Think Creative - Issue 3
Reducing youth risk through family counseling Honduras // Proponte Más
In Honduras, the Proponte Más team of more than 50 family counselors works in high-violence communities to reduce youth risk for engaging with gangs and violence. By empirically measuring risk across nine factors, Pro- ponte Más determines each individual’s risk level – primary, secondary or tertiary. With this diagnostic, called the Youth Service Eligibility Tool, Proponte Más can match each youth with the proper intervention and work toward reducing those risk factors, building resilience and strengthening families and communities in the process. In the most recent cycle, 75 percent of the 450 youth who completed a year of family counseling saw significant reduction in risk factors and are no longer considered to be at a high risk level. n
Brothers Amílcar (left) and Josue have improved their relationship after the family participated in Proponte Más family counseling.
Police & justice reform
Four Levels of Violence Prevention
TERTIARY
75 %
Percentage of youth who
Actively involved in illicit groups
dropped their risk factors significantly from the tertiary and secondary levels through family counseling
Intervention: Reinsertion, alternative measures
SECONDARY
77 %
At highest risk of joining illicit groups
To see family counseling in action, read “Transforming Towns Together” on page 14
Intervention: Family counseling, cognitive behavioral therapy
PRIMARY
Living in high-violence areas
Intervention: Outreach Center programming, crime prevention through environmental design
Photo by Emanuel Rodríguez
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