Community, Family and Youth Resilience (CFYR) Program Annual Report October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019

Submission Date: October 30, 2019. Updated December 18, 2019.

Submitted by: Creative Associates International

ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

AAA - Action and Advocacy Agenda

BLES - Basic Life and Employability Skills

CARICOM – Caribbean Community

CSWC - Charlotte Street Wesleyan Church

COP - Chief of Party

CEC - Community Enhancement Committees

CFYR - Community, Family and Youth Resilience Program

CSP - Community Safety Plan

CLC - Critchlow Labour College

DQA - Data Quality Assessment

DCOP – Deputy Chief of Party

DPP - Director of Public Prosecution

FACES - Family Adaptability and Cohesion Scales

FACT - Family Awareness Consciousness Togetherness

FGD – Focus Group Discussion

FYCW - Family and Youth Community Worker

JJR – Juvenile Justice Reform

LOP - life of program

MoCD - Ministry of Community Development, Gender Affairs and Social Services (St. Kitts)

MoE - Ministry of Equity, Social Justice, Empowerment and Local Government (Saint Lucia)

MoPT - Ministry of Public Telecommunications (Guyana)

MoSP - Ministry of Social Protection (Guyana)

NOC – New Opportunity Corps

NIA - Nevis Island Administration

PIFSM - Prevention and Intervention Family Systems Model

RLE - Regional Learning Exchange 2 RLN - Regional Learning Network

RLIC - Ruimveldt Life Improvement Centre

SCP - Social Crime Prevention

SDCP - Social Development and Crime Prevention

SLHTA - Saint Lucia Hospitality & Tourism Association

SLS - Social and Leadership Skills

SSDF - Saint Lucia Social Development Fund

SSF - Sacred Sports Foundation

ToT – Training of Trainers

TVET – Technical and Vocational Education and Training

USAID - United States Agency for International Development

USAID/ESC - United States Agency for International Development/Eastern and Southern Caribbean

VYC - Volunteer Youth Corps

WFD - workforce development

YATTA - Youth Advocacy Through the Arts

YES - Youth Empowerment Services Project

YOFM - Youth on Fire Movement

YSET - Youth Services Eligibility Tool

YVP - youth violence prevention

PROJECT OVERVIEW/SUMMARY

Program Name: Community, Family and Youth Resilience (CFYR) Program

Activity Start/ End Date: July 1, 2016 – September 30, 2020 Name of Implementing Creative Associates International Partner: Contract/Agreement AID-OAA-I-15-00011 Number: Name of Pan American Development Foundation; University of Subcontractors/Sub- Southern California; Arizona State University awardees: Geographic Coverage Guyana, Saint Lucia and St. Kitts and Nevis (countries) Reporting Period: October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019

Executive Summary

This represents the Year III Annual Report (October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019) of the Community, Family and Youth Resilience (CFYR) Program. CFYR is managed by Creative Associates International (Creative) and this report is being submitted to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)/Eastern and Southern Caribbean (ESC) in compliance with Contract No. AID-OAA-I-15-00011 and Task Order No. AID-538-TO-16-00001.

USAID’s CFYR Program supports vulnerable youth ages 10-29 from Saint Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis and Guyana. The program is a component of USAID’s umbrella Youth Empowerment Services (YES) Project, which reduces youth involvement in crime and violence as part of a larger goal of creating a safer, more prosperous Caribbean. The program strengthens youth, family and community support systems; improves the skills of youth to resist involvement in violence; expands access to education and employment opportunities; and provides specialized services to youth at the highest risk of engaging in violence. Additionally, the program is working in Guyana on juvenile justice reforms to ensure that youth already in contact with the law can be successfully rehabilitated and reintegrated into the community. The goal is to empower youth to become productive citizens and make positive contributions to society.

Key Life of Program (LOP) Results to date (July 1, 2016 – September 30, 2019):

Over the life of the program (LOP), CFYR has positively engaged 5899 youth in development activities across Guyana, Saint Lucia and St. Kitts and Nevis, with 4974 youth (84%) residing within CFYR target communities. Key results to date over the life of the program include:

• 667 youth1 aged 16-29 completed workforce development programs (WFD)2. Of this amount, 226 were from CFYR communities in Saint Lucia, and 441 were from CFYR Communities in Guyana. Among those trained, 269 youth secured new employment (Saint Lucia – 119; Guyana - 150). • 7457 persons were engaged in 261 Community Engagement Activities across Saint Lucia (ninety- six activities with 2829 participants), St. Kitts and Nevis (thirty-nine activities with 964 participants) and Guyana (126 activities with 3664 participants).3 4 • 1826F youth engaged in Supplementary School Programs as at September 30, 2019, across all locations in Saint Lucia (973), Guyana (757) and St. Kitts and Nevis (96). There were 464 youth who reported increased self-efficacy upon completion of supplemental school programs across all these three countries.5 These supplementary school program results comprise the following: o 899 youth aged 10-18 engaged in After-school Programs6 as at September 30, 2019 in Saint Lucia (387) Guyana (447) and St Kitts and Nevis (65). There were 3337 reported an increase in self-efficacy upon completing after-school programs in the three countries. This includes 208 youth during Year 2 across Saint Lucia Guyana and St. Kitts and Nevis and 125 youth during Year 3 in Saint Lucia and Guyana. o 617 engaged in Summer Camps in Saint Lucia (307) and Guyana (310). There were 95 youth of this 617 who participated in summer camps in Year 3, of which 26 reported increases in self-efficacy.8 o 31 engaged in Easter Camps in St Kitts and Nevis (31). o 279 engaged in Robotics and Coding pilot project conducted in Saint Lucia only in Year 2. There were 105 youth who reported increased self-efficacy upon completion of the Robotics and Coding project. Through its own funding, the Government of Saint Lucia extended the program to two secondary schools (Clendon Mason and Micoud). • 398 local stakeholders (community members, youth leaders, police, probations officers, youth workers) trained in social crime prevention to increase community participation in reducing local youth crime and violence.9

1 These results represent October 2018 –September 2019 results, which are also Life of Project results as WFD commenced at the very end of Year 2 and in Year 3. 2 Workforce development includes the Basic Life and Employability Skills (BLES) training and training provided by grantees in life skills and vocational/technical skills. 3 There may be instances where persons may have participated in more than one activity. 4 The 1826 youth engaged represent all youth who participated in supplemental school programs including: after-school programs Summer Camps, Easter Camps and the Robotics and Coding project conducted in Saint Lucia. This figure may contain youth who have participated in more than one of the aforementioned activities. 5 This includes 151 youth in Year 3 participating in after-school programs (125) and in summer camp (26); and 313 youth in Year 2 who participated in Robotics and Coding (105) and after-school program (208). 6 After-school -School Programs include a combination of academic, cultural and recreational services. 7 The 333 youth are a subset of the overall total of 787 youth who reported an increase in self-efficacy for all supplemental school programs. 8 There were 522 youth who participated in summer camps in Year 1 and 95 in Year 3. No self-efficacy assessment was undertaken in Year 1 as the tools was not yet developed. 9 Community engagement increased in Year 3 (4125 participants) as compared with Year 2 (2424 participants).

10 • 270 at-risk youth and their families (approximately 839 total beneficiaries4F ) completed six months of targeted family counseling services through the Family Matters Intervention to reduce their likelihood of entering into a life of crime and violence. Six-month assessment results indicate a significant reduction in risk factors linked with delinquency. There were 246 at-risk youth and their families enrolled as of September 30, 2019. • CFYR has trained 519 stakeholders (youth leaders, representatives of government, non- governmental organizations (NGO) and community members): Guyana – 159; St. Kitts and Nevis – 171; Saint Lucia – 189. Some key training areas focused on increasing knowledge and strengthening stakeholders’ skills in proposal writing, project management, monitoring and evaluation; delivery of BLES and Social Crime Prevention (SCP) training; management of the Family Matters program and survey field work/enumeration skills. • CFYR developed and/or updated twenty-one (21) administrative and diagnostic tools to support rehabilitation and reintegration of youth in conflict with the law in Guyana, of which five (5) have 11 been approved and adopted at time of reporting.5F • Ten Community Safety Plans (CSP) developed in Saint Lucia (five) and Guyana (five). Saint Lucia Community Enhancement Committees (CECs)12 have executed community-led initiatives that address priority issues identified in these safety plans, engaging community members – including youth - to be part of implementing solutions to address youth violence in their communities. Some of these include the Soufriere and Vieux Fort Job Readiness Training, an Orange Bag Dialogue, and a Sexual Abuse Workshop in Year 2 (October 1, 2017 and September 30, 2018); and the Soufriere Anti-bullying Campaign, the Youth Agro-Entrepreneurial Social and Leadership Training and the Vieux Fort Chess Club Training in Year 3 (October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019). • A regional youth network comprised of fifteen young leaders from across ten Caribbean countries was established to develop the Action and Advocacy Agenda (AAA) for Youth Violence Prevention. The AAA now serves as a platform for promoting evidence-based approaches to youth crime and violence prevention and disseminating key lessons learnt from the YES program. The AAA shaped the January 2019 Caribbean Youth Summit on Violence Prevention, facilitates advocacy work and is being used by youth-serving agencies to support planning and 13 programming.6F.. • Hosted the Caribbean Youth Summit on Violence Prevention in January 2019, which was attended by 267 youth (56%), policy-makers, youth-serving agency representatives and civil society representatives from thirteen Caribbean countries, as well as Latin America, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States. The Key Output was a finalized version of the Advocacy and

10 Calculated using average family size in each country x number of youth beneficiaries; 1) Saint Lucia - avg. family size of 3 x 114 index youth; 2) Guyana – avg. family size of 3.8 x 84 index youth; 3) St. Kitts and Nevis - avg family size of 2.7 x 66 index youth. 11 These include: Serious Incident Report; Behavior Modification Tool; Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect Procedure Reporting Form; Care and Reintegration Plan; and Mental Health Referral Form. 12 The CSPs for Saint Lucia were finalized in Year 2, while those for Guyana were finalized in the July – September 2019 period. Therefore, the examples are from Saint Lucia at this time. 13 Example includes representatives from the Nevis Island Administration using the AAA in some of their violence prevention programming.

Action Agenda (AAA), a youth-centered violence prevention manifesto that supports the implementation of CARICOM’s Social Development and Crime Prevention (SDCP) Action Plan.14 • Adapted and piloted new measurement tools to track changes in youth outcomes including the Youth Services Eligibility Tool (YSET) and Self Efficacy Youth Scale.

Key Annual Results to date (October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019):

Over the past year, CFYR provided support to 2709 youth beneficiaries15, of whom 2489 or 92% were youth from CFYR target communities. These interventions have accompanied the following results, as derived from the different community-based surveys:

St. Kitts and Nevis16

• From baseline to end-line, personal crime victimization declined in CFYR communities from 5.9% to 5.5%. • From baseline to end-line, there was an increase in the proportion of residents who felt safe or very safe while walking alone in their communities during the night. In CFYR communities this increased from 53.8% to 69.9% from baseline to end-line. • Within CFYR communities at baseline, 17.4% of respondents indicated that they participated in community problem-solving activities within their community. This declined to 13.3% at end-line.

Guyana17

• At baseline, 9.7% of respondents in CFYR communities were victims of crime. This declined to 6.8% at midline.18 • From baseline to midline, there was little change in the proportion of residents who felt safe or very safe while walking alone in their communities during the night. In CFYR communities this figure stood at 44.3% at baseline, and at 44.7% at midline.

14 CFYR had dialogue with the CARICOM Secretariat for the AAA to be formally endorsed as an evidence-based guide for integrating youth violence prevention and positive alternatives to crime across all sectors to benefit young people between the ages of 10-29; for all National Youth Policies to incorporate deliberate youth asset-based and youth violence prevention approaches and initiatives in accordance with the discrete pillars of the AAA; and for all social and economic development programs for youth to incorporate measurable youth violence prevention objectives in line with the AAA. The Fortieth Regular Meeting of the Conference Of CARICOM Heads Of Government held in July 2019, in Saint Lucia, also “acknowledged the role of and the need to engage with international partners” to continue to “strengthen the regional security architecture, both at the institutional and the personnel levels.” The official conclusions of the Nineteenth Special Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on Security have not been published. This reporting summarizes agreements communicated by CARICOM staff and may be subject to correction. 15 These figures are generated by combining youth participants included in indicators 2.3.0, 2.3.1.0 and 2.3.2.0. Added to this figure are forty-five youth from Nevis who participated in the Caribbean Youth AAA on Violence Prevention Character Building Workshop on April 1, 2019. 16 As CFYR concluded Primary Prevention programming in St. Kitts and Nevis at the end of Year 2 (September 30, 2018) due to reductions in program funding, this survey is an end-line community survey. As these data were finalized at the very end of the program year, CFYR will analyze changes during Year 4 Q1. 17 As these data were finalized at the very end of the program year, CFYR will analyze changes during Year 4 Q1. 18 There were no control communities at midline.

• Within CFYR communities at baseline, 16.3% of respondents indicated that they participated in community problem-solving activities within their community. This increased marginally to 16.9% at midline.

Saint Lucia19

• At baseline, 8.1% of respondents in CFYR communities were victims of crime within the last year. This increased to 9.9% at midline. • In CFYR communities at baseline 71.3% of respondents felt safe or very safe when walking alone in their communities after dark. This declined to 66.3% at midline. • At baseline, 28.8% of respondents in CFYR communities tried to help solve problems in their community. At midline, this declined to 14.3%.

