Project Fleur-de-lis (A Program of Mercy Family Center)
Faith-Based, Non-Profit, Community Cooperative
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About this facility
- Mission
- Project Fleur-de-lis™ a program of Mercy Family Center, is a school-based mental health program, designed to provide long-term care and recovery for children and their families in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Through a partnership with schools, local health and human service agencies and national experts, the mission of Project Fleur-de-lis™ is to empower students, teachers and parents of New Orleans area schools to recover, renew and restore in order to inspire healing throughout our community. - Eligibility
- Impacted by Hurricane Katrina
- Service
- Temporary
Notes
Project Fleur-de-lis is a cooperative effort among Catholic schools, social services and health care providers to reach out to students, parents, and teachers in Catholic schools. The program helps address emotional and behavioral issues related to Hurricane Katrina. Services include counseling, education, and prevention.
Goals
Project Fleur-de-lis™ core services aim to:
• address symptoms of trauma at the earliest stage before they interfere with a child’s educational, social or emotional functioning;
• heal school communities through multidisciplinary programing that utilizes best practice intentions.
• remain integrated in school communities to provide ongoing mental health care.
Services
Project Fleur-de-lis™ provides specialized training and professional support for school-based counselors. To give the highest level of care, counselors use a cutting-edge electronic records system to track students’ progress and connect with participating physicians, psychologists and therapists.
Project Fleur-de-lis™ facilitates the following comprehensive services based on need:
For Children:
• School-wide intervention programs
• Classroom-based intervention programs
• In-school counseling
• Assessment, evaluation and referral by professional counselors
• Individual and family counseling
For Parents and Teachers:
• Educational and healing workshops
• Wrap-around services such as food, clothing and financial assistance
Interventions
Project Fleur-de-lis™ employs the following trauma informed interventions within its tiered model of care: Classroom-Camp-Community-Culture Based Intervention (Macy, Macy, Gross & Brighton, 2006) Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS) (Jaycox, 2003), and Trauma Focused – Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (Cohen, Mannarino & Deblinger, 2006).
Three Tiers of Care
Project Fleur-de-lis™ is designed to help traumatized students via a "Stepped Trauma Pathway" that includes the interventions listed above. Project Fleur-de-lis™ is designed to also identify and address all other psychological or psychoeducational problems that occur in children and adolescents. Studies show that 80 – 90% of those touched will be helped in the first tier of care.