The puerto rico intervention, diversion, and education (PRIDE) program by the boys & girls clubs of puerto rico supports children exposed to violence in two high crime, high poverty communities in…

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Puerto Rico received a $972,405 Cooperative Agreement from the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.818 - Children Exposed to Violence) to implement the Puerto Rico Intervention, Diversion, and Education (PRIDE) program. PRIDE supports children and youth aged 6-18 exposed to violence in two high-crime, high-poverty public housing communities in Puerto Rico. The program provides a three-tiered system of trauma-informed, culturally specific services, including universal evidence-based afterschool programming (Tier 1), targeted brief interventions and referrals (Tier 2), and intensive diversion and legal services for justice-involved youth (Tier 3). Key goals include reducing youth crime and victimization by 5%, diverting 100 youth from prosecution, and providing more intensive support to 275 youth through Tiers 2 and 3. The program is centered at the Llorens Torres and Arecibo Boys & Girls Clubs, with plans to expand to additional clubhouses in Years 2 and 3.

The puerto rico intervention, diversion, and education (PRIDE) program by the boys & girls clubs of puerto rico supports children exposed to violence in two high crime, high poverty communities in public housing complexes. PRIDE seeks to support, expand, and remove barriers to accessing evidence-based programs and practices to help hispanic youth aged 6-18 discover strengths, reduce system-involvement and exposure to violence and substance abuse.a three-tiered coordinated and comprehensive system of community-based support, PRIDE will provide support to children, youth, and families exposed to violence with trauma-informed, culturally specific services to foster resilience and prevent violence and delinquency. PRIDE will be centered at the llorens torres (SAN juan) and arecibo clubs, and in Y 2 and 3 select programming will expand to additional clubhouses. Tier 1: universal evidence, strength-based afterschool programming engaging participants (ages 6-18) at two clubs; tier 2: targeted supports, brief interventions, and referrals (ages 12-18). Tier 3: intensive structured diversion and legal services to justice-involved/at-risk youth (ages 12-18).youth crime and victimization in PRIDE communities reduced by 5%; 100 youth diverted from prosecution; 30% of youth referred through the justice system will not reoffend; and 275 youth receive more intensive tier 2 and 3 services.