Directions for Mental Health is a non-profit organization providing mental health services, homeless outreach, child protective services, case management and therapeutic intervention for children and adults. Eckerd Community Alternatives is the lead agency contracted by the Department of Children and Families to provide case management, diversions services, protective supervision, and adoptive services for children in the dependecy system in Pinellas and Pasco Counties. ECA subcontracts DMH, Gulfcoast Community Care, Youth and Family Alternatives and Baycare to provide these services as community-based care.