Other key results include:

• 667 youth20 aged 16-29 completed workforce development programs (WFD)21. Of this amount, 226 were from CFYR communities in Saint Lucia, and 441 were from CFYR Communities in Guyana. Among those trained, 269 youth secured new employment (Saint Lucia – 119; Guyana - 150). • 4125 persons were engaged in 148 Community Engagement Activities across Saint Lucia (sixty- one (61) activities with 1548 participants) St. Kitts and Nevis (two activities with sixty-nine (69) 22 participants) and Guyana (eighty-five (85) activities with 2508 participants).2F • 474 youth reported increase in self-efficacy for the period. Of this amount 137 are from Saint Lucia and 337 from Guyana. 23 • 426 F youth engaged in Supplementary School Programs during October 2018 to September 2019 across all locations in Saint Lucia (132), and Guyana (294). There were 151 youth who reported increased self-efficacy upon completion of supplemental school programs in Saint Lucia (52) and Guyana (99). These supplementary school program results comprise the following: o 331 youth aged 10-18 engaged in After-school Programs24 during October 2018 to September 2019 in Saint Lucia (102) and Guyana (229). There were 125 reported an increase in self-efficacy upon completing after-school programs in Saint Lucia (38), Guyana (87). o 95 youth engaged in Summer Camps in Saint Lucia (30) and Guyana (65). Of this number, 26 reported increases in self-efficacy.25

19 As these data were finalized at the very end of the program year, CFYR will analyze changes during Year 4 Q1. 20 These results represent October 2018 –September 2019 results, which are also Life of Project results as WFD commenced at the very end of Year 2 and in Year 3. 21 Workforce development includes the Basic Life and Employability Skills (BLES) training and training provided by grantees in life skills and vocational/technical skills. 22 There may be instances where persons may have participated in more than one activity. See Annex A for details. 23 The 426 youth engaged represent all youth who participated in after-school programs and Summer Camps. This figure may contain youth who have participated in more than one of the aforementioned activities. 24 After-school -School Programs include a combination of academic, cultural and recreational services. 25 There were 522 youth who participated in summer camps in Year 1 and 95 in Year 3. No self-efficacy assessment was undertaken in Year 1 as the tools was not yet developed.

• 203 local stakeholders (community members, youth leaders, police, probations officers, youth workers) trained in social crime prevention to increase community participation in reducing local youth crime and violence. • There were 246 at-risk youth and their families (approximately 700 total beneficiaries26) enrolled as at September 30, 2019, participating in the targeted family counseling services through the Family Matters Intervention to reduce their likelihood of entering into a life of crime and violence. Six-month assessment results indicate a significant reduction in risk factors linked with delinquency, per the following: o In Guyana, 73% of the beneficiary youth demonstrated a reduction in risk factors, with 56% below the secondary level of risk. o In Saint Lucia, 61% of the beneficiary youth demonstrated a reduction in risk factors, with 31% below the secondary level of risk. o In St. Kitts and Nevis, 59% of the beneficiary youth demonstrated a reduction in risk factors, with 44% below the secondary level of risk. • Training for sixteen people, including representatives from all three host government partners and a regional resource from the University of the West Indies, on May 14 – 17, 2019, to score and analyze YSET data. The training represents an important stride towards establishing YSET scoring capacity within CFYR’s government partners and the region, that will endure after CFYR concludes. • 43 students participated in the Saint Lucia Coding and Robotics Code4Fun Hackathon on October 11 – 12, 2018, which was the culminating event for the coding and robotics pilot program introduced into the curricula of four secondary schools by CFYR in partnership with the Ministry of Education in Saint Lucia. Through its own funding, the Government of Saint Lucia extended the program to two additional secondary schools (Clendon Mason and Micoud). • CFYR trained 200 stakeholders (youth leaders, representatives of government, non-governmental organizations and community members): Guyana – 112 and Saint Lucia – 88. Some key training areas focused on increasing knowledge and strengthening stakeholders’ skills in Social Crime Prevention, project management, violence interruption, scoring of the Youth Services Eligibility Tool (YSET) and managing the Family Matters program. • Twenty-one administrative and diagnostic tools developed to support rehabilitation and reintegration of youth in conflict with the law in Guyana, of which five (5) have been approved 27 and adopted at time of reporting.5F. • Ten Community Safety Plans developed for CFYR communities; in Saint Lucia (five) and in Guyana (five). Saint Lucia Community Enhancement Committees (CECs)28 have executed community-led initiatives that address priority issues identified in these safety plans, engaging community members – including youth - to be part of implementing solutions to address youth violence in their

26 Calculated using average family size in each country x number of youth beneficiaries; 1) Saint Lucia - avg. family size of 3 x 114 index youth; 2) Guyana – avg. family size of 3.8 x 84 index youth; 3) St. Kitts and Nevis - avg family size of 2.7 x 66 index youth. 27 These include: Serious Incident Report; Behavior Modification Tool; Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect Procedure Reporting Form; Care and Reintegration Plan; and Mental Health Referral Form. 28 The CSPs for Saint Lucia were finalized in Year 2, while those for Guyana were finalized the July – September 2019 period. Therefore, the examples are from Saint Lucia at this time.

communities. These include the Soufriere Anti-bullying Campaign, the Youth Agro- Entrepreneurial Social and Leadership Training and the Vieux Fort Chess Club Training during the current October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019 period. • The Dennery CEC in Saint Lucia applied to the Ministry of Equity, Social Justice, Empowerment and Local Government (MoE) for formal registration as a recognized community-based organization during the July to September 2019 period. This approval was granted in September 2019. • A regional youth network comprised of fifteen young leaders from across ten Caribbean countries was established to develop the Action and Advocacy Agenda for Youth Violence Prevention. The AAA now serves as a platform for promoting evidence-based approaches to youth crime and violence prevention and disseminating key lessons learnt from the YES program. The AAA shaped the January 2019 Caribbean Youth Summit on Violence Prevention, facilitates advocacy work and 29 is being used by other youth-serving agencies to support planning and programming6F . • CFYR hosted the Caribbean Youth Summit on Violence Prevention in January 2019, which was attended by 267 youth (56%), policy-makers, youth-serving agency representatives and civil society representatives from thirteen Caribbean countries, as well as Latin America, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States. The Key Output was a finalized version of an Advocacy and Action Agenda (AAA). This is a youth-centered violence prevention manifesto in support of implementation of the CARICOM Social Development and Crime Prevention (SDCP) Action Plan. • Adapted and piloted and updated Self Efficacy Youth Scale to track changes in youth outcomes.30

Key Quarterly Results to date (July 1 - September 30, 2019)31.

32 Over the quarter, CFYR provided support to 1006 youth beneficiaries0F , of whom 931 or 93% were youth from CFYR target communities.

A total of 1801 persons engaged in forty-nine (49) community engagement activities in Saint Lucia (578 33 persons in twenty-one activities) and Guyana (1223 persons in twenty-eight activities)8F . In Saint Lucia,

29 Example includes representatives from the Nevis Island Administration using the AAA in some of their violence prevention programming. 30 CFYR had dialogue with the CARICOM Secretariat for the AAA to be formally endorsed as an evidence-based guide for integrating youth violence prevention and positive alternatives to crime across all sectors to benefit young people between the ages of 10-29; for all National Youth Policies to incorporate deliberate youth asset-based and youth violence prevention approaches and initiatives in accordance with the discrete pillars of the AAA; and for all social and economic development programs for youth to incorporate measurable youth violence prevention objectives in line with the AAA. The Fortieth Regular Meeting of the Conference Of CARICOM Heads Of Government held in July 2019, in Saint Lucia, also “acknowledged the role of and the need to engage with international partners” to continue to “strengthen the regional security architecture, both at the institutional and the personnel levels.” The official conclusions of the Nineteenth Special Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on Security have not been published. This reporting summarizes agreements communicated by CARICOM staff and may be subject to correction. 31 This sub-section records the aggregate frequencies of these results and not beneficiaries uniquely counted. See Table I below for the aggregate results based on unique beneficiaries, those within CFYR target youth age range, and CFYR target communities. As a consequence, results based on aggregate frequencies will differ when these data categories are applied under Table I below. 32 These figures are generated by combining youth participants included in indicators 2.3.0, 2.3.1.0 and 2.3.2.0. 33 This applies to all CFYR communities and all age groups including 30 years and over.

some of these activities included CEC Capacity-building Training, Vieux Fort Film Launch and Chess Club Training. In Guyana, engagements included Social Media & Cyberbullying workshop, CEC Youth Anti- Crime Camp and Lodge CEC child Protection Workshop, among others. In addition, CFYR completed one SCP training in Saint Lucia, with thirty persons completing the training.

CFYR’s work in Secondary Prevention with the Prevention and Intervention Family Systems Model (PIFSM), which CFYR applies through the Family Matters activity, demonstrated further results. The midline assessments after six months of family counseling for youth beneficiaries in in St. Kitts and Nevis (Output 2.2) show a significant reduction in risk factors linked with delinquency:

• In St. Kitts and Nevis, 59% of the beneficiary youth demonstrated a reduction in risk factors, with 44% now below the secondary level of risk.

These positive changes have the potential to contribute towards breaking wider, endemic cycles of violence. Gains have also been made in terms of sustainability. During the last quarter of Year 3, the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis assumed full costs for four Family Counselors; and the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) agreed to establish a Counseling Unit, similar to that in St. Kitts, to provide Family Matters services to Nevis youth and families, with some initial support from CFYR. The Government of Guyana has also expressed commitment in fully taking on Family Matters within the next year and it will assume 80% of the costs for fourteen Family Counselors in December 2019. At the end of the period under review, 246 youth were actively participating in Family Matters.

There were notable results achieved under Output 2.3, as CFYR placed an emphasis on job placements 34 over the quarter following WFD training. CFYR provided WFD training to 97 youth9F , 84 of whom were youth from seven CFYR communities across Saint Lucia and Guyana. This is broken down as follows:

• In Saint Lucia, twenty (20) youth from CFYR communities completed WFD training. • In Guyana, sixty-four (64) youth from CFYR communities completed WFD training.

Youth who gained employment completed their training both from prior quarters and the current 35 36 reporting period.10F The employment results are therefore as follows:11F

• In Saint Lucia, twenty-one (21) obtained employment. Of this, twenty (20) were from CFYR communities. Eighteen (18) completed BLES training, and three (3) completed training under WFD grants. • In Guyana, sixty (60) youth obtained employment. Of this, fifty-eight (58) were from CFYR communities. Forty-two (42) completed BLES training, and eighteen (18) completed training under WFD grants.

34 The ninety-seven youth trained during the reporting quarter are from BLES (31) and WFD Grantees (66). 35 This is because youth do not often obtain employment immediately following training, or in the same quarter of their training. CFYR therefore reports on those youth who obtained employment in the current quarter, whether they completed training in the current quarter or not. 36 Eighty-one youth in total obtained employment, however three of them were not from CFYR communities.

Other highlights from the past quarter include:

• There are currently ten (10) CECs on record with eighty-five (85) members. Despite the challenges faced by two CECs during the period, they ended the period with frequent meetings 37 and the implementation of activities.12F Among the ten CECs, 46% of members are youth members between the ages of 10 and 29 – an increase of 1% from the last quarter. • Ninety youth were engaged in after-school program activities in Vieux Fort and Anse La Raye in Saint Lucia and 194 youth were engaged in after-school program activities in all CFYR communities

in Guyana13F.

The program’s results during the period under review demonstrate progress across the major output areas, as seen below in Table 1.

Estimated Program Milestone Adjustments:

The milestones below were not included in the contract scope of work, but were estimates made near the beginning of the program, before incremental funding, timeline, and other external limitations were anticipated. The revised estimates, below, were made following the completion of CFYR’s Year Four Work Plan.

• 9,200 unique individuals to be reached through holistic crime and violence prevention activities (original estimate 15,000). • 525 at-risk youth and their families to receive targeted counseling services to reduce the likelihood of these youth entering into a life of crime and violence; the original estimate of 700 was reduced as a result of delays and constraints related to CFYR’s Impact Evaluation (IE) requirements and the 2018 client-directed implementation slow down. • 981 youth to gain improved workforce readiness skills to boost livelihood opportunities by securing meaningful employment for 491 youth. The original estimate of 1,000 youth trained was reduced as a result of the 2018 client-directed slowdown in activity implementation, which delayed CFYR’s workforce development activities by seven months. The initial estimate of 300 securing employment has increased to 491 because of current results noted in this area to-date.

37 The two that experienced challenges were the Dennery CEC (Saint Lucia) and the East Ruimveldt CEC (Guyana). These challenges have been addressed as at September 30, 2019, and both CECs are now meeting more frequently. In fact, the Dennery CEC in Saint Lucia applied to the Ministry of Equity for formal registration as a recognized community-based organization during the July to September 2019 period. This approval is anticipated in October 2019.

38 Table 1: Summary of Results in this Reporting Period15F Year 3 Year 3 Q2 Q3 Q4 TOTAL TOTAL Performance Annual 39 Achieved to Met Baseline Q1 FY 18-19 FY 18-19 FY 18-19 (Aggregate) (Unique Indicators Target Beneficiaries the End of Target FY 18-19 from CFYR Reporting Y/N Communities) Period (%) 40

SO 1.0 Percent change in GY 9.7% -10% N/A N/A N/A -5.5%42 -5.5% N/A N/A N victimization rates among SK 5.9% GY 8.73% GY 6.8% GY 6.8% youth in target SL 8% SK 5.31% SK 5.5% SK 5.5% 41 communities SL 7.2% SL 10% SL 10% (Unique Beneficiaries from CFYR Communities) SO 1.1 Percent of youth 0 50% N/A N/A43 N/A44 N/A45 N/A N/A N/A46 N/A who reduced their risk factors below secondary prevention eligibility

38 This Table includes indicators relevant to the reporting quarter, consistent with the 2018-2019 Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Plan. A complete list of CFYR indicators is found in Annex D. 39 This reflects the total observable counts across all quarters, either for beneficiaries or totals of products/activities/etc., noted. This includes those outside CFYR target communities; those outside CFYR target age range; and those who participated/benefited more than once. 40 This reflects the unique count across all quarters either for beneficiaries or totals of products/activities/etc., noted. This excludes those outside CFYR target communities; those outside CFYR target age range; and those who participated/benefited more than once. 41 Baseline figures and targets were revised for Indicators SO 1.0, SO 1.2 and 2.1.0 based on findings from data analysis from the baseline surveys for the three countries. 42 To obtain the percent change in responses from baseline to midline/end-line survey, CFYR utilized the following standard formula: midline/end-line value minus baseline value, divided by baseline value. The result is then multiplied by 100. As these data were finalized at the very end of the program year, CFYR will analyze changes during Year 4 Q1. 43 While this indicator will be reported on after youth participating in the PIFSM complete 12 months of intervention, the following information provides progress made so far after 6 months of intervention among the Guyana youth participants following YSET- R assessments. Out of 94 youth with 4 or more risk factors at the start of the program, 53 (56%) youth reduced risk factors below secondary prevention eligibility levels after 6 months of intervention. 44 While this indicator will be reported on after youth participating in the PIFSM complete 12 months of intervention, the following information provides progress made so far after 6 months of intervention. In Saint Lucia, 61% of the beneficiary youth demonstrated a reduction in risk factors, with 31% now below the secondary level of risk. 45 While this indicator will be reported on after youth participating in the PIFSM complete 12 months of intervention, the following information provides progress made so far after 6 months of intervention. In St. Kitts and Nevis, 59% of the beneficiary youth demonstrated a reduction in risk factors, with 44% now below the secondary level of risk. 46 This indicator will be reported on after youth participating in the PIFSM complete 12 months of intervention.

