The Stepping Stones Group Acquires StaffRehab to Expand Behavioral Health Services for Over 90,000 Children with Disabilities Across the U.S.

VCBeat (WeChat ID: vcbeat) has learned that behavioral health services company Stepping Stones recently acquired its peer, StaffRehab. No financial terms of the acquisition were disclosed. Upon completion of the transaction, StaffRehab will become a subsidiary of Stepping Stones and continue to operate in the western United States.

Following the completion of the transaction, Sara Palmer, CEO of StaffRehab, will serve as President of Stepping Stones’ U.S. Western Market, reporting directly to Anthony Rintala, President and Chief Operating Officer of Stepping Stones. Additionally, Lindsay Joseph, Chief Talent Officer of StaffRehab, has joined Stepping Stones as Head of Human Resources.

The acquisition of StaffRehab enables Stepping Stones to provide behavioral health services to over 90,000 students across more than 400 school districts in over 30 U.S. states.

StaffRehab was founded in California, USA, in 2009. It is a company that provides therapeutic, care, and behavioral health services to children with autism and disabilities in schools. The company specializes in supplying physical therapists and assistants to schools, including speech-language pathologists, psychologists, counselors, school nurses, paraprofessionals, special education teachers, and rehabilitation managers, to improve treatment outcomes for children with autism.

Headquartered in Lafayette, Colorado, Stepping Stones is a leading company in the behavioral health sector, dedicated to providing therapeutic and behavioral health services to children with autism and special needs in public schools and private learning centers across more than 30 states nationwide.

Stepping Stones boasts over 30 years of experience and comprises more than 1,800 clinicians and special education professionals. The company is a portfolio company of Six Arrows Capital Partners.

Tim Murphy, CEO of Stepping Stones, stated, “Over the past decade, StaffRehab has built a high-performance organization and become one of the fastest-growing companies in the U.S. behavioral health sector. We believe that Stepping Stones’ robust resources will drive StaffRehab’s rapid growth.”

(Compiled by Jiao Yanli)