allcove

What allcove does

allcove is a network of integrated youth mental health centers serving young people ages 12 to 25 across California. Developed by Stanford Medicine faculty beginning in 2014 and operationalized with the first center opening in San Mateo in August 2020, the network delivers free or low-cost mental health, physical health (including sexual health), substance use, peer support, family support, and education and employment services at co-located physical center locations. The model is co-created with youth via local Youth Advisory Groups that shape service design, staffing, and facility aesthetics. As of the available data, five centers are operating (Beach Cities in Redondo Beach, Palo Alto, San Juan Capistrano, San Mateo, and Sacramento) with six additional centers in development across California, and over 70 youth and team members have advocated at the California State Capitol for fiscal year 2026-27 budget appropriation.

Each center is operated by an independent third-party lead agency, such as Peninsula Health Care District, Beach Cities Health District, Greater Sacramento Urban League, or Wellness & Prevention Center, under a trademark license granted at no cost by California's Behavioral Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission. Funding comes from county behavioral health services contracts, state and local government appropriations, and foundation grants (California Health Care Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, David and Lucile Packard Foundation), enabling services to be provided free to youth without guardian consent and without insurance billing at most centers. The network's technical backbone is datacove, a centralized data collection platform developed by Stanford Medicine that aggregates youth wellbeing surveys, health screens, and questionnaires across all centers to support care coordination, clinical practice, and program evaluation.

The allcove model was inspired by Australia's headspace network of 186 centers and adapted in collaboration with Foundry and Frayme in Canada. Stanford Medicine faculty provide ongoing implementation technical assistance, with the central allcove team housed at the Stanford Center for Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing. Leadership is led by program director Vicki Harrison (building the allcove model in the U.S. since 2014), clinical professor and Stanford associate chair Steven Adelsheim, and allcove network director Greg Young (formerly consultant to headspace National in Australia). Strategic positioning combines a trademarked state-licensed model, Stanford-affiliated clinical credibility, youth co-creation methodology, and growing geographic density to differentiate the network in the youth mental health services market.

Name

allcove

Legal name

The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University on behalf of its School of Medicine

Website

https://allcove.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Short description

allcove is a California-based network of integrated youth mental health centers, founded in 2020 by Stanford Medicine, that delivers free mental, physical, and substance-use services to young people ages 12-25 across five centers with six more in development.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Integrated Youth Mental Health Services

NAICS

Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (62142), Child and Youth Services (62411)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Youth Mental Health, Counseling & Wellbeing (Education-Linked) Nonprofits (BPAGADAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Specialized Student Support (Foster/Homeless/Migrant/McKinney-Vento) (EDAJAIAJ)

Keywords

• Youth mental health services
• Integrated behavioral healthcare
• Substance use support services
• Peer and family support
• Education employment assistance

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Free/Low-Cost Youth Mental Health Services: allcove provides free or low-cost integrated mental health, physical health, substance use, peer support, family support, and education and employment services to young people ages 12-25. Funding comes from government appropriations, county behavioral health services contracts, and foundation grants. Services are provided at no cost to youth at most centers, with some centers not billing insurance.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

allcove operates a California network of integrated youth mental health and wellbeing centers for young people ages 12–25. Each center combines mental health counseling, physical and sexual health services, substance use support, peer and family support, and education and employment assistance in a co-created, non-clinical space with free or low-cost access.

Product overview

allcove is a network of integrated youth mental health centers designed with, by, and for young people ages 12-25. The offering is structured as a platform of co-located services at each physical center location, combining mental health counseling, physical and sexual health care, substance use support, peer support, family support, and education and employment assistance into a single, youth-driven experience. The allcove centers operate across California in Beach Cities, Palo Alto, San Juan Capistrano, San Mateo, and Sacramento, with additional centers in development. All centers are supported by datacove, a centralized data collection and evaluation platform developed by Stanford Medicine, which aggregates youth wellbeing data across the network to support coordinated care delivery and program quality improvement.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• datacove: A centralized data collection platform developed to improve the delivery of integrated care at allcove centers and enable evaluation of the allcove model.

Products and services

• allcove Youth Mental Health Centers A California network of integrated youth mental health centers for young people ages 12–25, providing co-created, non-clinical wellness spaces with mental health counseling, physical and sexual health services, substance use support, peer support, family support, and education and employment assistance.
• datacove A centralized data collection registry developed by Stanford Medicine for allcove centers, aggregating youth wellbeing surveys, health screens, and questionnaires to support care and clinical practice, provider collaboration, program evaluation, and quality improvement.