SO 1.2 Percent change in GY 38.8% +10% N/A N/A N/A +11%48 +11% N/A N/A49 Y50 feelings of safety among SK 53.8% GY 42.7% GY 44.7% GY 44.7% residents of target SL 72% SK 59.2% SK 69.9% SK 69.9% communities47 SL 79.2% SL 68% SL 68% 2.1.0 Percent change in GY 16.3% +10% N/A N/A N/A -29.5%52 -29.5% N/A N/A residents of target SK 17.4% GY 17.9% GY 16.9% GY 16.9% N communities participating SL 29% SK 19.1% SK 13.3% SK 13.3% in community problem solving51 SL 31.9% SL 14% SL 14% 2.1.1.0 Percent of 0% 60% N/A 50%53 N/A 75%54 75% N/A 100% Y community projects

47 Baseline figures and targets were revised for Indicators SO 1.0, SO 1.2 and 2.1.0 based on findings from data analysis from the baseline surveys for the three countries. 48 To obtain the percent change in responses from baseline to midline/end-line survey, CFYR utilized the following standard formula: midline/end-line value minus baseline value, divided by baseline value. The result is then multiplied by 100. As these data were finalized at the very end of the program year, CFYR will analyze changes during Year 4 Q1. 49 End-line data will be reported in the forthcoming October 1, 2019 – September 30, 2020 Annual Report. However, to date, the following can be reported: In St. Kitts & Nevis there was an increase of 16.1 whole percentage points from baseline to end-line. In Guyana, this figure stood at 44.3% at baseline, and at 44.7% at midline. In Saint Lucia there was a decline of 5 whole percentage points. 50 This assessment will be made after end-line data is reported in the forthcoming October 1, 2019 – September 30, 2020 Annual Report. 51 Baseline figures and targets were revised for Indicators SO 1.0, SO 1.2 and 2.1.0 based on findings from data analysis from the baseline surveys for the three countries. 52 To obtain the percent change in responses from baseline to midline survey, CFYR utilized the following standard formula: midline/end-line value minus baseline value, divided by baseline value. The result is then multiplied by 100. As these data were finalized at the very end of the program year, CFYR will analyze changes during Year 4 Q1. 53 Four CEC-led community projects were implemented during the reporting period. Two out of the four achieved agreed objectives. Included in initiatives are: Guyana - East La Penitence “Reducing Fear of Crime -Community Cleanup Program” and “Score the Goal without the Penalty” Football. This result was revised following the Data Quality Assessment (DQA). 54 Four CEC-led community projects were implemented during Q4. Three out of the four achieved agreed objectives. Included in the successful initiatives are: Guyana-East Ruimveldt Movie and Meet and in Saint Lucia – Chess Club Training and Youth Agro-Entrepreneurial Social & Leadership Training.

Year 3 Year 3 Q2 Q3 Q4 TOTAL TOTAL Performance Annual 39 Achieved to Met Baseline Q1 FY 18-19 FY 18-19 FY 18-19 (Aggregate) (Unique Indicators Target Beneficiaries the End of Target FY 18-19 from CFYR Reporting Y/N Communities) Period (%) 40 implemented achieving agreed objectives 2.2.1.0 Number of 0 4 2 3 2 155 8 N/A 100% Y Juvenile Justice Reform committee meetings held 2.2.1.1 Number of 0 10 10 Tools 0 11 Tools 056 21 N/A 210% Y administrative and Types of tools: Types of tools: diagnostic tools Diagnostic- 4 Diagnostic- 2 developed and/or upgraded to support Administrative- Administrative- rehabilitation and 6 9 reintegration of youth in conflict with the law 2.2.1.2 Number of 0 214 0 3457 0 058 34 34 16% N Personnel with requisite training and skills in JJR acquired through USG assistance

55 CFYR facilitated one meeting of the JJR Inter-Agency Committee this quarter. Meeting was held on September 26. 56 Targets for JJR tools were surpassed in previous quarters during Year 3. Administrative guidelines and processes for Alternative Sentencing and Diversion are being developed and will be finalized in Year 4. 57 JJR trainings were conducted to increase participants’ knowledge about the 2018 Juvenile Justice Act, policies and procedures regarding managing youth in conflict with the law and introducing and guiding utility of the new and upgraded JJR administrative and diagnostic tools. Staff from the New Opportunity Corps and the Sophia Juvenile Holding Centre were among the participants trained. 58 Further training of JJR personnel was moved to year 4 and will re-commence on October 29-31 due to the availability of participants and the consultant. While the program will not be able to meet current LOP targets, a substantial improvement in training relevant staff (193 persons projected) is expected. Final numbers to be trained may be affected by receiving vetting information for proposed police participants, in line with Leahy Amendment requirements. The revised MEL will reflect these changes.

Year 3 Year 3 Q2 Q3 Q4 TOTAL TOTAL Performance Annual 39 Achieved to Met Baseline Q1 FY 18-19 FY 18-19 FY 18-19 (Aggregate) (Unique Indicators Target Beneficiaries the End of Target FY 18-19 from CFYR Reporting Y/N Communities) Period (%) 40 2.2.2.0 Number of 0 3 N/A 159 N/A 060 1 N/A 33% N interagency protocols approved to support at risk youth

2.3.0 Percent of youth 0% 2.5%61 0.87% 1.68% 2.87% 3.25%62 3.25% 2.7% 130% Y participating in one or 309 youth 291 youth 424 Youth 137 Youth 1161 Youth 976 Youth more of the following: GUY: 155 GUY: 163 GUY: 248 GUY: 78 GUY: 644 GUY: 553 Advocacy, Leadership, Mentorship, Volunteering, SLU: 154 SLU: 128 SLU: 176 SLU: 59 SLU: 517 SLU: 423 Youth-focused Clubs, Age Groups Age Groups Age Groups Age Groups Age Groups Age Groups CEC membership 10-14 yrs.: 47 10-14 yrs.: 36 10-14 yrs.: 128 10-14 yrs.: 48 10-14 yrs.: 259 10-14 yrs.: 241 15-19 yrs.: 153 15 - 19 yrs.: 154 15 - 19 yrs.: 176 15 - 19 yrs.: 49 15 - 19 yrs.: 532 15 - 19 yrs.: 442 20-24 yrs.: 72 20-24 yrs.: 70 20-24 yrs.: 75 20-24 yrs.: 25 20-24 yrs.: 242 20-24 yrs.: 194 25-29 yrs.: 37 25-29 yrs.: 31 25-29 yrs.: 45 25-29 yrs.: 15 25-29 yrs.: 128 25-29 yrs.: 99 Sex Sex Sex Sex Sex Sex Males: 155 Males: 113 Males: 206 Males: 60 Males: 534 Males: 458 Females: 154 Females: 178 Females: 218 Females: 77 Females: 627 Females: 518

59 The inter-agency referral protocol has taken effect in Guyana following discussions from Year2. Protocol is being utilized by Ministry of Education for referral of at-risk youth to Family Matters. 60 CFYR did not record approval of any protocols this quarter. As such, only one third of target was achieved during Year 3. The program is confident that greater strides will be made in Year 4 with the plans in place to engage key stakeholders regarding sustaining approaches to reduce youth crime and violence being implemented to date and advocating for using the various tools developed by the program in the prior 3 years. 61 Target is calculated based on the total youth populations (35,711) of Guyana and Saint Lucia and calculated cumulatively as at the end of the relevant quarter. 62 CFYR supported the participation of 148 youth this quarter. Among these, 137 (93%) were youth (10-29 years) within CFYR communities. Some key activities they participated in include: CEC Activities (CEC meetings; planning/implementing community projects; mobilization of residents to attend community activities); advocacy activity (East Ruimveldt’s Movie & Meet); volunteering activity (Street Domino & Bicycle Stunt Extravaganza); club activity (Chess Club Training) and leadership activities (youth leaders assisting in facilitating after-school programs). Apart from youth participants, CFYR also supported the participation of 89 adults from the 30-plus age group.

20-24 yrs.: 107 20-24 yrs.: 107 20-24 yrs.: 107 25-29 yrs.: 52 25-29 yrs.: 52 25-29 yrs.: 52 Sex Sex Sex Males: 179 Males: 179 Males: 179 Females: 295 Females: 295 Females: 295 Type of Type of Type of Intervention Intervention Intervention ASP: 125 ASP: 125 ASP: 125 WFD BLES: 171 WFD BLES: 171 WFD BLES: 171 WFD WFD WFD Grantees:152 Grantees:152 Grantees:152 Summer Summer Camps: Summer Camps: Camps: 26 26 26

63 CFYR funded a number of activities geared towards increasing self-efficacy among youth. Some of the activities included after-school programs, summer camps and workforce development programs implemented by BLES Life Coaches and Grantees. A total of 787 youth completed both the pre and post self-efficacy tests. Among them, 510 (65%) youth reported increases in self-efficacy with 474 (93%) of youth reporting increases in self-efficacy residing in CFYR communities. 64 CFYR was not able to meet targets this year. One setback experienced by the program was the refining, pretest and piloting of the self-efficacy questionnaire which took place during the first quarter. As such, measures of increased self- efficacy using the revised questionnaire began in the second quarter. While this process resulted in less time to achieve targets, it has however increased confidence in the results obtained from using the questionnaire. With the numerous activities planned for Year 4, including the Positive Connection to Schools Project, the program is hoping to narrow the gap between achievement and LOP targets.

2.3.1.0 Number of 0 732 177 Youth 291 youth 119 Youth 84 Youth65 671 Youth 667 Youth66 92%67 N targeted youth GUY: 96 GUY: 197 GUY: 85 GUY: 64 GUY: 442 GUY: 441 completing workforce SLU: 81 SLU: 94 SLU: 34 SLU: 20 SLU: 229 SLU: 226 readiness skills training with USG support Age Groups Age Groups Age Groups Age Groups Age Groups Age Groups 16-19 yrs.: 93 16 - 19 yrs.: 136 16 - 19 yrs.: 67 16 - 19 yrs.: 48 16 - 19 yrs.: 344 16 - 19 yrs.: 342 20-24 yrs.: 59 20-24 yrs.: 116 20-24 yrs.: 32 20-24 yrs.: 23 20-24 yrs.: 230 20-24 yrs.: 229 25-29 yrs.: 25 25-29 yrs.: 39 25-29 yrs.: 20 25-29 yrs.: 13 25-29 yrs.: 97 25-29 yrs.: 96 Sex Sex Sex Sex Sex Sex Males: 59 Males: 85 Males: 25 Males: 28 Males: 197 Males: 195 Females: 118 Females: 206 Females: 94 Females: 56 Females: 474 Females: 472 Type of Type of Type of Type of Type of Type of Course: Course: Course: Course: Course: Course: BLES: 152 BLES: 98 BLES: 119 BLES: 27 BLES: 396 BLES: 396 Hospitality Hospitality Hospitality Hospitality Skills: Hospitality Skills: Skills:25 Skills: 74 Skills:20 119 116 Driving/ Technical: 37 Driving/ Driving/ Food and (Motor Vehicle Food and Food and Nutrition: 27 repairs, Data Nutrition: 27 Nutrition: 27 Operations & Fishing/ Fishing/ Construction: 92 Construction: 91

65 CFYR trained 97 youth in workforce development, with 84 (87%) youth coming from CFYR communities 66 667 pertains to unique count of youth completing WFD programs within CFYR communities only. 67 Despite challenges implementing the WFD program, CFYR came very close to reaching annual targets. With efforts focusing in Year 4 on further job placement support, the program aims to achieve LOP targets by the end of Year 4.

Year 3 Year 3 Q2 Q3 Q4 TOTAL TOTAL Performance Annual 39 Achieved to Met Baseline Q1 FY 18-19 FY 18-19 FY 18-19 (Aggregate) (Unique Indicators Target Beneficiaries the End of Target FY 18-19 from CFYR Reporting Y/N Communities) Period (%) 40 Fishing/ Electrical Technical: 37 Technical: 37 Construction: Installation) (Motor Vehicle (Motor Vehicle 92 repairs, Data repairs, Data Operations & Operations & Electrical Electrical

Installation) Installation)

2.3.1.1 (EG.6-4) Number 0 366 40 youth68 53 youth 98 youth 78 youth69 269 Youth 269 Youth70 73%71 N of individuals with new GUY: 19 GUY: 23 GUY: 50 GUY: 58 GUY: 150 GUY: 150 employment following SLU: 21 SLU: 30 SLU: 48 SLU: 20 SLU: 119 SLU: 119 completion of USG- assisted workforce Age Groups Age Groups Age Groups Age Groups Age Groups Age Groups development programs 15-19 yrs.: 17 15 - 19 yrs.: 20 15 - 19 yrs.: 44 15 - 19 yrs.: 38 15 - 19 yrs.: 119 15 - 19 yrs.: 119 20-24 yrs.: 15 20-24 yrs.: 22 20-24 yrs.: 44 20-24 yrs.: 25 20-24 yrs.: 106 20-24 yrs.: 106

68 Figures for Q1 new employment have been updated following an internal DQA. 69 Following participation in CFYR-funded Workforce Development programs, 81 youth gained new employment. Among these, 78 (96%) of youth were from CFYR communities and three were from a non-CFYR community. Types of jobs obtained include: Waiter/Waitress, Customer Service Representative, Security Guard, Teacher Assistant, Library Attendant, Massage Therapist, Mason, Enumerator among others. 70 269 represents youth within CFYR communities only. However, the program recorded 280 youth (residing both in and out CFYR communities) gaining new employment. 71 Some of the challenges experienced resulting in the program not being able to achieve annual targets are the cancellation of two WFD grants as a result of Grantees not adhering to agreed standards of delivering aftercare services to youth participants. In addition, the seasonal nature of hospitality services in Saint Lucia resulted in delays in youth being placed at hotels/restaurants. It is anticipated with the opening of the tourist season in the first quarter of Year 4 and other initiatives being undertaken by BLES Life Coaches, the program expects to achieve LOP targets.

