Director
Maureen Dunleavy is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and the Regional Senior Vice Present for the Guidance/Care Center, Inc. in the Florida Keys. Mrs. Dunleavy is originally from Chicago and moved to Key West in 2004. She began working for the Guidance/Care Center, Inc. in 2006 as a therapist working with children. In 2008, she was recognized by the 16th Judicial Circuit Guardian ad Litem (GAL) Program as Outstanding Community Advocate of the Year. She has also held GCC positions as Director of Adult, Children & Family Services from 2010-2014 and as Regional Clinical Director from 2014-2015, and the Area Director. In her current position, she administers, leads, directs, and supervises all aspects of the Guidance/Care Center, Inc. including programs for mental health, substance abuse, primary care, criminal justice and transportation. Her responsibilities include overseeing 4 sites, 26 programs, over 130 employees and the full continuum of care including prevention, intervention, treatment, crisis response, inpatient crisis stabilization/detox, and the only Assisted Living Facility for the mentally ill in Monroe County. Additionally, Mrs. Dunleavy has been serving as the Designated Clinical Mental Health Authority (DCMHA) at the Monroe Regional Juvenile Detention Center since 2006 and as a member of various community boards and planning committees. She is currently President of the Monroe County Coalition on Substance Abuse Prevention. She is a Florida Commission on the Status of Women as a 2018 Spirit of Community Award winner which recognizes meritorious individuals who have improved the lives of women of Florida and have served as positive role models for women and girls in their community and a 2019 Woman of Integrity from Samuel’s House Board of Directors. She was recently recognized by the Monroe County Department of Health for her dedication to the Health Priority for Mental Health and Substance Use Treatment in this community for the past 5 years.