Quantifiable outcome

• 54 opioid-related overdose deaths and 121 emergency department visits in San Mateo County in 2024 (data referenced in context of county-wide overdose prevention efforts)

Named customers4 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Stanford Center for Youth Mental Health and WellbeingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStanford Medicine faculty developed the allcove model and provides implementation technical assistance to centers. The central allcove team is based at Stanford. Steven Adelsheim serves as Clinical Professor and Associate Chair for Community Engagement leading the allcove effort.
• Beach Cities Health DistrictcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBeach Cities Health District operates allcove Beach Cities center in Redondo Beach. Serves as the lead agency for center operations.
• Peninsula Health Care DistrictcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPeninsula Health Care District operates allcove San Mateo center. Serves as the lead agency for center operations and partnership for youth behavioral health programs.
• Greater Sacramento Urban LeaguecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGreater Sacramento Urban League operates allcove Sacramento center in partnership with Sacramento County Department of Health Services, Division of Behavioral Health Services.
• County of Sacramento, Department of Health Services, Division of Behavioral Health ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCounty government partner for allcove Sacramento, providing contract and oversight for behavioral health services.
• Wellness & Prevention CenterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization at allcove San Juan Capistrano. The center is operated in partnership with Wellness & Prevention Center and CalOptima.
• UCI (University of California, Irvine)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner at allcove San Juan Capistrano, working with UCI programs for youth health services.
• headspace (Australia)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational inspiration and support for the allcove model. headspace is a network of 186 centers in Australia providing mental health support to young people aged 12-25.
• Foundry (Canada)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational collaborator for the allcove model development. Foundry provides youth mental health and substance use services in British Columbia, Canada.
• Frayme (Canada)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational collaborator for the allcove model development. Frayme is a pan-Canadian network supporting youth mental health and substance use services.
• IDEOorgminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerDesign firm involved in co-creating the allcove model and center design with youth input.
• Beach Cities Health DistrictminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorClear Behavioral Health, Creative Life Mapping, Indivisible Arts, NAMI South Bay LA County, New Life House, Richstone, South Bay Children's Health Center, South Bay Families Connected, The Body Project, Thelma McMillen Center, Volunteer Center South Bay, UCLA Health, Venice Family Clinic - Partner organizations at allcove Beach Cities providing various services including mental health, youth development, family support, and health services.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• headspace (Australia): Australian national network of 186 integrated youth mental health centers serving ages 12-25; the direct model that inspired allcove, with shared service mix (mental health, physical health, substance use, vocational support) and youth co-design philosophy. allcove's network director Greg Young was a consultant to headspace National.
• Foundry: British Columbia-based integrated youth wellness center network offering mental health, substance use, peer support, and social services to ages 12-24; explicitly cited by allcove as a model collaborator and shares the one-stop-shop, youth-designed center approach.
• Frayme: Pan-Canadian backbone network supporting youth mental health and substance use service organizations; cited as a model collaborator and provides the kind of cross-organization coordination role analogous to what Stanford plays for allcove.
• JED Foundation: U.S. nonprofit focused on youth and young adult mental health and suicide prevention across K-12 and higher education; comparable target population (teens and young adults) and nonprofit funding base, though delivery model is system-level (schools) rather than physical centers.
• Active Minds: U.S. nonprofit mobilizing youth voices and peer-led programs to address mental health in young people ages 14-25; shares allcove's youth-driven philosophy, peer-support emphasis, and advocacy orientation (state-level, campus-level).
• The Trevor Project: U.S. nonprofit providing crisis intervention and mental health services for LGBTQ+ young people under 25; comparable target demographic, free-to-youth model, and blend of direct service with policy/advocacy work.

Emerging players

• Charlie Health: Virtual intensive outpatient and group therapy provider focused on teens and young adults; competing for the same youth mental health population and the same payer/foundation dollars, but delivering care virtually rather than through physical centers.
• Brightside Health: Telehealth mental health provider serving anxiety and depression including adolescents; a virtual-first alternative that could draw funding and attention away from in-person center-based models like allcove.

Others

• Two Feathers Native American Family Services: California-based Native youth mental health and suicide prevention partner organization explicitly named as a collaborator in allcove's work; comparable youth behavioral health mission and California footprint, but a distinct organization rather than a peer.
• California Health Care Foundation (CHCF): Major California health care philanthropy that funds allcove program development and expansion; an influential ecosystem participant shaping the policy and funding environment in which allcove operates.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/allcoveyouth

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles22 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about allcove