Year 3 Year 3 Q2 Q3 Q4 TOTAL TOTAL Performance Annual 39 Achieved to Met Baseline Q1 FY 18-19 FY 18-19 FY 18-19 (Aggregate) (Unique Indicators Target Beneficiaries the End of Target FY 18-19 from CFYR Reporting Y/N Communities) Period (%) 40 25-29 yrs.: 8 25-29 yrs.: 11 25-29 yrs.: 10 25-29 yrs.: 15 25-29 yrs.: 44 25-29 yrs.: 44 Sex Sex Sex Sex Sex Sex Males: 9 Males: 15 Males: 27 Males: 24 Males: 75 Males: 75 Females: 31 Females: 38 Females: 71 Females: 54 Females: 194 Females: 194

2.3.1.2 (EG.6-5) Number 0 366 39 youth72 52 youth 97 youth 77 youth73 265 youth 265 youth 72%74 Y of individuals with GUY: 18 GUY: 22 GUY: 50 GUY: 58 GUY: 148 GUY: 148 increased earnings SLU: 21 SLU: 30 SLU: 47 SLU: 19 SLU: 117 SLU: 117 following completion of USG- assisted workforce Age Groups Age Groups Age Groups Age Groups Age Groups Age Groups development programs 15-19 yrs.: 17 15 - 19 yrs.: 20 15 - 19 yrs.: 44 15 - 19 yrs.: 37 15 - 19 yrs.: 118 15 - 19 yrs.: 118 20-24 yrs.: 14 20-24 yrs.: 21 20-24 yrs.: 43 20-24 yrs.: 25 20-24 yrs.: 103 20-24 yrs.: 103 25-29 yrs.: 8 25-29 yrs.: 11 25-29 yrs.: 10 25-29 yrs.: 15 25-29 yrs.: 44 25-29 yrs.: 44 Sex Sex Sex Sex Sex Sex Males: 9 Males: 15 Males: 27 Males: 24 Males: 75 Males: 75 Females: 30 Females: 37 Females: 70 Females: 53 Females: 190 Females: 190

72 Figures for Q1 Increased earnings have been updated following an internal DQA. 73 Among the 81 youth who gained employment, 80 (99%) had increased earnings, 77 (96%) of whom were youth from CFYR communities. 74 Achievement of targets for this indicator were affected by the same factors highlighted in the previous 2.3.1.1 indicator. Strategies for Year 4 should support achieving LOP targets.

Year 3 Year 3 Q2 Q3 Q4 TOTAL TOTAL Performance Annual 39 Achieved to Met Baseline Q1 FY 18-19 FY 18-19 FY 18-19 (Aggregate) (Unique Indicators Target Beneficiaries the End of Target FY 18-19 from CFYR Reporting Y/N Communities) Period (%) 40 2.3.2.0 YOUTH-2 75 76 0 1100 43 youth 24 youth 80 youth 772 youth 919 Youth 889 Youth 83% N Number of at-risk youth GUY: 32 GUY: 4 GUY: 38 GUY: 492 GUY: 566 GUY: 549 trained in social and SLU: 11 SLU: 20 SLU: 42 SLU: 280 SLU: 353 SLU: 340 leadership skills through USG-assisted programs Age Groups Age Groups Age Groups Age Groups Age Groups Age Groups 10-14 yrs.: 12 10-14 yrs.: 0 10-14 yrs.: 12 10-14 yrs.: 309 10-14 yrs.: 331 10-14 yrs.: 331 15-19 yrs.: 18 15-19 yrs.: 20 15-19 yrs.: 39 15-19 yrs.: 336 15-19 yrs.: 415 15-19 yrs.: 397 20-24 yrs.: 7 20-24 yrs.: 2 20-24 yrs.: 19 20-24 yrs.: 101 20-24 yrs.: 129 20-24 yrs.: 119 25-29 yrs.: 6 25-29 yrs.: 2 25-29 yrs.: 10 25-29 yrs.: 26 25-29 yrs.: 44 25-29 yrs.: 42 Sex Sex Sex Sex Sex Sex Males: 31 Males: 9 Males: 23 Males: 324 Males: 386 Males: 378 Females: 12 Females: 15 Females: 57 Females: 448 Females: 533 Females: 511

2.4.0 Number of 0 15 9 477 2178 0 34 N/A 227% Y knowledge products shared

75 CFYR trained 830 youth this quarter in social and leadership skills in Guyana and Saint Lucia. Among participants, 772 (93%) persons were youth within CFYR communities. Forty-two persons within the 30 and over age group also participated. Activities contributing to this indicator included the After-School Programs, Social & Leadership Training per CFYR community delivered during the summer, Summer Camps, Sophia Time Management & Decision Making Workshop and the Youth Agro-Entrepreneurial Training in Saint Lucia to name a few. 76 Despite slow progress in earlier quarters, CFYR went to great effort in Q4 to ensure annual targets were met. The main factor which has resulted in under achieving was the After-School Programs. While 284 youth were enrolled across the two countries, 143 (50%) of them attended 80% or more of the sessions. Many of them fell short by a few hours, however these youth could not be captured as meeting the criteria to be counted. 77 Four knowledge products were shared, two that emanated from the Caribbean Summit on Youth Violence Prevention. These include the 1) Advocacy and Action Agenda 2) Report on Proceedings. Two other products were shared, and inadvertently not reported on previously. These include the Self-Efficacy Pre-Post Questionnaire and the Guidelines for Administering the Self-Efficacy Pre-Post Questionnaire. 78 Twenty-one tools were shared with stakeholders during the April 1 to June 30, 2019 period and were inadvertently omitted from the previous quarterly report. These tools were shared with juvenile justice reform stakeholders (Ministry of Social Protection, Ministry of Public Security, etc.) in the period.

Year 3 Year 3 Q2 Q3 Q4 TOTAL TOTAL Performance Annual 39 Achieved to Met Baseline Q1 FY 18-19 FY 18-19 FY 18-19 (Aggregate) (Unique Indicators Target Beneficiaries the End of Target FY 18-19 from CFYR Reporting Y/N Communities) Period (%) 40 2.4.1.0 Number of 0 3 N/A NA N/A 079 N/A N/A 0% N agencies adopting community crime and violence prevention models with USG support 2.4.2.0 Number of 0 5 N/A NA N/A 080 N/A N/A 0% N intended users applying knowledge/innovation to make decisions regarding crime and violence prevention programs

79 Currently CFYR is engaging key partners regarding sustainability of crime and violence prevention models. Despite the inability of the program to meet targets during this reporting period, progress is being made towards the adoption of models across the three countries, including Family Matters, Social Crime Prevention Model and BLES, among others. 80 Surveys are scheduled for first quarter Year 4 to reflect application of knowledge by key agencies over the past 12 months during Year 3 and a repeat in Y4Q4 to capture knowledge application in Year 4. Pertaining to the repeat survey in Y4Q4, links to the survey will be shared to target agencies as such it is not expected to be labor intensive while the program is in close-up mode.

ACTIVITY IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS

Progress Narrative

Over the October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019 period, CFYR pursued sustained implementation across all program activities. The Program continues to build on learning from the last three years. This includes learning from community-level, national, regional and international partners and stakeholders. As set out above, the Program continued to be structured across the four interrelated output areas (Outputs 2.1 – 2.4), and operationalized through primary, secondary and tertiary prevention. While implementation across St. Kitts and Nevis centered mainly on secondary prevention through Family Matters, implementation across Saint Lucia and Guyana involved primary and secondary prevention activities, with Guyana pursuing tertiary prevention in the area of juvenile justice reform. With CFYR’s activities over the 81 past year, the Program provided support to 2709 youth beneficiaries0F , of whom 2489 or 92% were youth from CFYR target communities. This demonstrates the Program’s continued efforts to have an impact at the family and community levels across all three countries.

Primary prevention activities continued during the year, covering a range of activities to strengthen protective factors among youth, families and communities. The period saw the completion of community midline and end-line surveys which have measured changes in residents’ perceptions of safety within their communities since the baseline surveys were completed. These surveys have also measured, among other things, the levels of participation in community problem solving. There was also the completion of CSPs across Guyana. The CECs were engaged throughout the process, resulting in community engagement activities. The period saw capacity-building training workshops for CECs in Saint Lucia and Guyana to prepare them for ongoing engagement after CFYR ends. During the July to September 2019 period, the Dennery CEC in Saint Lucia applied to the Ministry of Equity for formal registration as a recognized community-based organization (CBO). This approval was granted in September 2019. All primary prevention activities were anchored by the participation of youth in meetings, networking and fostering cohesion across communities. After-school programs continued to support positive alternatives for youth. These activities are intended to increase feelings of safety among residents of target communities, reduce the incidence of youth violence and contribute towards strengthening the engagement and participation of youth and communities in decision making at the local level. Additionally, 667 youth82 aged 16-29 completed workforce development programs (WFD).83 Of this amount, 226 were from CFYR communities in Saint Lucia, and 441 were from CFYR Communities in Guyana. Among those trained, 269 youth secured new employment (Saint Lucia – 119; Guyana - 150).

81 These figures are generated by combining youth participants included in indicators 2.3.0, 2.3.1.0 and 2.3.2.0. Added to this figure are forty-five youth from Nevis who participated in the Caribbean Youth AAA on Violence Prevention Character Building Workshop on April 1, 2019. 82 These results represent October 2018 –September 2019 results, which are also Life of Project results as WFD commenced at the very end of Year 2 and in Year 3. 83 Workforce development includes the Basic Life and Employability Skills (BLES) training and training provided by grantees in life skills and vocational/technical skills.

Secondary prevention activities saw the ongoing implementation of the PIFSM, referred to as Family Matters. As of the end of the period, a total of 246 families across all three countries continued to participate in the activity. As CFYR moves into Year 4, the Program continues to work with host country partners to assume full implementation for Family Matters. Significant steps have been taken by CFYR and USAID across all three focus countries to facilitate this transition through the engagement of national partners. As further work in the area of supporting at-risk youth, CFYR continued its support in Guyana around juvenile justice reform. Over the period, the Government of Guyana adopted five juvenile justice reform tools. The period therefore ended with these concrete results across this aspect of CFYR.

At the heart of transitioning after CFYR ends in 2020, lies the degree to which partners retain capacities to apply knowledge and learning that CFYR has offered. In this regard, CFYR has supported the adoption by stakeholders of its models and tools and the continued engagement of youth through different platforms. These are exemplified in the successful hosting of social crime prevention (SCP) training workshops throughout the year and the hosting of training in scoring of the Youth Services Eligibility Tool (YSET) in Saint Lucia over the period May 14-17, 2019. This was undertaken in partnership with Arizona State University (ASU). CFYR has undertaken further efforts to support ongoing approaches to develop and implement youth-focused programming and policy. Building on the outcomes of the Regional Youth Summit in January 2019, CFYR began work on the AAA Toolkit for use by youth-serving agencies and youth activists, and has begun planning for a Regional Learning Exchange, all to be delivered in Year 4. Table 2 now summarizes the status of the relevant activities for the current quarter.

Table 2: Status of Activities October 1, 2018 – September 30, 2019

Output 2.1: Target community and youth engaged in making decisions and participating in local solutions

84 Activity Activity Title Status30F

2.1.1.a Conduct Midline/End-Line Surveys in Target Communities Completed and Ongoing85

2.1.1.b Develop and Implement Community Safety Plans Ongoing

2.1.2.a Build Capacity of Community Enhancement Committees Ongoing

84 The status designations reflect distinct stages in the implementation process as follows: • In Progress- activities undertaken with a defined timeline for ending this implementation year; • Ongoing – activities undertaken that will continue over multiple years of implementation; • Completed - activities completed during the period under review; • Delayed – activities that will extend into the upcoming quarter/year due to a delay in commencement; • Cancelled – activities that were deemed no longer viable for implementation during the year. 85 The end-line survey for St. Kitts and Nevis and the midline surveys for Guyana and Saint Lucia are completed activities. These separate country survey reports will be completed early in Year 4. The end-line surveys in Guyana and Saint Lucia will be completed during Year 4 in quarters 2 and 3. In this regard, this Activity is also marked as Ongoing. After October 1, 2019, these different country survey activities will be separated out into sub-activities for reporting purposes.

2.1.2.b Deliver Social Crime Prevention Training Completed86

2.1.2.c Facilitate CEC Meetings to Support Community Engagement Ongoing

2.1.2.d Foster Stakeholder Networking Ongoing

2.1.2.e Promote Youth Participation in Communities (Youth Dialogues) Completed87

2.1.2.f Facilitate Peacebuilding Across Communities to Reduce Youth Violence Delayed88

Output 2.2: Social services, systems and networks supporting at-risk and victimized youth strengthened

2.2.1.a Implement First Cycle of the Prevention and Intervention Family Systems Model Ongoing

2.2.1.b Implement Second Cycle of the Prevention and Intervention Family Systems Model Ongoing

2.2.1.c Engage and Train Local Host Government Partner(s) to Score and Analyze Data Ongoing from the Youth Services Eligibility Tool (YSET) Assessments

2.2.1.d Dissemination of Results from the YSET-R and Support Host Government Partners Completed to Secure Budget Support and Ongoing89

Sub-Output: Youth in Conflict with the Law Rehabilitated and Reintegrated into Society

2.2.2.a Establish an Inter-Agency Committee to Support Juvenile Justice Reform Completed90

2.2.2.b Support Design and Implementation of Agreed Administrative Reforms for New Ongoing Opportunity Corps (NOC)

2.2.2.c Provide Technical Support to the Sophia Juvenile Remand Centre to Improve Ongoing Administrative and Diagnostic Tools in Support of Juvenile Justice Reform

2.2.2.d Train Staff Members of the NOC, Sophia Juvenile Remand Centre and the Ongoing Probations Department in the Administrative and Diagnostic Tools

2.2.2.e Strengthen Capacity to Use Incipient Diversion and Alternative Sentencing Programs Ongoing

86 From October 1, 2019, activities will focus on preparing local partners to deliver Social Crime Prevention (SCP) Training and provide this training following the conclusion of CFYR. 87 From October 1, 2019, this activity will be replaced by Inter-Community Dialogues to Introduce the Advocacy and Action Agenda (AAA) Toolkit. 88 This activity is underway and is expected to be completed in March 2020. 89 Dissemination of YSET-R results is completed. CFYR has provided some support to partners to secure budget support. This may continue in Year 4. 90 From October 1, 2019, this activity will focus on ongoing support to the Inter-agency Committee.

