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DIRECTIONS FOR MENTAL HEALTH, INC, - Florida Company Profile

Company Details

Entity Name: DIRECTIONS FOR MENTAL HEALTH, INC,
Jurisdiction: FLORIDA
Filing Type: Domestic Non-Profit
Status: Active

The business entity is active. This status indicates that the business is currently operating and compliant with state regulations, suggesting a lower risk profile for lenders and potentially better creditworthiness.

Date Filed: 03 Jun 1981 (44 years ago)
Last Event: NAME CHANGE AMENDMENT
Event Date Filed: 24 Oct 1989 (36 years ago)
Document Number: 758612
FEI/EIN Number 592092715

Federal Employer Identification (FEI) Number assigned by the IRS.

Address: 1437 SOUTH BELCHER ROAD, CLEARWATER, FL, 33764, US
Mail Address: 1437 SOUTH BELCHER ROAD, CLEARWATER, FL, 33764, US
ZIP code: 33764
County: Pinellas
Place of Formation: FLORIDA

Key Officers & Management

Name Role Address
LOTT APRIL President 1437 S BELCHER ROAD, CLEARWATER, FL, 33764
Griffith Katrina Chairman 1437 S. Belcher Rd, Clearwater, FL, 33764
Dickson Christina Treasurer 1437 S. Belcher Road, Clearwater, FL, 33764
LOTT APRIL P Agent 1437 S BELCHER RD, CLEARWATER, FL, 33764
Rathmell Jeff Vice President 1437 S. Belcher Road, Clearwater, FL, 33764
Conte Teresa Secretary 1437 S. Belcher Road, Clearwater, FL, 33764

Unique Entity ID

A UEI is a government-provided number, like a tax ID number, that’s used to identify businesses eligible for federal grants, awards and contracts.

Note: In April 2022, the federal government replaced its old identifier of choice, the Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number, with a government-issued UEI. Now all the federal government’s Integrated Award Environment systems use UEI numbers instead of DUNS numbers. So any entity doing business with the federal government must register for a UEI.

Unique Entity ID:
U6V8RKNFQBP4
CAGE Code:
375H3
UEI Expiration Date:
2026-02-10

Business Information

Doing Business As:
DIRECTIONS FOR MENTAL HEALTH INC
Activation Date:
2025-02-12
Initial Registration Date:
2005-03-29

National Provider Identifier

NPI Number:
1134122377
Certification Date:
2023-09-08

Authorized Person:

Name:
APRIL LOTT
Role:
PRESIDENT & CEO
Phone:

Taxonomy:

Selected Taxonomy:
261QC1500X - Community Health Clinic/Center
Is Primary:
No
Selected Taxonomy:
261QM0801X - Mental Health Clinic/Center (Including Community Mental Health Center)
Is Primary:
No
Selected Taxonomy:
251B00000X - Case Management Agency
Is Primary:
No
Selected Taxonomy:
251S00000X - Community/Behavioral Health Agency
Is Primary:
Yes

Contacts:

Fax:
7275244474

Fictitious Names

Registration Number Fictitious Name Status Filed Date Expiration Date Cancellation Date Mailing Address
G19000055198 DIRECTIONS FOR LIVING PRIMARY CARE EXPIRED 2019-05-06 2024-12-31 - 1437 S. BELCHER ROAD, CLEARWATER, FL, 33764
G12000043567 DIRECTIONS FOR LIVING ACTIVE 2012-05-09 2027-12-31 - 1437 SOUTH BELCHER RD, CLEARWATER, FL, 33764

Events

Event Type Filed Date Value Description
REGISTERED AGENT NAME CHANGED 2011-01-11 LOTT, APRIL PRES -
CHANGE OF PRINCIPAL ADDRESS 1998-05-12 1437 SOUTH BELCHER ROAD, CLEARWATER, FL 33764 -
CHANGE OF MAILING ADDRESS 1998-05-12 1437 SOUTH BELCHER ROAD, CLEARWATER, FL 33764 -
REGISTERED AGENT ADDRESS CHANGED 1998-05-12 1437 S BELCHER RD, CLEARWATER, FL 33764 -
NAME CHANGE AMENDMENT 1989-10-24 DIRECTIONS FOR MENTAL HEALTH, INC, -
AMENDMENT 1983-12-15 - -
NAME CHANGE AMENDMENT 1982-06-30 MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES OF UPPER PINELLAS, INC. -

