Simplify Behavioral Health Compliance. Transform Your Operations.

LicensIQ provides turnkey systems, strategic guidance, and expert support for community based behavioral health facilities, MHRC, SUD, Skilled Nursing Facilities, ARF, CCLS, in California. We offer a legacy of leadership, operational excellence, and regulatory foresight.

More Than Templates.
Strategic Transformation.

Tailored to your program, your staff, your clients.

Our Mission: Simplifying Complexity, Driving Excellence

LicensIQ exists to simplify the complex landscape of behavioral health operations. From start-up through licensing, accreditation, and ongoing program development, we are committed to empowering providers with the tools, expertise, and targeted support necessary to deliver exceptional care, ensure compliance, and achieve sustainable operational excellence. In the face of multifaceted staffing demands, increasing client diversity and evolving regulatory expectations, our approach remains professional, grounded, and empathetic focused on solving real problems with clarity and precision.

Why Choose LicensIQ?

Your partner in navigating behavioral health: licensing, training, client service challenges with confidence and expertise. Our solutions are customized, actionable, and grounded in the realities of behavioral health service delivery.

Unmatched Expertise

Leverage 27+ years of frontline California behavioral health leadership and proven operational success.

Commitment to Quality & Equity

LicensIQ delivers equitable, high-quality support through training, activities, policies, and compliance systems built with compassion, cultural responsiveness, and a deep understanding of provider needs.

Improve Outcomes

Our client-centered groups and activities are designed to reflect the unique needs of your population—supporting behavioral change, building coping skills, and improving outcomes through meaningful engagement.

Regulatory Compliance

Stay up to speed with licensing training, policies related to regulatory of changes (CalAIM, Title 9, Title 22, DHCS, CARF, Joint Commission) or response to surveys with our expert insights.

Reduce Turnover

LicensIQ’s integrated training program prepares your existing team with the skills, knowledge, and confidence to handle even the most challenging situations—creating a culture of learning, trust, and lasting staff engagement.

Save Time & Resources

LicensIQ reduces costly administrative burdens by providing high-quality, ready-to-implement materials that free up internal capacity. Our solutions eliminate unnecessary strain on staff—allowing them to stay focused on client care.

Our Services

  • A comprehensive launch kit including 200+ compliant policies and procedures, AI-enhanced training modules, sample care plans, group and activity content, QA tools, and risk management resources. Includes plans for suicide prevention, emergency response, use of restraint/seclusions. Designed for MHRCs, SNFs with IMDs, and SUD programs.

  • Access individual templates, cultural training, emergency plans, or ISP modules tailored to your program's needs without purchasing the full program. Ideal for targeted support.

  • Immediate assistance with corrective action plans, citation responses, or urgent compliance needs—including survey prep and enforcement mitigation. Swift, expert intervention.

  • Our comprehensive training program meticulously prepares your staff to manage diverse client needs and infrastructure challenges. Our curriculum ensures full alignment with CalAIM, DHCS, Title 9, CARF, and CLAS standards, emphasizing trauma-informed, culturally competent, and client-centered care. This robust training continuously enhances staff competency, focusing on crisis prevention, de-escalation, and promoting measurable client improvement within a supportive environment.

  • Ongoing access to compliance updates, training refreshers, and new regulatory-aligned documentation, available as monthly or annual packages. Stay current, effortlessly.

  • Expert guidance for facility conversions (e.g., SNF to MHRC), step-down programming, jail diversion models, and underserved area development. Grow with strategic foresight.

Empowering Your Behavioral Health Services

LicensIQ helps behavioral health providers reduce the time and effort required to establish licensed, compliant, and fully operational treatment programs across the continuum of care. Our comprehensive support accelerates readiness—guiding organizations through licensing, regulatory alignment, program development, and staff training with clarity and confidence.

We prioritize client-centered care through the development of culturally responsive, trauma-informed groups and activities that reflect the unique needs of diverse populations—improving client engagement, skill-building, and long-term outcomes.

I understand the real-world challenges providers face: meeting the complex needs of diverse client populations, providing essential training for staff, and doing it all with limited resources. It’s from that place of experience and empathy that LicensIQ was born.
— Kristin Allred, MBA, Founder of LicensIQ

With 27 years of frontline experience, Kristin Allred has been a pivotal figure in California's mental health rehabilitation, excelling in developing and managing programs for adults with serious mental illness, including justice-involved and Incompetent to Stand Trial (IST) populations. She consistently prioritizes quality, efficient length of stay, and culturally responsive care, even though regulatory changes and staffing challenges. Her expertise covers licensing, accreditation, clinical staffing, and program development in under-resourced communities, honed through leadership roles at centers like Alpine Special Treatment Center and Harborview Center. LicensIQ is the direct result of Kristin's extensive practical knowledge, offering providers strategic insight and confident navigation of the complex behavioral health landscape.

Start Your Journey to Streamlined Operations.

Challenges We Understand & Solve

Workforce & Staffing

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Our comprehensive training program offers 100% online, on-demand modules (or LMS integration) covering all essential topics, from trauma-informed care and Title IX mandates to cultural humility and emergency response. This flexible solution ensures your staff are thoroughly trained in vital areas, without requiring any live or in-person components..


Complex Client Needs

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Expand access to culturally responsive, language-inclusive, and diagnosis-informed group content and staff training that helps your facility better reflect and serve its community—without raising the cost of care.


Regulatory Compliance

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Launch faster with a complete library of policies, procedures, job descriptions, onboarding tools, client group curricula, and activity programming—designed to meet regulatory standards and operational excellence from day one.


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Program Sustainability

Reducing administrative burden, standardizing essential operations, and saving thousands of staff hours through ready-to-use policies, training, and onboarding. By aligning with regulatory standards and supporting staff education across diverse roles, LicensIQ improves care quality, reduces incidents, and enhances team consistency—ultimately lowering turnover and improving outcomes.


Our Training Philosophy:
Nurturing Growth and Competence

LicensIQ delivers practical, flexible training and consulting solutions that meet your team where they are—bridging knowledge gaps, supporting real-time skill development, and helping staff thrive in high-demand, high-risk environments. Our goal is to make your workforce stronger, more condent, and better equipped to meet both clinical and organizational goals.

Let’s connect.

Ready to simplify complexity and elevate your behavioral health operations? Reach out today to discuss how LicensIQ can support your facility's success.

kristin.allred@LicensIQ.com
(619) 992-2162