Mercy Family Center

Mercy Family Center, a tax-exempt nonprofit organization based in Metairie, Louisiana, operates as a federal grant recipient (83% of recent awards) delivering integrated psychiatric care, evidence-based trauma treatment, and mental health services to underserved communities in Louisiana. The organization does not hold federal contracts or parent contract vehicles; its footprint consists entirely of grant funding from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

Mercy Family Center's recent grant portfolio centers on two primary programs. The first, awarded by SAMHSA in September 2024 with ultimate completion in September 2026, funds the expansion of mental health and substance use disorder services by integrating psychiatric care into primary care settings across south-central and southeastern Louisiana in partnership with federally qualified health centers. The project targets training and virtual psychiatric consultation to increase the knowledge, confidence, and treatment capability of primary care providers in managing patients with psychiatric diagnoses. The second, a five-year project grant from SAMHSA's Center for Mental Health Services awarded in September 2021 and running through September 2026, funds Project Fleur-de-Lis, a school-based and community mental health program providing evidence-based trauma treatment (including Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools, Bounce Back, and Sparks) and bereavement counseling to low-income, urban Black youth ages 5–21 in the greater New Orleans area impacted by community violence, complex trauma, and grief. Mercy Family Center also serves as a sub-recipient on a grant to The Administrators of Tulane Educational Fund, awarded in March 2026, where the organization provides project direction and consultation for trauma-informed school mental health and crisis response planning.

All three active funding agencies are housed within the Department of Health and Human Services (SAMHSA via two awards; the Center for Mental Health Services via Project Fleur-de-Lis). Combined obligated dollars across all six awards in the source data total $12.2 million. Two awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating recompete exposure for both the psychiatric services integration program and Project Fleur-de-Lis.