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Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans
Judy
Potter has been in the Social Work field for 38 years. Judy
did her undergraduate work at Purdue University in Indiana
and has a BS degree in Sociology and Psychology. Judy is
presently the Program Director of Catholic Charities Archdiocese
of New Orleans Independent Living Skills Program (ILSP)
and has been with the Program for 14 years.
The Independent Living Skills Program works with youth,
ages 13-26 who are presently in or were in Foster Care or
Office of Youth Development (Juvenile Justice).
The Independent Living Skills Program is multi-faceted and
offers a variety of services that include, but not limited
to: Basic Life Skills, Nurturing Parenting, Breakin' the
Cycle Alumni Project, Wraparound Initiative, the Hope Chest,
a donation center for our participants, Aftercare Services,
Mentoring Project, Education and Training Voucher Program
and our latest project "Moms Mentoring Moms" Project.
ILSP also offers the Child Welfare League of America, Positive
Youth Development Training to Foster Care Social Workers
and Foster Parents.
Judy has been an effective facilitator of the Nurturing
Parenting Program for Infants, Toddlers and Preschoolers,
Teenage Parents and their Families and Nurturing Program
for Prenatal Families for the past 10 years. Training for
Foster and Adoptive Families at Catholic Charities will
be offered in the near future. Ten years ago ILSP was looking
for an innovative and more experiential parenting program.
After attending a 3-day Nurturing Parenting Program training
in Cincinnati, Ohio, Judy returned to her agency, presented
the Nurturing Parenting Program to the staff and since then
has offered the Program to over 175 teen parents.
Judy has presented various facets of the Nurturing Parenting
Program to Prevent Child Abuse Louisiana, "Kids Are
Worth It" Conference, Daniel Memorial "Growing
Pains" Conference and the Louisiana Coalition of Independent
Living Providers.
Present Affiliations:
President, Louisiana Coalition of Independent Living Providers
Member: National Independent Living Association (NILA)
Trainer: CWLA, Positive Youth Development
Trainer: Advocates for Youth, Life Planning Training
Facilitator/Consultant: Nurturing Parenting Programs
#103 Judy Potter
Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans
Marrero, Louisiana
(504) 340-5100
judyilsp@archdiocese-no.org
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