Pathways to Success
Increasing Protective Factors for At-Risk Youth
About the Initiative
The overarching goal of the Pathways to Success Initiative is to increase protective factors while reducing risk factors for violence among targeted youth — through the improvement of the quality, availability of, and access to violence prevention services for at-risk youth in communities across Jamaica.
The Roadmap
The VPA Pathway to Success Roadmap identifies critical periods where high-risk children falter, and the effective interventions that can arrest further antisocial and deviant behaviour — reintegrating them into mainstream productive activities.
The earlier these evidence-informed interventions are made in a child’s life, the more cost-beneficial the outcomes — including reductions in the costs of state care.
Why This Matters
- ✓Productive and healthy children have less involvement in violence
- ✓Early intervention is more cost-effective than later remediation
- ✓The roadmap helps stakeholders easily identify successful interventions
- ✓Provides a visual algorithm for data-driven decision making
- ✓Demonstrates achievement of key outcomes to attract support for interventions
