From Left to Right: John Hill, Courtney Ohlms, Laura Danna, Beth Cooney, Mary Chastain-Alford, Tuyl Mogabgab

Program Summary

Created in October of 2005, Project Fleur-de-lis (PFDL), a program of Mercy Family Center, began as an intermediate and long-term school-based mental health service model for youth exposed to traumatic events in the Greater New Orleans area following Hurricane Katrina. Today, PFDL is a collaborative program linking local social service agencies, schools, nationally recognized researchers, program developers, and clinicians in a coordinated effort to provide state-of-the-art mental health services within our schools and community. These services include evidence-based treatments, suicide prevention, and crisis response through trauma, grief, bereavement, and restorative lenses. PFDL places a strong emphasis on workforce development by providing education and training for the local school and community workforce, as well as the incoming workforce through experienced and structured internship opportunities.

PFDL Team

**Laura Danna, LCSW-BACS**
**Project Director**

**Beth Cooney, LCSW-BACS**
**Director of Evidence-Based Practices**

**John Hill, LSCW-BACS, Suicide Prevention Specialist**
**Suicide Prevention Director of Research and Education**

**Tuyl Mogabgab, LCSW-BACS, MPH, Suicide Prevention Specialist**
**Suicide Prevention Director of Development and Programming**

**Mary Chastain-Alford, LCSW**
**Master Clinician**

**Courtney Ohlms**
**Program Coordinator**

Doug Walker, PhDProject Consultant — **Doug Walker, PhD**
**Project Consultant**

Affliations

Project Fleur-de-lis (PFDL) is a non-profit program of Mercy Family Center in New Orleans, which is part of Mercy Health System based in St. Louis, MO.

Funders

PFDL is a grant funded site that is currently funded through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and a local Baptist Communities Ministry.

Partners

PFDL partners with local school and community organizations along with national NCSTN sites to better serve the New Orleans populations. Listed below are some of the wonderful organizations in which PFDL partners with.