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Awards & accreditations

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Award-winning work

LifeView Group – parent company of Lakeview Center – has been recognized with the following awards company-wide:

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Accredited by CARF International

Lakeview Center has been awarded the highest level of accreditation by CARF International for:

  • Assertive Community Treatment
  • Assessment and Referral
  • Case Management/Services Coordination
  • Community Housing
  • Community Integration
  • Court Treatment
  • Crisis Intervention
  • Crisis Stabilization
  • Detoxification/Withdrawal Management
  • Intensive Family-Based Services
  • Intensive Outpatient Treatment
  • Medication-Assisted Treatment
  • Outpatient Treatment
  • Prevention
  • Residential Treatment
  • Specialized or Treatment Foster Care
  • Supported Living
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Recent awards

LifeView Group earns CARF’s highest accreditation

LifeView Group earns CARF’s highest accreditation

Pensacola, Fla. (Sept. 24, 2025) – LifeView Group—parent company of Lakeview Center, FamiliesFirst Network, and Global Connections to Employment—has earned a three-year accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), the highest level of achievement awarded by the organization. This milestone reflects LifeView Group’s unwavering commitment to quality, person-centered care and continuous improvement […]

Opioid Abatement Grant to support pregnant women and mothers in residential addiction treatment

$76,000 Opioid Abatement Grant to support pregnant women and mothers in residential addiction treatment

DeFuniak Springs, Fla. (Sept. 15, 2025) – Lakeview Center has been awarded $76,000 in opioid abatement funding from Walton County’s Opioid and Substance Use Disorder Grants Committee. The grant will provide essential support to Lakeview Center’s JoAnn Birge Women and Children’s Center—particularly for the infants and young children who stay with their mothers during residential […]

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Jen McDonald named Lakeview Center Team Member of the Quarter

Jen McDonald, Behavioral Health technician manager, manages Cabot Heights – Lakeview Center’s foster care group home for teenage boys – but has also stepped in over the past three months to support the girls’ home, Arcadia Place. Jen is fully invested in the children of both homes, often working evenings and weekends to celebrate their […]

We are here to help

Driven by our mission, Lakeview Center provides quality services for all, regardless of ability to pay. Lakeview utilizes a discounted/sliding fee schedule to assist our clients with payment. Lakeview Center is an Accredited Business through the Better Business Bureau of Northwest Florida.

LifeView Group – parent company of Lakeview Center – receives funding from the State of Florida, Department of Children and Families and the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA).

Lakeview Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Drug Free Workplace Employer, DRUG TESTING REQUIRED.

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