Court Cases

Title Case Number Docket Date Status
C. F. and T. F., as parents for N. F., Appellant(s) v. All Children's Hospital, Inc., et al., Appellee(s). 2D2024-2241 2024-09-20 Open
Classification NOA Final - Circuit Civil - Other
Court 2nd District Court of Appeal
Originating Court Circuit Court for the Sixth Judicial Circuit, Pinellas County
16-CA-640-CI

Parties

Name C & F, LLC
Role Appellant
Status Active
Representations Howard M. Talenfeld, Stacie Schmerling, Peter Kimon Spillis, John Stewart Mills, Jonathan Anthony Martin
Name T & F CORPORATION
Role Appellant
Status Active
Representations Howard M. Talenfeld, Stacie Schmerling, Peter Kimon Spillis
Name N.F. CORPORATION
Role Appellant
Status Active
Name All Children's Hospital, Inc.
Role Appellee
Status Active
Name Bob Gualtieri, Sheriff Of Pinellas County
Role Appellee
Status Active
Representations Nicole Durkin
Name ECKERD YOUTH ALTERNATIVES, INC.
Role Appellee
Status Active
Representations Maritza Pena, Renee Gomez
Name DIRECTIONS FOR MENTAL HEALTH, INC,
Role Appellee
Status Active
Name Action Stops Abuse, Inc.
Role Appellee
Status Active
Name SUNCOAST CENTER, INC.
Role Appellee
Status Active
Name Hon. Patricia Ann Muscarella
Role Judge/Judicial Officer
Status Active
Name Pinellas Clerk
Role Lower Tribunal Clerk
Status Active

Docket Entries

Docket Date 2024-09-20
Type Letter
Subtype Acknowledgment Letter
Description Acknowledgment Letter
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Docket Date 2024-11-08
Type Order
Subtype Order on Motion for Extension of Time for Record
Description The lower tribunal clerk's motion for an extension of time is granted. The clerk shall prepare and transmit the record within forty days of the date of this order.
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Docket Date 2024-10-31
Type Motions Extensions
Subtype Motion for Extension of Time for Record
Description Motion for Extension of Time for Record
On Behalf Of Pinellas Clerk
Docket Date 2024-09-24
Type Miscellaneous Document
Subtype Pay Case Filing Fee-300
Description Pay Case Filing Fee-300
On Behalf Of C. F.
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Docket Date 2024-09-23
Type Notice
Subtype Notice of Appearance
Description Notice of Appearance
On Behalf Of C. F.
Docket Date 2024-09-20
Type Order
Subtype Order on Filing Fee
Description This appeal has been filed without a filing fee required by section 35.22(2)(a), Florida Statutes. The attorney for Appellant shall forward the required $300.00 filing fee or, if applicable, a certificate or order of the lower tribunal finding Appellant insolvent pursuant to section 57.081, Florida Statutes, within twenty days from the date of this order. If this court does not receive either of the above within the prescribed time, this appeal may be subject to dismissal without further notice.
View View File
Docket Date 2024-09-20
Type Notice
Subtype Notice of Appeal
Description W/ORDER APPEALED
On Behalf Of C. F.
Docket Date 2024-12-31
Type Notice
Subtype Notice of Agreed Extension of Time - Initial Brief
Description 30 - IB DUE 02/05/2025
On Behalf Of C. F.
Docket Date 2024-12-11
Type Record
Subtype Record on Appeal Redacted
Description 32,190 PAGES
On Behalf Of Pinellas Clerk

Documents

Name Date
ANNUAL REPORT 2024-01-29
ANNUAL REPORT 2023-03-10
ANNUAL REPORT 2022-03-21
ANNUAL REPORT 2021-03-23
ANNUAL REPORT 2020-05-18
ANNUAL REPORT 2019-04-01
ANNUAL REPORT 2018-01-22
ANNUAL REPORT 2017-03-20
ANNUAL REPORT 2016-03-04
ANNUAL REPORT 2015-07-02

