Prairie Ridge Integrated Behavioral Healthcare is a private, non-profit corporation offering a wide-range of inpatient/outpatient substance use with co-occurring disorders, mental health therapy, problem gambling treatment and prevention services for adults and children to eight North Central Iowa counties; Our history of accessible, quality, cost-effective, and patient-centered services represent a firm and proven foundation from which to deliver a qualified response to the needs of our patients, consumers, and communities.This foundation was built more than 50 years ago by a small group of passionate community individuals concerned about the unmet needs of the chronic alcoholic. From that passion and commitment, we have derived and maintained our community-based mission to serve the public health population. As a longstanding community-based organization, established linkages and outreach networks have been developed to provide comprehensive, welcoming, and user-friendly access to our care. Special issues of geographic proximity, convenience, and special treatment interventions have been addressed in making our services highly accessible to our community members. Our longstanding presence in the community has established a preference for our services by patients and referral sources needing a quality continuum of care.