Output 2.3: Positive alternatives to crime for youth in target communities

2.3.1.a Provide Basic Life and Employability Skills, Job Placement Support and Coaching Completed and Ongoing91

2.3.1.b Technical/Vocational Skills Training and Job Placement Services Ongoing

2.3.1.c Convene Employer Engagement Meetings Ongoing

2.3.1.d Establish Workforce Development Management Network Ongoing

2.3.2.a Support Supplemental School Programs Ongoing

2.3.2.b Promote Positive Connection to Schools Delayed92

Output 2.4: Community-based models and solutions documented and shared

2.4.1 Strengthen Data Collection Capacity of Key Stakeholders Completed and Ongoing93

2.4.2.a Support Regional Learning Network Completed

2.4.2.b Host Regional Youth Summit (now Regional Learning Exchange) Ongoing

2.2 Implementation Status

In keeping with the Year 3 Annual Workplan, following are the activities noting where progress was realized for the quarter; how the activity fits within the anticipated outputs of the CFYR Workplan; the relevant indicator(s) the activity helps to verify/contributes to; and the status as at September 30, 2019.

OUTPUT 2.1: TARGET COMMUNITY AND YOUTH ENGAGED IN MAKING DECISIONS AND PARTICIPATING IN LOCAL SOLUTIONS

For the Year 3 implementation period, CFYR continued to work with youth, families and communities to become change-makers and collaborate in designing solutions to reduce youth violence by identifying local solutions and implementing them at the community level. At a broader level, CFYR is supporting opportunities for communities to engage with service providers, at the national level and with non- government organizations, that will strengthen linkages so that communities can better identify and utilize services that are available to increase protective factors that can reduce youth risk factors. Working with community members locally, CFYR continues to support activities within these communities to improve

91 The BLES training has been completed across both countries. From October 1, 2019, emphasis will be placed on job placements and workplace coaching. 92 The activity is underway and is expected to be completed in January 2020. 93 Activities scheduled for Year 3 were completed and CFYR will undertake further support with partners in Year 4.

community safety, strengthen youth resilience factors and family networks and support positive alternatives that direct youth away from violence. Accordingly, CFYR can report as follows:

• Over the period October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019, 4125 persons were engaged in a total of 148 Community Engagement Activities across Saint Lucia (sixty-one activities with 1548 participants), St. Kitts and Nevis (2 activities with sixty-nine participants) and Guyana (eighty-five 94 activities with 2507).4F

• Over the period July 1, 2019 to September 30, 2019, 1801 persons were engaged in a total of forty-nine Community Engagement Activities across Saint Lucia (twenty-one activities with 578 95 participants) and Guyana (twenty-eight activities with 1223).4F

Related training activities led to increased knowledge, as evidenced through a comparison of pre/post-test results gathered to measure the impact of activities implemented between June 1 and September 30, 2019 across Saint Lucia and Guyana. Of the 938 total training beneficiaries across both countries, there were 825 pre/post-test participants. Of these 825 participants, 656 or 80% demonstrated improved performance on the post-test (75% in Saint Lucia and 82% in Guyana).96

OUTPUT 2.1 TARGET COMMUNITIES AND YOUTH ENGAGED IN MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT AND PARTICIPATING IN LOCAL SOLUTIONS. APPROVED ACTIVITY: 2.1.1.a Conduct End-Line /Midline Surveys in Target Communities Indicator(s): 2.1.1.0 SO 1.0 Percent change in victimization rates among youth in target communities SO 1.2 Percent change in feelings of safety among residents of target communities 2.1.0 Percent change in residents of target communities participating in community problem solving 2.4.0 Number of knowledge products shared

CFYR completed all surveys under Activity 2.1.1.a across all three countries earmarked for the Year 3 implementation period. For the period October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019, it can be reported as follows:

• 100% completion of End-line Community Surveys in St. Kitts and Nevis. A total of 2064 surveys were completed in the January to March 2019 quarter.

94 There may be instances where persons participated in more than one activity. The 2 activities implemented in St. Kitts and Nevis were: LYNCS Youth Dialogue at Her Majesty’s Prison and Caribbean Youth AAA on Violence Prevention (Character Building Workshop). 95 Please see Annex E. There may be instances where persons participated in more than one activity. 96 See Annex E for more details. Improved performance is defined as those who scored higher in the post-test than in the pre- test. Given the wide range of training types covered, this figure is based on an amalgamation of different scores from different testing instruments, but counts only the number of people demonstrating improved scores. The approximately 12% of training participants that did not complete the pre/post tests were either not present for a test or did not complete the test as instructed. The percentages used are rounded and a larger proportion of pre/post test takers were from Guyana.

• 100% completion of Midline Community Surveys across Guyana. A total of 2030 surveys were completed in the April to June 2019 quarter.

For the period July 1, 2019 to September 30, 2019, it can be reported as follows:

• 100% completion of Midline Community Surveys across Saint Lucia. A total of 1840 surveys were completed over the period. • 100% completion of data analysis of the St. Kitts and Nevis End-line Survey data. • 100% completion of data analysis of the Guyana and Saint Lucia Midline Community Surveys. • Completion of the write-up of the St. Kitts and Nevis Community Baseline and End-line Survey Comparative Report.97 • Commencement of the Guyana and Saint Lucia Community Midline Survey Reports, to be completed as separate documents in the October to December 2019 period.

The main purpose of these survey reports is to assist CFYR and its stakeholders to have concrete data around three key performance indicators as follows98:

• Victimization rates among residents in target communities, types of victimization and most reported types of discrimination. The findings will be disaggregated by community, sex and age group (10-29 and 30 years and older). • Feelings of safety and reported feelings of safety when walking in the community after dark and perceptions of change in community crime levels. The findings will be disaggregated by community, sex and age group (10-29 and 30 years and older). • Reported participation in community problem-solving activities disaggregated by community, sex and age group (10-29 and 30 years and older).

CFYR can report on the findings for St. Kitts and Nevis as follows:

St. Kitts and Nevis99

• From baseline to end-line, personal crime victimization declined in CFYR communities from 5.9% to 5.5%, while it increased in control communities from 4.7% to 6.3%. • From baseline to end-line, there was an increase in the proportion of residents who felt safe or very safe while walking alone in their communities during the night. In CFYR communities this increased from 53.8% to 69.9% from baseline to end-line. During the same period the proportion in control communities who felt safe or very safe in the night increased from 53.3% to 63%.

97 This Report is complete as at September 30, 2019. 98 Control communities will be included only in end-line surveys. Mid-line surveys are intended to provide information on progress to date for CFYR programming, while the end-line attempts to focus on CFYR contributions over the LOP as compared with control communities. 99 As these data were finalized at the very end of the program year, CFYR will analyze changes during Year 4 Q1.

• Within CFYR communities at baseline, 17.4% of respondents indicated that they participated in community problem-solving activities within their community. This declined to 13.3% at end-line. In control communities, 19.3% participated in such activities at baseline compared to 11% at end-line.

Guyana100

• The data indicate that at baseline, 9.7% of respondents in CFYR communities were victims of crime. This declined to 6.8% at midline.101 • From baseline to midline there was little change in the proportion of residents who felt safe or very safe while walking alone in their communities during the night. In CFYR communities this figure stood at 44.3% at baseline, and at 44.7% at midline. • Within CFYR communities at baseline, 16.3% of respondents indicated that they participated in community problem-solving activities within their community. This increased marginally to 16.9% at midline.

Saint Lucia102

These findings are of benefit both to CFYR and the stakeholders at the community level to review how programming in the communities may be supporting reductions in youth crime and violence, and in Saint Lucia and Guyana, also how to support activities arising from the Community Safety Plans (CSPs), discussed below.

OUTPUT 2.1 TARGET COMMUNITIES AND YOUTH ENGAGED IN MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT AND PARTICIPATING IN LOCAL SOLUTIONS. APPROVED ACTIVITY: 2.1.1.b Develop and Implement Community Safety Plans (CSPs) Indicator(s): 2.1.0 Percent change in residents of target communities participating in community problem solving 2.1.1.0 Percent (%) of community projects implemented achieving agreed objectives 2.3.0 Percent of youth participating in one or more of the following: Advocacy, Leadership, Mentorship, Volunteering, Youth-focused Clubs, CEC membership

100 As these data were finalized at the very end of the program year, CFYR will analyze changes during Year 4 Q1. 101 There were no control communities at midline. 102 As these data were finalized at the very end of the program year, CFYR will analyze changes during Year 4 Q1.

For the period October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019, CFYR developed CSPs for all CFYR target communities in Guyana, and continued implementation of CSPs for Saint Lucia that had been developed in Year 2. The development and implementation of CSPs sits at the heart of empowering communities, families and youth to identify and treat risk factors and strengthen protective factors, to reduce youth violence in their communities. The CSPs provide the basis for fostering the participation of residents in community problem solving. Consistent with CFYR interventions, CSPs are intended to enable the communities to engage in making decisions about, and participating in, local solutions related to reducing youth violence in the community, improving the safety and security of the community, as well as building the community’s resilience to recover from violence when it occurs. Both the planning processes and the design of CSPs resulted in increased community participation to implement activities aimed at reducing youth crime and violence, as well as supporting the sustainability of the community’s engagement on these matters after CFYR concludes. As noted in the Year 3 Annual Workplan, CSPs were developed for CFYR communities in Saint Lucia during Year 2. Those for Guyana are now 100% completed as at September 30, 2019.

The Development and Implementation of Community Safety Plans in Guyana

All five draft CSPs were finalized during the period July 1 to September 30, 2019. These were then shared with CECs to continue implementation of projects that had begun based on draft CSPs and to identify new activities based on the priorities in the CSPs.

Accordingly, key community projects are earmarked for the next reporting period. Over the period July 1 to September 30, 2019, the Lodge CEC earmarked continuing with the proposed Street Lighting Project. They have gotten written approvals from the Georgetown Mayor and City Council. The CEC also has earmarked a Community Cleanup planned for October 5 and 6, 2019. These are consistent with page 10 of their CSP which states that “ ..the installation of street lights and a community-wide clean-up campaign to reduce places where persons planning criminal activities can conceal themselves, is seen as pivotal by residents for discouraging perpetrators of such crimes and promoting the safety and security of commuters of the streets and alleyways…”

The East Ruimveldt CEC earmarked the provision of more productive activities for youth to be engaged in that community. In this regard they hosted a movie and meeting on September 21, 2019, to raise awareness of the CEC and attract new membership. A number of the young persons who benefitted from both BLES and CEC Capacity-building training played various roles volunteering to ensure the success of the event. Eighty-three residents attended, primarily children, and they were also addressed by representatives of ChildLink. Other key stakeholders in attendance were representatives from the Ministry of Social Cohesion and the Councilor for the area. This event is consistent with page 10 of the CSP targeting “…enhanced recreational programs…”

The Sophia CEC commenced the Computer Literacy Training that was part of community engagement before the finalization of the individual CSPs. During the July 1 to September 30, 2019 period, the Ministry of Public Telecommunications (MoPT) and the Sophia CEC partnered to host a Computer Literacy Training for youth from the Sophia community during the period. This training is supplemented by a life skills component which focuses on building the capacities of youth to safely navigate the internet and build resilience against internet predators and Youth from the community of Sophia attentively following a series of cyber bullying. This was held from July 22 – steps as they navigate the computers during a summer training camp August 28, 2019, after which the life skills in computer literacy held in Georgetown, Guyana. sessions were completed on August 24, 2019.

The Implementation of Community Safety Plans in Saint Lucia

Continuing from the prior period, discussions continued with the various CECs on the need to further engage around specific aspects of their respective CSPs. Over the period CFYR continued to encourage all CECs to identify specific themes in the CSPs against which the CECs can develop activities. As part of these discussions, some CECs updated and validated their CSPs. On August 29, 2019, graduates from the Anse La Raye Youth in Agriculture program display their Certificates of Completion from a training program in crop production, At least three activities are worth social and leadership skills. mentioning arising from this exercise. Firstly, in Anse La Raye, a Youth in Agriculture program formally began with eighteen youth completing Social and Leadership Skills training, as well as their technical training on crop production and land preparation. This is consistent with their CSP (page 27), which notes the importance to increase employment and entrepreneurship opportunities for youth. The Youth in Agriculture initiative has provided an opportunity for the youth to partner with other youth already involved in the agricultural sector, and to attract private sector and Ministry of Agriculture support. Follow-on support has been

provided to help with land preparation and seed procurement. Second, the hosting of Youth Advocacy Through the Arts (YATTA) across all CECs took inspiration from the Dennery CSP and is part of building a visible stakeholder coalition against violence and abuse, through activities such as documentaries, drama, music, dance and 103 other art forms.36F Youth participants are invited to develop original pieces using the art forms, around the broad theme of violence prevention. The first and second rounds were completed over the quarter ending In Saint Lucia, graduates of the crop production program, now members of the Youth Coast Farm, prepare land in Roseau, Anse La Raye District September 30, 2019. to plant crops for local distribution.

YATTA also integrates well with other areas of CFYR programming. The youth who complete YATTA auditions will join youth previously engaged by CFYR in Social Crime Prevention, BLES, Youth Dialogues, etc., for an enhanced Social and Leadership Skills (SLS) training104 that will include a special, highly experiential module on Advocacy and the Use of the Arts for Advocacy. Over three sessions CFYR expects to target fifty youth between the ages of 18 and 29. This training is scheduled for October 9 and 19, and November 2, 2019.

Thirdly, there is also the hosting of Social and Leadership Skills (SLS) Training which was extended across all communities. The training series began in Dennery (North) with a workshop August 19-23, 2019. These sessions were conducted in all CFYR’s target communities and will be extended into the October to December 2019 period. Two

Drumming up support for YATTA during a road show on August 18, 2019, individuals from each training session have throughout the District of Dennery, Saint Lucia. been selected by the Facilitator and Field Coordinator to mobilize an additional thirty youth in each of their respective communities, with the assistance of the CECs to implement a hands-on experiential learning activity. This is expected to put into practice what they learn over the two days and facilitate the necessary skills transfer.

103 See Table 5.1 Overarching Objective: Reduce the rate of domestic violence, sexual violence and abuse (Objectives and strategies for Year 1-3) of Dennery Community Safety Plan, page 27. 104 SLS training will extend into the October to December 2019 period. Given how this training prepares youth participation in communities, it will be later reported under Activity 2.1.2.e Promote Youth Participation in Communities (Youth Dialogues).

OUTPUT 2.1 TARGET COMMUNITIES AND YOUTH ENGAGED IN MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT AND PARTICIPATING IN LOCAL SOLUTIONS. APPROVED ACTIVITY: 2.1.2.a Build Capacity of Community Enhancement Committees Indicator(s): 2.1.0 Percent change in residents of target communities participating in community problem solving 2.3.0 Percent of youth participating in one or more of the following: advocacy, leadership, mentorship (youth as mentors), volunteering, youth-focused clubs, CEC membership

The period October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019, ended with seven capacity-building training events across both Saint Lucia (5) and Guyana (2), with a total of 67 CEC members participating in Saint Lucia (32) and Guyana (35). As capacity-building training formally began in the July 1 – September 30, 2019 quarter, these figures also represent the quarterly totals.