USAspending Awards / Financial Assistance

Date:
2023-03-02
Awarding Agency Name:
Department of Health and Human Services
Transaction Description:
EQUIPPING OUR HEROES: MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS & DE-ESCALATION TRAINING FOR FIRST RESPONDERS - DIRECTIONS FOR LIVING (DFL) HAS OVER 38 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE PROVIDING TRAUMA-INFORMED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES IN PINELLAS COUNTY, AS WELL AS DECADES OF EXPERIENCE PROVIDING EVIDENCE-BASED TRAININGS TO LOCAL PROVIDERS AND PROFESSIONALS ON HOW TO IMPROVE SUPPORTS FOR THE COMMUNITY. TO BETTER SERVE LOCAL RESIDENTS, DFL WILL PROVIDE ADULT AND YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID TRAINING TO 5,000 OF PINELLAS COUNTY’S LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, AS WELL AS OTHER FIRST RESPONDERS, THROUGH THE EQUIPPING OUR HEROES: MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS & DE-ESCALATION TRAINING FOR FIRST RESPONDERS INITIATIVE. THE INDIVIDUALS WHO WILL RECEIVE MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS TRAINING INCLUDE FIRST RESPONDER AGENCY PERSONNEL IN PINELLAS COUNTY, FL. PINELLAS COUNTY’S FIRST RESPONDER AGENCIES ENCOMPASS 14 LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, 55 FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND FIRE STATIONS, 74 PARAMEDIC FIRST RESPONDER UNITS, AND 6 EMERGENCY CALL CENTERS. THE POPULATION OF FOCUS OR BENEFICIARIES OF THE MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS TRAINING WILL BE PINELLAS COUNTY YOUTH AND ADULTS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING A MENTAL HEALTH CONDITION AND WHO COME TO THE ATTENTION OF ANY FIRST RESPONDER. PINELLAS COUNTY HAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST RATES OF DEATH BY SUICIDE, BAKER ACT COMMITTALS, AND HOMELESSNESS IN THE STATE. IN 2019, 189 PINELLAS COUNTY RESIDENTS DIED BY SUICIDE. SADLY, THIS RATE DOES NOT ACCOUNT FOR THE MORE THAN 1,250 YOUTH AND ADULTS WHO EXPERIENCED NON-FATAL INTENTIONAL SELF-HARM INJURIES (FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH). IN 2019, PINELLAS COUNTY REPORTED THAT 29,561 ADULTS EXPERIENCED A SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS AND 12,350 INDIVIDUALS WERE HOSPITALIZED AS A RESULT OF MENTAL DISORDERS (FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH). ACCORDING TO PERSONAL ENRICHMENT THROUGH MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES (PEMHS), THE LOCAL CRISIS STABILIZATION UNIT IN PINELLAS COUNTY, THERE WERE MORE THAN 2,500 BAKER ACT COMMITTALS BETWEEN JULY 1, 2019 AND JUNE 30, 2020 AND NEARLY 200 OF THESE INDIVIDUALS HAD A SECOND BAKER ACT WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF THE PRIOR COMMITTAL. DFL HAS MORE THAN 4 YEARS OF SUCCESSFULLY DELIVERING MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID TRAININGS AND HAS MORE THAN 20 YEARS DELIVERING CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM TRAINING. BY INCREASING MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID TRAINING FOR ALL PINELLAS COUNTY FIRST RESPONDERS, THEY WILL BE BETTER EQUIPPED TO RECOGNIZE THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS AND/OR SUBSTANCE MISUSE ISSUES AND BE ABLE TO REFER INDIVIDUALS TO APPROPRIATE PROFESSIONALS OR SERVICES. DFL IS PROPOSING TO TRAIN A TOTAL OF 5,000 FIRST RESPONDER PERSONNEL IN ADULT MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID OR YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD. DFL WILL TRAIN 670 FIRST AIDERS IN YEAR ONE, 1,165 IN YEARS TWO AND THREE, AND 1,000 IN YEARS FOUR AND FIVE. BY TRAINING AT LEAST 5,000 FIRST RESPONDER PERSONNEL, DFL HOPES TO ACHIEVE AN INCREASE IN REFERRALS TO APPROPRIATE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, INCREASE ENGAGEMENT FOR INDIVIDUALS EXITING A CRISIS STABILIZATION UNIT DUE TO A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS OR SUBSTANCE MISUSE ISSUE TO ENSURE THEY ARE CONNECTED TO ONGOING SERVICES AND SUPPORT POST DISCHARGE, AND TO DECREASE THE NUMBER OF REPEAT BAKER ACT COMMITTALS FOR INDIVIDUALS. DFL KNOWS FIRSTHAND THE POSITIVE IMPACT THAT PROVIDING THESE CURRICULA HAVE ON INCREASING THE COMMUNITY’S ABILITY TO RECOGNIZE THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS OR SUBSTANCE MISUSE ISSUE AND BEING ABLE TO REFER INDIVIDUALS TO APPROPRIATE SERVICE PROVIDERS. DFL KNOWS THAT EARLY IDENTIFICATION AND LINKAGE WITH THE RIGHT CARE AT THE RIGHT TIME IS PARAMOUNT TO INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISIS AND IS DEDICATED TO PROVIDING THIS LIFE-SAVING TRAINING TO ALL FIRST RESPONDERS.
Obligated Amount:
375000.00
Face Value Of Loan:
0.00
Total Face Value Of Loan:
0.00
Date:
2020-04-09
Awarding Agency Name:
Small Business Administration
Transaction Description:
TO AID SMALL BUSINESSES IN MAINTAINING WORK FORCE DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
Obligated Amount:
0.00
Face Value Of Loan:
3582142.50
Total Face Value Of Loan:
3582142.50
Date:
2017-11-21
Awarding Agency Name:
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Transaction Description:
CONTINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM
Obligated Amount:
-49406.29
Face Value Of Loan:
0.00
Total Face Value Of Loan:
0.00
Date:
2017-02-24
Awarding Agency Name:
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Transaction Description:
CONTINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM
Obligated Amount:
-47991.24
Face Value Of Loan:
0.00
Total Face Value Of Loan:
0.00
Date:
2013-09-26
Awarding Agency Name:
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Transaction Description:
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING NEW
Obligated Amount:
275522.00
Face Value Of Loan:
0.00
Total Face Value Of Loan:
0.00

