Over a six-year period, USAID-funded Local Partner Development (LPD) and its collaborators joined forces to test, adapt, and implement evidence-based approaches to prevent youth crime and violence, by building the resilience of over 650 at-risk youth across Jamaica through vocational training, livelihood opportunities, and psychosocial support. The iniatative serves to reduce self-destructive behaviors by teaching individuals to evaluate and modify the way they think and make decisions. Morana Smodlaka Krajnović, Chief of Party, USAID Local Partner Development joined us on Sunrise to share more.
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