Veteran-Founded Family Care Center Reaches 50 Behavioral Health Clinics

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, UNITED STATES, November 11, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- This Veterans Day, Family Care Center, a Veteran-founded and Veteran-led behavioral health organization, is marking a milestone that traces back to its military roots. Ten years after Family Care Center opened its first clinic in Colorado Springs to care for service members, Veterans, and their families, the organization, which now cares for the entire community, has reached 50 outpatient clinics across five states.

The milestone reflects more than growth. Over the past decade, Family Care Center has brought multiple specialties and treatment approaches into a single organization while investing in research, education, and measurement of patient outcomes.


Key facts:

- Veteran-founded, Veteran-led: Family Care Center was founded in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in 2016 by Chuck Weber, D.O., Lieutenant Colonel (Retired), U.S. Army. A prior-enlisted infantryman, Dr. Weber served 27 years in uniform, including as Chief of the Department of Behavioral Health at Fort Carson, Colorado, and as the 1st Cavalry Division psychiatrist during a deployment to Iraq.

- Today, the organization is led by CEO Chris Ivany, M.D., Colonel (Retired), U.S. Army, who served more than 20 years in the military, including as the Army’s Chief of Behavioral Health.

- 50 clinics nationwide: Family Care Center now operates 50 outpatient behavioral health clinics across Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Tennessee, and Texas.

- A broader approach to outpatient behavioral health: Over the past decade, Family Care Center has focused on comprehensive care, offering in-network therapy, psychiatry and medication management, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), and mental health intensive outpatient programs (IOP) throughout the country.

- Patient outcomes: 84% of patients treated for depression and 84% of patients treated for anxiety achieved clinically significant improvement, compared with national benchmarks of 52% and 62%, respectively.


Rooted in military medicine

Dr. Weber, recently retired from the Army when he founded Family Care Center, combined best practices from military behavioral health with innovative techniques from around the country to create an integrated model of outpatient care.

“My last job in the military was Chief of Behavioral Health for Fort Carson, CO, and less than 10% of my budget and staff were focused on caring for military families,” said Chuck Weber, D.O., Founder and Chief Medical Officer of Family Care Center. “I wanted to care for those families, our Veterans, and the people in our community with the least access to care. If I was going to lay roots and raise my kids here, I wanted it to be the best community ever, and that meant a full spectrum of care. I couldn’t find it, so I made it.”

Family Care Center still serves military families, Veterans, and First Responders, and has extended the same model of care to children, teens, and adults throughout its communities, becoming a trusted referral partner for primary care, pediatric, behavioral health, and specialty providers.

“Ten years ago, we set out to build a different kind of behavioral health organization, shaped by what we learned caring for service members and their families, and built to bring together the people, expertise, and treatment options patients need,” said Chris Ivany, M.D., Chief Executive Officer of Family Care Center. “Reaching 50 clinics is an opportunity to recognize how far that vision has come, while continuing to ask how we can make behavioral health care more effective, accessible, and responsive to the needs of the people we serve.”


Beyond traditional outpatient behavioral health care

Family Care Center offers a full range of services across its network:

- Therapy: Individual therapy for children, teens, and adults addressing anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, life transitions, and other mental health conditions.

- Psychiatry and medication management: Psychiatric evaluations and medication management tailored to individual patient needs.

- Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS): Non-invasive, FDA-approved treatment for depression and other conditions when clinically appropriate, for patients 15 and older.

- Mental health IOP: Structured treatment for adolescents and adults who need more intensive support than traditional outpatient care provides, without the restrictions of an inpatient setting.

The organization continues to develop specialized expertise in TMS through its research hub, the Family Care Center TMS Center of Excellence (TMS COE) in San Antonio, TX. The Family Care Center has trained hundreds of experts and delivered hundreds of thousands of TMS treatments, combining clinical care with research, education, and continued development of TMS treatment. Family Care Center also offers continuing medical education (CME) to support the professional development of its clinicians.


Measuring how well care is working

As Family Care Center has expanded its services and locations, it has also focused on measuring patient outcomes.

- In 2025, 84% of patients treated for depression achieved clinically significant improvement, compared with a national benchmark of 52%. For anxiety, 84% of patients achieved clinically significant improvement, compared with a national benchmark of 62%.

- Patients who received therapy, medication management, and TMS saw even stronger results, with more than 9 in 10 achieving clinically significant improvement in depression and anxiety.


Ten years in, looking ahead

The 50th clinic is a point of momentum, not an endpoint. As Family Care Center enters its next decade, it remains focused on advancing evidence-based care, expanding access to treatment, and using patient outcomes to continually improve.

As the nation honors Veterans this week, Family Care Center extends its gratitude to the service members, Veterans, and military families who shaped its mission from the very beginning.


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About Family Care Center

Family Care Center is a national leader in mental health services, dedicated to positively impacting the well-being of local communities. Their top-rated, multi-specialty clinicians deliver comprehensive, evidence-based care, providing positive outcomes for patients of all ages. In addition to therapy, psychiatry, and IOP, they are at the forefront of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), an innovative treatment for depression, and more. Founded in 2016, Family Care Center is one of the fastest-growing mental health care providers in the U.S., providing patient care, conducting research and offering continuing medical education in their field. With 50 locations across Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Tennessee and Texas, they continue to expand nationally in collaboration with Revelstoke Capital Partners.

Carrie Niess
Family Care Center
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