The Heron

08/22/2025

The Heron welcomed it's first monarch butterfly success.

08/13/2025

Two floors done and just one more to go — this new building is going up fast!

07/04/2025

Happy 4th July to all our supporters.

06/12/2025

It's starting to come along, ground floor in place, YAY !!!!

05/28/2025

We are extremely grateful to the Ocean Reef Community Foundation (ORCF) for their continued support. We received a $20,000 grant for The Heron our mental health assisted living facility providing safe and permanent housing to adults in the Florida Keys. This year’s grant ensures hurricane preparedness with an updated generator 🌀 From all of us at GCC - Thank you

05/23/2025

May is National Mental Health Awareness Month, created to increase knowledge about mental health, reduce stigma, and celebrate recovery. The Monroe County Board of County Commissioners proclaimed it Guidance/Care Center Week in the Florida Keys to congratulate the center for 52 years in the community, and celebrate the continued progress on the new Heron building for mental health assisted living. Senior Vice President Maureen Dunleavy accepted the proclamation.

The Guidance/Care Center serves individuals and families through every stage of need, including a 24/7 free crisis hotline and mobile crisis response at 305-434-7660 #8. To learn more about the center, visit guidancecarecenter.org.

05/07/2025

Mayor Danise “DeeDee” Henriquez and the Key West City Commission, during this week’s regular meeting, declared May 12th through the 18th as Guidance/Care Center Week.
“The City of Key West takes great pride in recognizing agencies who strive to better the lives of our residents through continuous dedication and commitment,” reads the proclamation.
The Guidance/Care Center provides the full continuum of behavioral health care to the residents of the City of Key West including a 24/7 hotline to mobile crisis response as well as community-based services at schools, jails, and the regional juvenile detention facility. It also provides residential mental health at The Heron, an assisted living facility for adults struggling with mental illness, an inpatient unit for Detox and Crisis Stabilization and the Personal Growth Center Clubhouse for adults.”
“Thank you for honoring us today,” said Maureen Dunleavy, Executive Director of the Center. “We are the silent support to help people cope and change when we have crises or community crises or just trauma in our lives.”
The Guidance/Care Center has helped thousands of Florida Keys residents with mental health and substance use issues by helping people cope and change, by maintaining their family structure, by assisting them in obtaining housing and by helping residents find ways to contribute to the benefit of our community.

In the photo: City Manager Brian L. Barroso, Commissioner Monica Haskell, Mayor Danise “DeeDee” Henriquez, Guidance/Care Center Director Maureen Dunleavy and Board Member Michele White, and Commissioner Donie Lee, Aaron Castillo, and Sam Kaufman. Vice Mayor Lissette Carey and Commissioner Mary Lou Hoover were in attendance via Zoom.

04/25/2025

04/20/2025

Happy Easter from our family to yours - Big shout out to Joanne Costa and Barbara Paget for the easter candy bags and flowers.

04/13/2025

🌟 We have something exciting to share! 🌟

Our new website is now LIVE — redesigned to make finding mental health support easier than ever. 💙

Explore our services, resources, and more at 👉 www.guidancecarecenter.org
Your journey to wellness starts here.

04/08/2025

Building has finally started on the new and improved Heron. Exciting times