Capacity-Building of CECs in Saint Lucia and Guyana

These trainings began on July 18, 2019, in Saint Lucia and on August 17, 2019, in Guyana, with 32 and 35 persons trained, respectively. All training in Saint Lucia concluded as at September 30, 2019, while training in Guyana will continue through to October 2019. Across both countries, training will involve all CECs. It will also incorporate a training-of-trainers component, including youth, so that capacity-building of community groups may continue following the conclusion of In Georgetown, Guyana CEC representatives from the communities of Sophia CFYR. Topics in Saint Lucia included and East Ruimveldt participate in a capacity-building workshop in July 2019. governance; leadership and networking; holding effective meetings; how to engage communities; monitoring and evaluation; and engaging the private and public sectors. In Guyana, the topics included project management, monitoring and evaluation, community mobilizing, fundraising, proposal-writing, budgeting and gender-mainstreaming. The training across both countries will lead to the handover of the capacity-building learning resources to the CECs to assist with their transition and sustainability after CFYR concludes, earmarked for the Year 4 implementation period. Across both countries, CFYR will utilize a revised training toolkit to deliver the sessions and foster a systematic approach towards building capacities of the CECs members.

The CECs across both countries ended the quarter remaining active, with CFYR providing more focused support to Dennery in Saint Lucia, and East Ruimveldt in Guyana. This was aimed at reinvigorating these CECs, such that in September 2019, the Dennery CEC applied to the Ministry of Equity for formal recognition as a community-based organization, which was approved on September 26, 2019. Total membership across these countries is summarized in Table 3 below, as at September 30, 2019. In Saint Lucia, the Dennery Community Enhancement Committee received its Certificate of Recognition as a bona fide organization as of September 26, 2019, from the Ministry of Equity, Social Justice, Local Government and Empowerment.

Table 3: Community Enhancement Committee Members by Country

# Country Community Status Total Total youth members105 members (10-29 years) M F M F 1 Guyana Corriverton Established; Executive elected 3 6 2 2

2 East La Established; Executive elected 3 6 1 5 Penitence 3 East Ruimveldt Established; Executive elected 1 2 1 0 from year 2 but currently undergoing recruitment of new members 4 Lodge Established and Executive elected 4 2 0 1 from year 2 however membership undergoing strengthening 5 Sophia Established; Executive elected 2 7 1 4

Guyana - - 13 23 5 12 Total

105 Total members reflect persons from Saint Lucia and Guyana who are part of the CEC Executive and interested community residents who attended two consecutive CEC meetings during the reporting quarter. The St. Kitts and Nevis primary prevention program ended on September 30, 2018; as such, figures for that country are not reflected in the table.

1 Saint Lucia Anse La Raye Established; Executive elected 5 5 4 3

2 Castries Established; Executive elected 1 5 0 1

3 Dennery Established; Executive elected - 8 3

4 Soufriere Established; Executive elected 4 7 3 7

5 Vieux Fort Established; Executive elected 2 12 1 0

Saint - - 12 37 8 14 Lucia Total

25 60 13 26 Grand Totals

85 39

In the next period, CFYR will continue to support the capacities of the CECs given the critical role they play in helping to achieve results at the community level. This support has always been complemented by Social Crime Prevention (SCP) training.

OUTPUT 2.1 TARGET COMMUNITIES AND YOUTH ENGAGED IN MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT AND PARTICIPATING IN LOCAL SOLUTIONS. APPROVED ACTIVITY: 2.1.2.b Deliver Social Crime Prevention Training Indicator(s): 2.1.0 Percent change in residents of target communities participating in community problem solving 2.4.1.0 Number of agencies adopting community crime and violence prevention models with USG support 2.4.2.0 Number of intended users applying knowledge/innovation to make decisions regarding crime and violence prevention programs

For the LOP period there have been seventeen Social Crime Prevention (SCP) trainings across Saint Lucia, Guyana, and St. Kitts and Nevis. For the October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019, there have been eight SCP trainings.106 Over this period, 123 persons participated in SCP training workshops in Saint Lucia, and 107 eighty persons in Guyana.43F The annual target of eight trainings was met. For the July 1 to September 30, 2019 quarter, there was one SCP training, conducted in Saint Lucia. The distribution is as follows:

106 As at September 30, 2019, Saint Lucia has had eight SCP training since July 10-14, 2017; Guyana has had four of such trainings since June 26-30, 2017; and five for St. Kitts and Nevis. For the October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019 period, the annual target of eight trainings is evenly split between Saint Lucia (four trainings) and Guyana (four trainings). 107 This spans all ages and both CFYR and non-CFYR locations.

Table 4: Social Crime Prevention Training Over Life of Project (SCP)

COUNTRY YEAR 1 YEAR II YEAR III TOTAL

SLU 1 2 5 8

GUY 1 0 3 4

SKN 1 4 0 5

TOTAL 3 6 8 17

In February 2019, Saint Lucia, representatives of government agencies and other stakeholder organizations participated in a Social Crime Prevention workshop in Castries.

This training aims to enhance the capacity of key partners through training in key concepts including communication and leadership, root causes of youth crime and violence, understanding domestic violence, the Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) methodology, evidence-based programming and community outreach. NGOs and youth groups, whose work contributes to community development, public health, education and other services that intersect with efforts related to crime and violence prevention are consequently targeted to participate.

SCP training-of-trainers workshops are earmarked for the Year 4 implementation period across both countries.

OUTPUT 2.1 TARGET COMMUNITIES AND YOUTH ENGAGED IN MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT AND PARTICIPATING IN LOCAL SOLUTIONS. APPROVED ACTIVITY: 2.1.2.C Facilitate CEC Meetings to Support Community Engagement Indicator(s): 2.1.0 Percent change in residents of target communities participating in community problem solving 2.3.0 Percent of youth participating in one or more of the following: Advocacy, Leadership, Mentorship, Volunteering, Youth-focused Clubs, CEC membership

Over the period October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019, most of the ten CECs regularly held meetings to maintain the target of one meeting per month per CEC. The combined annual total of CEC meetings is eighty- two across Saint Lucia (40) and Guyana (42). The CECs in Dennery in Saint Lucia, and East Ruimveldt in Guyana did not meet regularly. Notwithstanding, by the July 1 – September 30, 2019 quarter these CECs were meeting more often.108 Over this quarterly period there were twenty-one meetings with 223 attendees. In Saint Lucia, Members of the Castries CEC Executive hold a Please see Annex F for these details. regular meeting to discuss activities for their community.

CFYR supported each community to identify and act on their safety priorities arising from the CSPs and new priorities that may arise. The CEC meetings therefore fostered sustainable community engagement over the period.

In Guyana, representatives of the Corriverton CEC meet to discuss issues facing their community and plan activities to address those issues.

108 The target for the Year 3 implementation period is one meeting per month per CEC. As there are five communities per country, the annual combined target is 120 meetings across both countries (Saint Lucia – 60 meetings; and Guyana -60 meetings).

OUTPUT 2.1 TARGET COMMUNITIES AND YOUTH ENGAGED IN MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT AND PARTICIPATING IN LOCAL SOLUTIONS. APPROVED ACTIVITY: 2.1.2.d Foster Stakeholder Networking Indicator(s): 2.1.0 Percent change in residents of target communities participating in community problem solving 2.2.0 Percent change in levels of satisfaction of youth-serving agencies among youth 2.2.2.0 Number of interagency protocols approved to support at risk youth

109 This is a cross-cutting activity with the aim of building linkages among the CECs52F , the public sector and NGOs toward implementing activities focused on reducing youth violence. Over the period October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019, these meetings have largely centered on Basic Life and Employability Skills (BLES) in Saint Lucia,110 and Family Matters in both Guyana and St. Kitts and Nevis. The annual target is to have quarterly meetings with the relevant stakeholders, with four meetings for the 2018 – 2019 implementation period per country. During the quarter, achievements were realized across all three countries.

A quarter-by-quarter summary of key stakeholder networking highlights is therefore as follows:

QUARTER KEY HIGHLIGHTS October 1 – December 30, 2018 Review of inter-agency protocols by relevant Government institutions across the Federation for service delivery for at-risk youth in St. Kitts and Nevis. January 1 – March 30, 2019 Family Counselors from CFYR Guyana and personnel from the Ministry of Social Protection (MoSP) in Corriverton met to discuss Referral Network for Family Matters. April 1 – June 30, 2019 In Saint Lucia ongoing discussions and networking with the Department of Social Equity within the Ministry of Equity, Social Justice, Local Government, and Empowerment took place to discuss the sustainability of BLES after CFYR. With a view towards sustaining Family Matters in Guyana after CFYR, a workshop was held on June 20, 2019, organized by the Ministry of Social Protection (MoSP)

109 While CFYR no longer engages with CECs in St. Kitts and Nevis due to funding reductions, the Program does engage with other stakeholders to promote approaches for reducing youth crime and violence. 110 Earlier work by CFYR Saint Lucia on inter-agency coordination had coalesced around developing protocols to support implementation of Family Matters across departments and agencies, with the Ministry of Equity serving as the co-convening partner for these meetings.

July 1 – September 30, 2019 In St. Kitts and Nevis, the follow-up with public sector stakeholders to continue dialogue towards the agreement of an interagency protocol for joined up supports and services that complement the delivery of the Family Matters model in the Federation. This is part of the post-CFYR sustainability agenda. The Nevis Island Administration has agreed their internal arrangements for the implementation of Family Matters with effect from October 2019, and agreed that further discussions will be necessary with the Ministry of Community Development, Gender and Social Services in St. Kitts on sharing resources and learning to deliver the model effectively across the Federation.

OUTPUT 2.1 TARGET COMMUNITIES AND YOUTH ENGAGED IN MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT AND PARTICIPATING IN LOCAL SOLUTIONS. APPROVED ACTIVITY: 2.1.2.e Promote Youth Participation in Communities (Youth Dialogues) Indicator(s): SO 1.2 Percent change in feelings of safety among residents of target communities 2.1.0 Percent change in residents of target communities participating in community problem solving

For the October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019 period, twenty-six of the planned thirty youth dialogues were conducted across the three countries involving 339 persons. Up to June 30, 2019, these youth dialogues were broadly focused on providing avenues for youth in target communities to inform and influence a youth-centered agenda within their communities to address youth crime and violence. Some of the topics included bullying, promoting effective rehabilitation and preventing recidivism among youth offenders, among others. As at June 30, 2019 CFYR hosted seventeen across Saint Lucia In Saint Lucia, a focus group was held on September 12, 2019, with representatives of the (9), Guyana (7), and St. Kitts CECs in Saint Lucia as well as members of the executive of the Saint Lucia National Youth Council (SLNYC). and Nevis (1). During the July 1 to September 30, 2019 period, a total of nine youth dialogues were convened on the AAA Advocacy Toolkit, with eighty-three participants combined across Saint Lucia (29), Guyana (23), and St. Kitts and Nevis (31). Focus groups were convened in all three focus countries to engage diverse youth participants on their knowledge of

and experiences on advocacy. The findings are intended to inform the development of the Toolkit that will address knowledge on advocacy, as well as the nuances of defining and managing interventions and advocacy concerns in youth-centered work in the Caribbean. These are issues highlighted in the Caribbean Action and Advocacy Agenda (AAA) on youth violence prevention. While the Toolkit will reflect the views across all countries, the discussions centered around consensus-building on an acceptable definition of “advocacy”, some limitations to advocacy, the safety requirements of comfortably advocating for issues in the face of stigmatization/discrimination by the wider society and the need to always exercise care. Participants generally felt that positive mindsets, self-awareness, dedication, diverse education and outreach, mentorship, strong group connections and reinforcing desired behavioral attitudes were all important components of good advocacy efforts. Discussants also linked advocacy to social justice and enjoyment of human rights.

OUTPUT 2.1 TARGET COMMUNITIES AND YOUTH ENGAGED IN MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT AND PARTICIPATING IN LOCAL SOLUTIONS. APPROVED ACTIVITY: 2.1.2.f Facilitate Peacebuilding Across Communities to Reduce Youth Violence Indicator(s): SO 1.2 Percent change in feelings of safety among residents of target communities 2.1.0 Percent change in residents of target communities participating in community problem solving 2.3.0 Percent of youth participating in one or more of the following: advocacy, leadership, mentorship (youth as mentors), volunteering, youth-focused clubs, CEC membership

In the CFYR communities of Castries and Vieux Fort, CFYR is working with community members to foster their abilities to engage in peace-building activities to reduce levels of youth violence. Working through RISE St. Lucia, the activity has three key elements:

• Twenty leadership training workshops for twenty community leaders who will bring communities together through peace-building activities. • Twenty training workshops for twelve existing peace-builders to defuse local conflicts. • Implementing peace-building activities/events, which will be developed and led by the community leaders.

During April, RISE conducted an initial ToT peace-building workshop for thirty-two persons as part of the larger Safe Spaces program that RISE is implementing in the CFYR Castries communities. This initiative uses community competition in futsal, dance and music over a six-month period to support improved inter-community relations among youth. A further aspect of the program is to develop community capacity- building around community events that engage all community stakeholders.

As noted previously, the implementation of this activity was behind schedule for most of the October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019 period. Working with RISE St. Lucia, revised implementation timelines were agreed to and this activity will continue into Year 4.

On April 9, 2019, participants at the close of the RISE St. Lucia Peace-building Training-of-Trainers Workshop held in Castries, Saint Lucia.

OUTPUT 2.2: SOCIAL SERVICES, SYSTEMS AND NETWORKS SUPPORTING AT-RISK AND VICTIMIZED YOUTH ARE STRENGTHENED

Output 2.2 encompasses two area of CFYR’s activities, the first of which centers on implementation of the Prevention and Intervention Family Systems Model (PIFSM), referred to as Family Matters, in CFYR communities in Guyana, St. Kitts & Nevis and Saint Lucia. Family Counselors in each country continued to support families with the timely progression of the phases of Family Matters. As at September 30, 2019 there were twenty-nine families enrolled in the First Cycle (Saint Lucia – 27; and St. Kitts and Nevis – 2). As at the same period, there were 217 cases enrolled in the Second Cycle (Saint Lucia – 79; Guyana – 82; and St. Kitts & Nevis – 56). The phased distribution of these cases is set out below, and the narratives to follow will discuss more broadly the progress made per quarter under Family Matters.

