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Colombia – Initial Governance Response Program

USAID’s Office of Transitional Assistance Initial Government Response program (IGRP) assisted the government stabilize areas by consolidating its presence in areas cleared of illegal armed groups and responding to local needs. Working at the community level using a process-oriented, community driven approach, IGRP components included social infrastructure and livelihoods projects. The approach fostered community resiliencies and emphasized informal governance structures. It successfully linked beneficiaries to government programs, public and private sector funding sources and technical assistance....
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Central America – Regional Youth Alliance USAID-SICA (AJR)

The Regional Youth Alliance USAID-SICA (AJR USAID/SICA) established community-based, public-private alliances to rehabilitate and reintegrate ex-gang members into society and prevent the participation of youth in gangs. AJR was a direct response to the public security, investment and development challenges caused by youth gangs throughout Central America and the rising crime rate attributed to gang activity in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. The project served as a vehicle to assess regional legal frameworks and practices and promote a cohesive regional response to the gang problem....
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Guatemala – Youth Challenge Program (YCP)

Based on the promising results of the Guatemala Youth Alliance Program, USAID awarded Creative the Youth Challenge Alliance Program to continue improving the lives of Guatemala’s vulnerable and at-risk youth. With a focus on impoverished youth who live in neighborhoods with high unemployment and limited job training opportunities, it provided positive alternatives to street life and crime by raising public awareness about vulnerable youth and changing perceptions about them. ...
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Guatemala – Youth Alliance Program (YAP)

Limited opportunities in education, job training and employment left more than one million young people in Guatemala disenfranchised and a recognized urgency to address the needs of at-risk youths. Creative provided technical assistance to local crime prevention councils and designed innovative job training projects to enable youths to enter the workforce. The Youth Alliance Program, a cooperative agreement, was funded by USAID's public-private Global Development Alliance....
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Panama – Combating Child Labor through DESTINO

Many of Panama’s poor and indigenous children must help their families by working on farms, limiting their educational development and lifelong opportunities. To combat these effects, Creative teamed with Panamanian organizations to provide non-formal and flexible education opportunities for 3,100 child laborers. Under Creative’s management, the local organizations developed a national awareness campaign, teacher training, accelerated learning and scholarships to secondary-school children and income generation or vocational training activities....
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Panama – Youth At Risk

The Community Youth at Risk program was designed to lower the risk factors that lead youth into crime and violence in Panamanian communities. The program addressed the alienation of youth; coordinated with private sector, NGOs, donor and government stakeholders; promoted social mobilization and formulation of public policy; developed strong private sector alliances and holistic approaches to address the continuum of risk factors for youth-at-risk; and ensured community participation. ...
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