral health provider offering inpatient, outpatient, and crisis services for children and adolescents — directly comparable to CHCS Foundation's Child Behavioral Health Program in both geography and service mix.
• Integral Care: The designated local mental health authority for Travis County (Austin), Texas, providing behavioral health, substance use, and IDD services with similar wraparound and crisis offerings. Closely comparable in mission, funding model, and service portfolio.
• RI International: National behavioral health operator specializing in crisis response, crisis stabilization units, suicide prevention, and recovery services — closely aligned with CHCS's Crisis Care Center, Crisis Observation Unit, and AS+K? gatekeeper training.
• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI): The largest U.S. grassroots mental health organization, providing education programs, support groups, and advocacy. Comparable to the Foundation's awareness training, family support, and community-based mission.

Broad incumbents

• National Council for Mental Wellbeing: National trade and capacity-building association for community behavioral health providers — the originator of the Mental Health First Aid program that the Foundation delivers, and the industry body most analogous to CHCS's community mental health center model.

Others

• Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute: Texas-based policy institute focused on strengthening the state's mental health system through research, advocacy, and system-level consulting — thematically aligned with the Foundation's awareness, training, and systems-change mission.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/chcsfoundation
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-center-for-health-care-services-foundation
• Instagraminstagram.com/thecenterfoundationtx

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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