Table 5: Breakdown of Family Matters Quarter-by-Quarter Enrollment as at September 30, 2019

QUARTER ENROLLMENT PER QUARTER QUARTERLY TOTAL October 1 – December 30, 2018 GUY111 108 SLU 126 SKN 62 296 January 1 – March 30, 2019 GUY 104 SLU 120 SKN 70 294 April 1 – June 30, 2019 GUY 84 SLU 114 SKN 66 264 July 1 – September 30, 2019 GUY 82 SLU112 106 SKN113 58 246 NET ANNUAL RETENTION114 -26 -20 -4 -50

111 These figures relate to the Second Cycle of Family Matters in Guyana. These are represented here for comparative purposes. 112 Seventy-nine of these cases have commenced the Second Cycle. The total enrollment is represented here for comparative purposes. 113 Fifty-six of these cases have commenced the Second Cycle. The total enrollment is represented here for comparative purposes. 114 This is calculated based on total as at September 30, 2019, minus total for each country as at the base date of December 30, 2018.

The second area of CFYR activity in this area centers on administrative reform activities in support of Juvenile Justice Reform (JJR) in Guyana only. CFYR’s efforts complement the work that the Government of Guyana is undertaking to implement the Juvenile Justice Act, with activities aimed at improving the processes and approaches used by those who provide care and services to youth who are housed in government detention centers, so as to allow for better outcomes when youth re-integrate into their communities. CFYR works closely with, and supports coordination among, key agencies to ensure that new tools and processes are adopted.

The achievements over the period under the relevant activities are now discussed below.

OUTPUT 2.2 Social Services, Systems and Networks Supporting at-risk and Victimized Youth are Strengthened APPROVED ACTIVITY: 2.2.1.a Implement First Cycle of the Prevention and Intervention Family Systems Model Indicator(s): SO 1.1 Percent of youth who reduced their risk factors below secondary prevention eligibility levels after one intervention cycle Over the period October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019, CFYR continued implementation of Family Matters in all three focus countries. By the end of the period, all three countries progressed to the Second Cycle. Risk factors are assessed through the Youth Services Eligibility Tool (YSET), which has been adapted to the Caribbean and community contexts, with the relevant testing and results collated to determine eligibility for participation in Family Matters.

As at September 30, 2019 there were twenty-nine families enrolled in the First Cycle (Saint Lucia – 27; and St. Kitts and Nevis – 2).

Table 6: Breakdown of Family Matters Enrollment in the First Cycle as at September 30, 2019

Country Number of Families Enrolled in the First Cycle

Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Phase 4 Phase 5 Phase 6 Phase 7 TOTAL

Saint Lucia 0 2 4 3 4 12 2 27

Guyana ------

St. Kitts 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 and Nevis

CFYR continued to implement Family Matters in keeping with the clinical guidelines while engaging with youth and their families. The decline in enrollment is attributed to voluntary decisions on the part of the youth or caregiver. For example, in Anse la Raye a youth relocated from the community and no longer wished to be in treatment. In Soufriere, there was a case reassignment after administrative changes, and the family decided to discontinue treatment. Examples in Guyana include families in which some caregivers

decided they no longer wished for their family to participate. All three focus locations will close out Cohort 1 before December 2019.

CFYR received approval from USAID for an extension of the Family Matters Grant Agreements for Saint Lucia and St. Kitts and Nevis on December 6, 2018115 up to September 30, 2019. In the case of Saint Lucia, the grant agreement concluded on September 30, 2019, and CFYR will continue direct implementation of Family Matters in the absence of a Grant Agreement with the Ministry of Equity, Social Justice, Empowerment, Youth Development, Sports, Culture and Local Government (MoE). This arises from difficulties with the MoE meeting its reporting and engagement requirements. The MoE was advised of this decision on September 3, 2019. In the case of St. Kitts and Nevis, CFYR received a request for modification of the Grant Agreement and this will be submitted to USAID for approval in October 2019, with support expected through June 30, 2020.

Over the period July 1 – September 30, 2019, CFYR continued to engage with families across all three countries in both clinical and administrative areas. These are discussed as follows.

Saint Lucia116

As at September 30, 2019, there were 106 families engaged in the intervention, of which seventy-nine cases have commenced Cycle 2. It is projected that some twenty-one additional cases will complete Cycle 1 by October 30, 2019. There was both clinical and administrative progress over the July 1 – September 30, 2019 period. There are weekly oversight meetings involving all fourteen Family and Youth Community Workers (FYCW)117. Clinically, after the YSET-Rs118 were completed, there was a joint visit by Dr. Andraé Brown and Mr. Guillermo Cespedes, the Technical Specialist and Senior Technical Advisor, respectively, for Family Matters, from July 19-22, 2019. Dr. Brown returned to Saint Lucia from September 23-27, 2019, for further engagement. The joint visit involved supervision of a series of family meetings, followed by field visits and performance feedback in debrief sessions led by Dr. Brown. Overall, the joint visit provided an opportunity to explore the possible use of current FYCWs as facilitators in future trainings of prospective partner agency trainees should the MoE determine that the program should continue beyond the conclusion of CFYR. This would serve to enhance the Family Matters knowledge base through capacity-building within departments and agencies, toward future program adoption. Refresher training for FYCWs and supervisors is planned to commence remotely during the first quarter of Year 4.

115 This is because the grant agreement was effective on December 12, 2017 with an expiration date of December 31, 2018. The project officially commenced with the expectation that Family Matters would commence in January 2018. Delays were subsequently encountered to complete the sufficient number of Youth Service Eligibility Tool (YSET) assessments to assure a representative size for treatment and control groups for the impact evaluation. Following completion of the YSET assessments, the YSETs had to be scored, and treatment and control groups established. Further delays arose when additional time was requested by the impact evaluator to conduct a Caregiver Survey among the treatment and control groups. Consequently, the family counseling intervention did not fully commence not until August 2018. 116 During the July to September 2019 period, while there was progression to the Second Cycle of Family Matters, this is being reported under the First Cycle given that Saint Lucia remained within the First Cycle during most of the October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019 period. 117 Rather than using the title Family Counselor, Saint Lucia uses the title Family and Youth Community Worker. 118 YSET-R is the midline YSET, conducted after the first 6 phases of Family Matters is completed.

As noted in Quarter 3, there has been strong reconsideration by the MoE on whether it will adopt Family Matters in a format that resembles CFYR’s current implementation approach. During the July 1 – September 30 quarter, CFYR met with representatives from the MoE and the Saint Lucia Social Development Fund (SSDF) on July 19-22, 2019 and September 26, 2019, to provide a full review on the Family Matters program theory and practice, to enable the agencies to determine how to incorporate Family Matters. CFYR is waiting to hear how they may wish to proceed.

Dr. Andrae Brown, Technical Specialist on Family Matters, presenting in Saint Lucia on September 23, 2019, to the team of Family and Youth Community Workers and representatives of the Saint Lucia Social Development Fund (SSDF).

Following ongoing communications with MoE over several quarters, CFYR notified the MoE on September 3, 2019, that the current grant with the MoE to implement Family Matters will conclude on September 30, 2019, and there will not be an extension. CFYR has requested that the MoE submit outstanding reports that are due. Fortunately, CFYR will be able to continue implementation of Family Matters even in the absence of a grant with the MoE, although the grant mechanism had allowed for lower cost implementation and was intended to align with the MoE’s earlier intentions to fully adopt Family Matters.

St. Kitts and Nevis119

As at September 30, 2019, two of the fifty-eight families engaged in the intervention were in the First Cycle of Family Matters. As reported previously, the St. Kitts and Nevis Secondary Prevention Specialist developed a Clinical Supervision Handbook with input from Dr. Brown. The Handbook gives detailed guidelines around the processes required to provide optimal supervision to Family Counselors by the clinical supervisor. Consequently, a Referral Guidance Note was finalized and shared with relevant

119 During the July to September 2019 period, while there was progression to the Second Cycle of Family Matters, this is being reported under the First Cycle given that St. Kitts and Nevis remained within the First Cycle during most of the October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019 period.

agencies. This will facilitate the referral process from September 2019 onwards. In pursuit of this meetings were conducted to enhance stakeholder networking and build a strong sustainability agenda. Organized by USAID and the St. Kitts and Nevis Ministry of Community and Social Development and Gender Affairs (MoCD) these were held in Nevis on April 9, 2019, and a combined workshop was held on April 10 and 11, 2019. The meetings were facilitated by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Community Development, Gender Affairs and Social Services (MoCD), which started the process to draft a Sustainability Plan, subject to review, for streamlining agency resources and other implementation requirements. Further meetings to review the draft plan were held on May 7 and 8 in Nevis and in St. Kitts, respectively. At these meetings the draft Sustainability Agenda was agreed, and key milestones established. These were to allow appropriate budget allocations, Cabinet endorsement, as well as institutional and other administration arrangements, to be effectively managed.

During the last quarter of Year 3, MoCD informed CFYR that it would begin funding the full costs of four of the eight Family Counselors as of August 1, 2019. Additionally, the NIA submitted a request to CFYR to include the costs of four Family Counselors from Nevis to be trained to serve as Family Counselors for Cohort 2 of Family Matters in Nevis. NIA has agreed to establish a Counseling Unit, similar to the one in St. Kitts, and assign a Director who will undergo training and mentoring from the Director of the St. Kitts Counseling Unit.

OUTPUT 2.2 Social Services, Systems and Networks Supporting at-risk and Victimized Youth are Strengthened APPROVED ACTIVITY: 2.2.1.b Implement Second Cycle of the Prevention and Intervention Family Systems Model Indicator(s): SO 1.1 Percent of youth who reduced their risk factors below secondary prevention eligibility levels after one intervention cycle

In St. Kitts and Nevis, as at September 30, 2019, there were fifty-six families have commenced the Second Cycle of Family Matters continues to progress well in St. Kitts and Nevis.

In Saint Lucia, as at September 30, 2019, there were seventy-nine families that had commenced the Second Cycle of Family Matters. Guyana continues to achieve advances with the Family Matters intervention in the second cycle. As at September 30, 2019, there were eighty-two families enrolled. Over the July 1 – September 30, 2019, period CFYR continued national stakeholder engagement around Family Matters. During the period there was an extension of the existing grant to extend the time and provide additional funding, from September 30, 2019 to November 30, 2019, with discussions with the MoSP focusing on the transitioning of Family Matters to the Ministry.

CFYR is working with the MoSP to determine additional training to be provided to ensure they have the expertise to implement the program with fidelity. The MoSP has indicated that as of December 1, 2019, they are prepared to assume 80% of the total costs of Family Matters through June 2020, which is the end

of CFYR’s grant support. The MoSP has also indicated there is no objection to the counselors remaining in the CFYR target communities until May 2020, during which time CFYR and the Ministry would collaborate on building key capacities for full management of the program by the Ministry. In this regard, the Ministry over the period had secured and was refurbishing a building in Corriverton in which the counselors will be located. The expectation is that this building should be available by early November 2019.

Over the July 1 – September 30, 2019 period, CFYR Guyana also benefited from technical capacity-building similar to Saint Lucia and St. Kitts and Nevis. On August 12-16, 2019 Dr. Brown conducted two capacity- building sessions with the Family Counselors: one in Georgetown and the other in Corriverton. The key topics discussed were close-out/termination of Cohort 1; methods for engagement with the new cohort (Cohort 2); and using the FACES scales throughout the intervention. Family Counselors shared how they prepare the families for the final close-out of intervention, and Dr. Brown also shared ideas for the closing procedures. This was done through role play and discussions. Some key points that were established for treating with Cohort 2 were:

• Co-counseling, where one counselor supports the other, should be practiced more frequently throughout the intervention. • Counselors should discuss the entire intervention (Phases) with their families at the first meeting. • Counselors should encourage parents to use the tasks with siblings of the index youth to help with problematic behaviors. The intervention is for the entire family.

This is in addition to support given by Dr. Brown during his April 15 -18, 2019, where he provided guidance to the Family Counselors and the Secondary Prevention Specialist on moving into the Second Cycle. On this prior visit, he participated in meetings with the teams in Georgetown and Corriverton. Family Counselors received information on their respective cases from the YSET-R report and received guidance on strategies to use, especially for those cases where risk factors increased or remained the same. Over the visit Dr. Brown stressed the need for greater sensitivity to, and creativity in responses to, new situations that may develop with the index youth.

Table 7: Breakdown of Family Matters Enrollment in the Second Cycle as at September 30, 2019

Country Number of Families Enrolled in the Second Cycle

Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Phase 4 Phase 5 Phase 6 Phase 7 TOTAL

Saint Lucia 0 56 22 1 0 0 0 79

Guyana 0 0 1 0 0 2 79 82

St. Kitts 0 7 0 0 0 0 49 56 and Nevis

OUTPUT 2.2 Social Services, Systems and Networks Supporting at-risk and Victimized Youth are Strengthened APPROVED ACTIVITY: 2.2.1.c Engage and Train Local Host Government Partner(s) to Score and Analyze Data from the Youth Services Eligibility Tool (YSET) Assessments Indicator(s): 2.4.1.0 Number of agencies adopting community crime and violence prevention models with USG support

Over the period October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019, CFYR trained sixteen local partners and stakeholders in scoring and analyzing data from the adapted YSET, as part of sustainability planning. This training took place in Saint Lucia over the period May 14-17, 2019, in partnership with Arizona State University (ASU), whose representatives led the training sessions. The training included partners from all three host government countries implementing Family Matters; specifically, representatives from these host government Statistics Offices and implementing partner ministries and the Director of the Criminology Unit from the University of the West Indies. The training is part of CFYR’s efforts to build local capacities for scoring YSET assessments after CFYR concludes.

The training relied on both a pre- and post-training survey CFYR partners and stakeholders who were trained to score and analyze Y-SET data in instrument, and also support of Family Matters on May 14-16, 2019. Training was led by Dr. Charles Katz observation assessment by the (seated front right) from Arizona State University. trainers from ASU. Both methods aim to test respondents’ knowledge and attitudes towards the YSET; the likelihood of effectively scoring the YSET after CFYR; the level of skills in YSET scoring; and general feedback on the training workshop.

