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.

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.