BasePoint Wins National Program of the Year Award for Mental Healthcare – A First for Texas

Recognition Supports Company Mission to Lead the State from Last to Top 5 in Access by 2030

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Association for Ambulatory Behavioral Healthcare (AABH) has named BasePoint, a Texas-based behavioral health organization specializing in teen and young adult mental health and dual-diagnosis treatment, its 2026 Program of the Year winner. This award recognizes BasePoint’s Partial Hospitalization Programs (PHP) and Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOP) and furthers the company’s mission to help lead the state in access to care. BasePoint is the first company in Texas to win this award in the AABH’s company 50-year history.

“Being recognized by AABH reflects the heart of why BasePoint exists and the unwavering dedication of our team members serving young people and their families,” said Blake Serpa, founder and CEO. “Texas currently ranks last in access to mental healthcare and this recognition serves as both an honor and a reminder of the responsibility we have to continue raising the standard for mental healthcare.”

As the national authority on PHP and IOP, the two core levels of care BasePoint offers to patients ages 11-35, AABH establishes industry benchmarks for clinical excellence, operational efficacy, and patient safety.

“AABH's Program of the Year Award recognizes outstanding accomplishments in the areas of innovation, clinical outcomes and public advocacy around meeting the mental health needs of those in the community,” said Stephen Michael, DrPH, AABH executive director. “BasePoint demonstrated a commitment to increase access to youth in Texas, and their unique personal and passionate approach helps them demonstrate significantly impressive clinical outcomes for those who receive care. This is the type of success that drives AABH to recognize these outstanding efforts."

Achieving 2026 Program of the Year validates that BasePoint has met or exceeded ABBH’s standards. For parents navigating the complexities of a youth mental health crisis, this recognition offers reassurance, clarity, and hope when making critical care decisions.

“This recognition is meaningful for us because it reflects the BasePoint core value our team works toward every day – 'What Would I want For My Family',” said Haley Hicks, a licensed clinical social worker and chief operations officer. “Meeting that standard while expanding access to high-quality behavioral health care for adolescents and families across Texas is something to be proud of and a privilege, especially as we prepare to serve the Austin market in the future.”

“AABH's Program of the Year Award recognizes the most innovative, impactful, and high-quality intensive outpatient behavioral health programs across the country,” said Jessica Lavender, MS, LPC-MHSP - AABH board past-president. “As an evaluator of this year's submissions, I was incredibly impressed by the caliber of organizations represented. BasePoint distinguished itself among an exceptionally strong field of applicants, which is a testament to its commitment to clinical excellence, innovation, and positive outcomes for the individuals and families it serves."

Other notable institutions to be awarded Program of the Year include Yale New Haven Psychiatric Hospital in 2025 and Bridgeport Hospital / Yale New Haven REACH Program in 2024.

About BasePoint

BasePoint is a leading provider of behavioral health care services for adolescents and young adults in Texas. The organization operates four facilities across the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, supported by a statewide virtual care platform, delivering evidence-based partial hospitalization (PHP) and intensive outpatient (IOP) treatment that integrates psychiatric services, therapy and family support.

With approximately 200 employees, BasePoint is one of the largest privately owned adolescent and young adult PHP/IOP providers in Texas. Founded to expand access to high-quality mental health care, BasePoint continues to grow its footprint across the state, with plans to open additional facilities in major Texas metros while maintaining a focus on clinical excellence, outcomes and family-centered care.

About AABH

For more than 50 years, AABH has been setting the standards of care for a niche service in the behavioral health continuum. Partial hospitalization is an alternative to inpatient treatment when someone is stable enough to not need 24-hour care for a behavioral health challenge. Intensive Outpatient Programs represent a level of care where a person needs more than routine behavioral services but not the intensity of a partial program or hospitalization.

AABH has worked closely with regulatory agencies, accreditation bodies and payers to create standards of practice for an intermediary level of care in behavioral health.

AABH provides training, education, advocacy and connection for providers who make up this niche market. AABH prides itself in keeping its members up to date so the entire industry remains solvent and providing best in care for those who need an intensive level of care.