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Creative Alternatives Inc.

Doing business as Wake Forest House

  • Emotionally Disturbed Childrens' Residential Treatment Facility
  • Merced, CA
National Provider Identifier
1285171637
Registry record updated Jun 3, 2026
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Key facts

NPPES NPI Registry
Primary specialty
Emotionally Disturbed Childrens' Residential Treatment FacilityTaxonomy code 322D00000X
License
247203412 Issued in CA
Legal business name
CREATIVE ALTERNATIVES INC.
Doing business as
Wake Forest House
Practice address
974 Wake Forest CT
Merced, CA 95348-2155
Phone
(209) 384-7020
NPI assigned
Jan 24, 2017
Last updated
Jun 3, 2026By the provider in NPPES
Organization subpart
Yes
Parent organization
WAKE FOREST HOUSEAs reported in NPPES

NPPES NPI Registry

Updated by the provider on Jun 3, 2026

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Authorized official

Name
Ms. Lisa Jacobs, MPA
Title
Assistant Executive Director
Phone
(209) 668-9361

Specialties & licenses 1

Specialty (taxonomy)CodeLicenseStatePrimary
Emotionally Disturbed Childrens' Residential Treatment Facility 322D00000X 247203412 CA Primary

Addresses

Primary practice location

974 Wake Forest CT
Merced, CA 95348-2155

Mailing address

2855 Geer Rd
Turlock, CA 95382-1133
Phone (209) 668-9361

Other names 1

  • Wake Forest House Doing business as

National Provider Directory

National Provider Directory
Tax ID family
Creative Alternatives Inc9 organizations share this tax ID, including this one
Part of
Creative Alternatives Inc

Other organizations with this tax ID 8

Organizations that report the same tax identification number in the National Provider Directory.

Practitioners & affiliated clinicians

Practitioners 1

Individual providers connected to this organization through Medicare benefit reassignment, Care Compare group membership or National Provider Directory roles, and the practitioner matching its NPPES authorized official.

NPI Registry JSON

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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    "enumeration_type": "NPI-2",
    "last_updated_epoch": "1780444800000",
    "number": "1285171637",
    "addresses": [
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            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "2855 GEER RD",
            "city": "TURLOCK",
            "state": "CA",
            "postal_code": "953821133",
            "telephone_number": "209-668-9361",
            "fax_number": "209-668-0539"
        },
        {
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            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "974 WAKE FOREST CT",
            "city": "MERCED",
            "state": "CA",
            "postal_code": "953482155",
            "telephone_number": "209-384-7020"
        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [],
    "basic": {
        "organization_name": "CREATIVE ALTERNATIVES INC.",
        "organizational_subpart": "YES",
        "parent_organization_legal_business_name": "WAKE FOREST HOUSE",
        "enumeration_date": "2017-01-24",
        "last_updated": "2026-06-03",
        "certification_date": "2026-06-03",
        "status": "A",
        "authorized_official_last_name": "JACOBS",
        "authorized_official_first_name": "LISA",
        "authorized_official_title_or_position": "ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR",
        "authorized_official_telephone_number": "209-668-9361",
        "authorized_official_name_prefix": "Ms.",
        "authorized_official_credential": "MPA"
    },
    "taxonomies": [
        {
            "code": "322D00000X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
            "desc": "Residential Treatment Facility, Emotionally Disturbed Children",
            "state": "CA",
            "license": "247203412",
            "primary": true
        }
    ],
    "identifiers": [],
    "endpoints": [],
    "other_names": [
        {
            "organization_name": "Wake Forest House",
            "code": "3",
            "type": "Doing Business As"
        },
        {
            "organization_name": "Wake Forest House",
            "code": "3",
            "type": "Doing Business As"
        }
    ]
}

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