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$319,653
Total Puerto Rico CBCAP Funding

Core Services

Project Libertad - Casa Pensamiento: Located in the mountainous municipality of Aibonito, where community services are scarce, this Community-Based program operates on the Ecological Model and provides a comprehensive understanding of the maltreatment issue, encompassing its complexity, multifaceted causes, and the dynamics of its interrelations.
Project Primavera - Centro Margarita: Based in the municipality of Cidra, this Community­ prevention focused program caters to children aged 0-6 with mild to moderate disabilities and parents with mild disabilities. The Center offers specialized therapeutic services, medical consultations, individual and group psychological therapy, and social work.
Project MECA: Situated at the Ponce Health Sciences University's Ponce Research Institute in the Ponce region, this Community-Based program offers psych-educational services focused on orientation and training. It targets pregnant adolescents, couples, mothers, fathers, and children at risk of maltreatment.
Project Ayani (Camuy and Moca - Lazos de Amor): These two programs are dedicated to being agents of change and facilitators for children, young people, and adults with special needs and intellectual and developmental disabilities, aiming to enhance the quality of life for their families. Both projects include a Respite Program.
Project Ayani (Aguadilla - Lazos de Amor (two programs)): Similar to its counterparts in Camuy and Moca, this project in Aguadilla focuses on serving children, young people, and adults with special needs and intellectual and developmental deficiencies, improving their families' quality of life, and incorporates a Respite Program.
Proyecto Crecer - Aguada: A Community Based program in the municipality of Aguada situated on the mountain side (west) of the island, PAEC implements a project for the prevention of sexual abuse in minors, promotes parenting skills in mothers and fathers to prevent abuse, and promotes positive development in minors.
Renacer Social: Provides child abuse prevention services, with a particular focus on sexual abuse prevention. The program promotes parenting skills based on evidence-based models to enhance knowledge about appropriate parenting styles.

1,916
Number of families served in Puerto Rico
Number of people served in Puerto Rico
668
Parents
491
Children
8
Parents with disabilities
45
Children with disabilities
Outreach for Special Populations in Puerto Rico
Racial and ethnic minorities
Children and adults with disabilities
Other (detail in narrative)
$688,518
Puerto Rico Total Funding for Evidence-Based Programs
Puerto Rico State Lead Agency Structure
Child Welfare Agency
Collaborations
 
Child Welfare
 
CFSR/PIP
Child and Family Services Review (CFSR) is a periodic review of state child welfare systems by the Children’s Bureau. The Program Improvement Plan (PIP) is the plan to address areas in child welfare services that need improvement.
 
IV-B/PSSF
Title IV-B of the Social Security Act provides funds for programs directed toward keeping families together. Promoting Safe and Stable Families (PSSF) Program helps to develop a coordinated and integrated service system for families.
 
Strengthening Families
 
Head Start, Early Head Start
 
Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting
Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program facilitates collaboration and partnership at the federal, state, and community levels to improve the health of at-risk children through evidence-based home visiting programs.
4,689
Total individuals reached via public awareness in Puerto Rico
American Rescue Plan Categories
Increase number EB/EI prevention programs
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