Tax Exempt

Employer Identification Number (EIN) :
59-2092715
In Care Of Name:
% MICHELLE FURAN SULLIVAN
Classification:
Government Instrumentality, Title-Holding Corporation, Charitable Organization, Agricultural Organization, Board of Trade, Pleasure, Recreational, or Social Club, Fraternal Beneficiary Society, Order or Association, Voluntary Employees' Beneficiary Association (Non-Govt. Emps.), Domestic Fraternal Societies and Associations, Teachers Retirement Fund Assoc., Benevolent Life Insurance Assoc., Burial Association, Credit Union, Mutual Insurance Company or Assoc. Other Than Life or Marine, Corp. Financing Crop Operations, Supplemental Unemployment Compensation Trust or Plan, Employee Funded Pension Trust (Created Before 6/25/59), Post or Organization of War Veterans, Legal Service Organization, Black Lung Trust, Multiemployer Pension Plan, Veterans Assoc. Formed Prior to 1880, Trust Described in Sect. 4049 of ERISA, Title Holding Co. for Pensions, etc., State-Sponsored High Risk Health Insurance Organizations, State-Sponsored Workers' Compensation Reinsurance, ACA 1322 Qualified Nonprofit Health Insurance Issuers, Apostolic and Religious Org. (501(d)), Cooperative Hospital Service Organization (501(e)), Cooperative Service Organization of Operating Educational Organization (501(f)), Child Care Organization (501(k)), Charitable Risk Pool, Qualified State-Sponsored Tuition Program, 4947(a)(1) - Private Foundation (Form 990PF Filer)
Ruling Date:
1981-12
Deductibility:
Type of organization and use of contribution: A public charity. Deductibility Limitation: 50% (60% for cash contributions)

Paycheck Protection Program

Date Approved:
2020-04-09
Loan Status:
Paid in Full
SBA Guaranty Percentage:
100
Initial Approval Amount:
3582142.5
Current Approval Amount:
3582142.5
Race:
Unanswered
Ethnicity:
Unknown/NotStated
Gender:
Unanswered
Veteran:
Unanswered
Forgiveness Amount:
3623834.66

Date of last update: 01 Jun 2025

Sources: Florida Department of State