UPD Holding Corp. announced that its intensive outpatient (IOP) substance use disorder treatment facility in Frankfort, Kentucky commenced operations as Vital Behavioral Health™ (Vital) and began generating revenue in the Company's fiscal fourth quarter ended June 30, 2022. Through its subsidiaries, the Company obtained a license to operate an IOP facility in Kentucky on August 26, 2021.

Since then, the Company has been approved by the Kentucky Department for Medicaid Services (DMS) and each of its privately contracted managed care organizations (MCOs) as a service provider to Kentucky Medicaid recipients. The six MCOs currently contracted by DMS include: Aetna Better Health of Kentucky, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, Humana Healthy Horizons in Kentucky, Passport Health Plan by Molina Healthcare, UnitedHealthcare Community Plan, and WellCare of Kentucky. Vital's campus is located in Frankfort, Kentucky, which is the capital city of Kentucky and the hub for governmental assistance programs in the commonwealth.

Vital currently provides treatment to clients from the surrounding counties and nearby metropolitan areas of Louisville and Lexington.