Ville Platte Mental Health Clinic is an outpatient psychiatric facility serving residents of Evangeline Parish.  Evangeline Parish includes the following towns: Basile, Bayou Chicot, Chataignier, Lone Pine, Mamou, Pine Prairie, Point Blue, Reddell, St. Landry, Turkey Creek, Vidrine, and Ville Platte.

Established in the 1970s, Ville Platte Mental Health Center currently serves, on average, 500 patients which include adults, adolescents, and children. The target population consists of chronic mentally ill adults and emotionally and behaviorally disordered children and adolescents.

Treatment team consists of one (1) part-time physician, one (1) part-time psychiatrist, two (2) clinical social workers, two (2) registered nurses, and one (1) social service counselor. Request for services are accepted from individuals, physicians, and other community agencies.  Need for services are determined by eligibility criteria. Referrals are made elsewhere for individuals not meeting criteria. Cost of services is based on a sliding fee scale according to income.