From the pre-post training survey, it was found that among the participants, 40% responded that they will need more time with the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) Statistics, with 67% of respondents from Guyana; 33% from St. Kitts and Nevis; and all participants (100%) from Saint Lucia noting this. CFYR will continue with training in Year 4. From observation by the trainers, it was noted that only one-third (1/3) of the participants attending training exhibited sufficient aptitude related to the pre-requisites required for the training program; specifically, a sufficient proficiency of SPSS. As a result, those who lacked SPSS proficiency focused more on learning the software rather than the major concepts required for YSET scoring. The remaining two-thirds (2/3) of the participants came to the training with the required skill and completed the training with a fairly strong understanding of the YSET scoring. The

trainers accordingly noted that these individuals would make excellent candidates to train others on YSET scoring.

OUTPUT 2.2 Social Services, Systems and Networks Supporting at-risk and Victimized Youth are Strengthened APPROVED ACTIVITY: 2.2.1.d Dissemination of Results from the YSET-R and Support Host Government Partners to Secure Budget Support Indicator(s): 2.4.2.0 Number of intended users applying knowledge/innovation to make decisions regarding crime & violence prevention

Over the period October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019, the YSET-Rs (midline) were completed in Guyana (March 4, 2019), Saint Lucia (May 28, 2019) and St. Kitts and Nevis (June 14, 2019). In Guyana there were ninety-four cases; in Saint Lucia there were 115120 cases; and in St. Kitts and Nevis there were sixty-one121.

Of those cases in Guyana:

• Fifty-three cases, or 56%, are now below the cut-point for being ‘at risk’. • Sixteen cases, or 17%, are still considered ‘at risk’, but did see a reduction in the number of risk factors. • Eighteen cases, or 19%, demonstrated a higher number of risk factors at this mid-point as compared with the original YSET. • Seven cases, or 7%, demonstrated no change in risk factors. • Overall, sixty-nine cases, or 73% improved between the baseline and midline YSET.122

Of those cases in Saint Lucia:

• Thirty-six cases, or 31%, are now below the cut-point for being ‘at risk’. • Twenty-five cases, or 22%, are still considered ‘at risk’, but did see a reduction in the number of risk factors. • Thirty-seven cases, or 32%, demonstrated a higher number of risk factors at this mid-point as 123 compared with the original YSET.60F • Seventeen cases, or 15%, demonstrated no change in risk factors.

120 There were four cases in Saint Lucia of youth/caregivers refusing consent to the YSET-R or families migrating, and therefore the youth did not participate in the YSET-R. 121 While there were a total of sixty-one YSET-Rs conducted, about seven or eight additional cases did not grant consent. This makes up the difference between the 69/70 of total active cases at the time SI/NORC started the YSET-Rs. 122 This is the total of youth who are no longer ‘at risk’ (56%) and youth who are still ‘at risk’, but with a reduced number of risk factors (17%). 123 While these youth experienced an increase in risk factors, the ‘increase’ is less than the ‘reduction’ (or improvement) in risk factors by youth whose risk factors were reduced.

124 • Overall, sixty-one cases, or 53% improved between the baseline and midline YSET.61F

Of those cases in St. Kitts and Nevis:

• Twenty-seven cases, or 44%, are now below the cut-point for being ‘at risk’. • Nine cases, or 15%, are still ‘at risk’, but did see a reduction in the number of risk factors. • Fifteen cases, or 25%, demonstrated a higher number of risk factors at this mid-point as compared with the original YSET. • Ten cases, or 16%, demonstrated no change in risk factors. • Overall, thirty-six cases, or 59%, improved between the baseline and midline YSET.125

These results are compared below by country.

Table 8: Summary of YSET-R Results by Country

COUNTRY NOT AT AT RISK AT RISK AT RISK TOTAL RISK WITH WITH NO CHANGE (<4) REDUCTION INCREASE Guyana 53 (56%) 16 (17%) 18 (19%) 7 (7%) 94 Saint Lucia 36 (31%) 25 (22%) 37 (32%) 17 (15%) 115 St. Kitts and 27 (44%) 9 (15%) 15 (25%) 10 (16%) 61 Nevis TOTAL 116 (43%) 50 (18%) 70 (26%) 34 (13%) 270 (100%)

CFYR has shared these findings at the different National Advisory Board (NAB) meetings over the period and with other host government agencies and community members. This is an important aspect to demonstrate the benefits of the activity and to incentivize host government partners to continue with Family Matters in each focus country post-CFYR.

OUTPUT 2.2 Social Services, Systems and Networks Supporting at-risk and Victimized Youth are Strengthened Sub-Output Youth in Conflict with the Law Rehabilitated and Reintegrated into Society

APPROVED ACTIVITY: 2.2.2.a Establish an Inter-Agency Committee to Support Juvenile Justice Reform Indicator(s): 2.2.1.0 Number of Juvenile Justice Reform Committee Meetings Held

124 This is the total of youth who are no longer ‘at risk’ (31%) and youth who are still ‘at risk’, but with a reduced number of risk factors (22%). 125 This is the total of youth who are no longer ‘at risk’ (44%) and youth who are still ‘at risk’, but with a reduced number of risk factors (15%).

As part of juvenile justice reform in Guyana, CFYR supported the establishment of an Inter-Agency Committee to spearhead this work going forward. The Committee has been established, and over the period October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019, there were eight meetings. During the last quarter, one meeting of the Inter-Agency Committee was held. The original monthly meeting scheduled was revised to held bi-monthly meetings and these are chaired by the Director of Juvenile Justice.

Against this revision over the period, the quarter-by-quarter summary of meetings is therefore as follows:

QUARTER KEY ACHIEVEMENTS October 1 – December 30, 2018 Two meetings convened January 1 – March 30, 2019 Three meetings convened April 1 – June 30, 2019 Two meetings convened; and Roundtable July 1 – September 30, 2019 One meeting convened

During the October 1 – December 30, 2018 period the two meetings were held on October 17, 2018, and on November 15, 2018. The first meeting had representatives from nine key stakeholder organizations, including the Judiciary, the Rights of the Child Commission, the Support for the Criminal Justice Program, the Probation Department of the Ministry of Social Protection (MoSP), the Child Care and Protection Agency, the Guyana Police Force, UNICEF and ChildLink Incorporated. This inaugural meeting of the Committee focused on information-sharing and coordination. The second meeting saw further concrete steps taken on improved coordination. Childlink Inc. and the MoSP had a further meeting on November 22, 2018, to explore further areas of collaboration and attendees explicitly identified the requirement of each represented agency under the Juvenile Justice Act and the acquired stage in fulfilling those requirements. The Director of Social Services agreed to share the directory of youth organizations they had developed and to also share with CFYR a diagnostic document completed by the Criminal Justice Project. Attendees agreed to also ascertain whether the tools developed by UNICEF include a monitoring tool or progress report with regard to the review of sentencing, which is required by the Chief Probation Officer under the Juvenile Justice Act.

During the January 1 – March 30, 2019 period the three meetings progressively led to the following agreements:

• An agreement between the Director of Social Services and the Director of the Child Care and Protection Agency that they will complete a mapping of the different NGOs in Guyana and the services offered by each126; • An agreement by CEO of the Rights of the Child Commission and the Deputy Director of Juvenile Justice (for Administration), to jointly develop a training document for Police Officers;

126 The mapping exercise has commenced but is still ongoing as at September 30, 2019. An update is expected at the next Juvenile Justice Inter-Agency meeting planned for November 2019.

• A training schedule will be developed by the Rights of the Child Commission for country-wide police sensitization on the Juvenile Justice Act. It was also agreed that the sensitization process will also include other service providers with whom the police will have to interface.127 • An agreement that the Director of Juvenile Justice’s Office, through the Office of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), will investigate the release of those juveniles incarcerated for Wandering under the previous legislation.128

During the April 1 – June 30, 2019 period, there were two meetings of the Inter-Agency Committee on Juvenile Justice Reform in Guyana, and a separately convened roundtable meeting convened by the Director of Juvenile Justice, to which CFYR was invited. The first meeting was held on April 25, 2019, hosted by the Ministry of Public Security. Representatives from the MoSP, ChildLink Inc., the Toshao 129 Council, 62F the Department of Juvenile Justice and CFYR attended the meeting. Matters discussed included:

• The drafting of a Memorandum of Understanding with regard to Diversion and the commitment that some programs will be ready within the following two week period130; • Having a corps of police officers dedicated to juvenile justice and a follow-up meeting with the Permanent Secretary (PS) in the Ministry of Public Security in this regard131; • Fulfillment of the Magistrate’s request to have a list of all Toshaos in the Region to assist Amerindian juveniles with interpretation services during court matters in the Magistrate’s Court132; and • Provision of services to twenty-five juveniles to assist with their effective reintegration into the community.133

127 With some collaboration from the Rights of the Child Commission, a training schedule was developed by the Department of Juvenile Justice of the Ministry of Public Security and sensitization sessions commenced with members of the Guyana Police Force on July 17, 2019. To date, sensitization sessions were held in Regions 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 10. 128 The juveniles previously housed at the NOC for Wandering were released between the February 25-27, 2019. 129 Toshaos are leaders in the indigenous community. The National Toshaos Council (NTC) was established in Guyana representing that layer of community leadership across Guyana. It is established by law under the Amerindian Act that comprises of all Toshaos across the country. 130 The MOU with regard to diversion was drafted and submitted to the Permanent Secretary for review on April 5, 2019. The Director of Juvenile Justice has not yet received a response. 131 Discussions in this regard are still ongoing. The Director of Juvenile Justice is pursuing and advocating for the establishment of such a group. 132 For reasons beyond CFYR’s control, a list of all Toshaos has not yet been developed. In the interim, the Department of Juvenile Justice continue to work with the Toshaos representative of the Juvenile Justice Inter-Agency Committee to provide interpretive services for juveniles as the need arises. 133 Child Link Inc. commenced working with the released juveniles to aid in their successful reintegration into society. Some challenges were reported and these were mainly attributed to the frequent movement of the juveniles between abodes.

The second of these meetings was held on May 30, 2019, at the Ministry of Public Security, and was chaired by the Director of Juvenile Justice. Matters discussed included:

• The establishment and approval of diversion programs. The Director of Juvenile Justice will be approving programs currently run by the MoSP so the Magistrates can officially divert children to those programs134. • Training for police officers to run from June to October on aspects of the new Act.135 • Status of the adoption of the tools at the New Opportunity Corps (NOC). • Agreement that representatives from the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Education are to be added to the Committee.136

The first roundtable session on June 28, 2019, was hosted in collaboration with the Rights of the Child Commission and constitutes the first of two sessions attended by players with responsibilities for implementing the Juvenile Justice Act 2018. This roundtable was convened to identify solutions for seamless implementation of the Juvenile Justice Act. At the roundtable it was agreed that the Inter-Agency Committee will focus on operational implementation, while the roundtable will focus on the Juvenile Justice Reform Act. At the roundtable, the Director indicated that twelve members have been appointed by Cabinet to the Juvenile Justice Committee. It was supposed to be nine, but the addition of three ex- officio members makes it twelve. The nine members are:

• Director of Social Services (MoSP); • Director of the Child Care and Protection Agency; • A representative from the Rights of the Child Commission; • A representative from three NGOs (Red Thread, ChildLink & Lawyers Association); • A representative from the Department of Juvenile Justice; • A representative from the Police; and • Former Head Mistress – Ms. Everette DeLeon

The three ex-officio representatives are from the entities with responsibility for public health, education, and legal aid.

The Director also indicated that the Juvenile Justice Inter-Agency Meetings will be held every two months rather than monthly so as not to burden those persons with multiple committee memberships.

The 8th Juvenile Justice Inter-Agency Meeting was held on September 26th, 2019. Stakeholders including the Magistracy, the Department of Juvenile Justice, the MoSP, the DPP Chambers, the Legal Aid Clinic, and the Guyana Police Force were represented. Core decisions centered on the following:

134 This process is ongoing. 135 Training sessions hosted by the Department of Juvenile Justice of the Ministry of Public commenced in July of 2019 with members of the Guyana Police Force. 136 These representatives have not yet been included in the Juvenile Justice Inter-Agency meetings. However, to date meetings with at least one of the agencies were held.

• A scheduled meeting with the Commissioner of Police and the Committee to highlight the challenges being encountered at various levels with the Guyana Police Force137; • The inclusion of the National Co-ordination Committee for NGO’s in the Inter-Agency Meetings; • A planned visit to the Timehri Prison on October 3, 2019; and • The inclusion of Attorneys of the Legal Aid Clinic in the CFYR’s Diversion and Alternative Sentencing Training.

OUTPUT 2.2 Social Services, Systems and Networks Supporting at-risk and Victimized Youth are Strengthened Sub-Output Youth in Conflict with the Law Rehabilitated and Reintegrated into Society APPROVED ACTIVITY: 2.2.2.b Support Design and Implementation of Agreed Administrative Reforms for New Opportunity Corps (NOC) in Guyana Indicator(s): 2.2.1.1 Number of Administrative and Diagnostic Tools Developed and/or Upgraded to Support Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Juveniles

Over the October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019 period, the New Opportunity Corps began implementing five administrative and diagnostic tools that were designed or updated by CFYR, with CFYR developing or updating a total of ten tools138 during the program year.

CFYR committed in Year 3 to develop new or revise existing administrative and diagnostic tools; new or revised standard operating procedures; an improved risk assessment instrument; a care plan template; a reintegration plan template; an intake form; and a code of conduct for staff. The New Opportunity Corps (NOC), which falls under the MoSP, has a mandate to help educate, rehabilitate and reintegrate children sentenced to the institution. Following CFYR’s administrative review of the NOC in Year 2, the Program confirmed the need for the required tools to support reintegration. In light of this, the CFYR Consultant developed/upgraded administrative and diagnostic tools for the NOC and trained staff members in the use of the tools. These tools include Minimum Standards for Operating, Policy and Procedures to meet those minimum standards, a Care and Reintegration Plan, a Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect Procedure and Reporting form, a Serious Incident Report Form, a Mental Health Referral form, a Life, Health and Safety Policy, a Behavior Modification Planning Tool, a Court Report and Assessment Form was created

137 These include difficulties arranging upcoming CFYR training of police officers, and other difficulties encountered generally by various stakeholders with regard to juvenile cases. Recommendations include incorporating training in juvenile justice into the recruitment curriculum at the Police College; training for police ranks both senior and junior; and developing standard operating procedures to guide police in the treatment of juvenile cases through the development of quick guide posters and pocket books. 138 CFYR developed or upgraded tools, of which ten are to be used by the NOC. While these tools were not developed in the July1 to September 30, 2019 period, they include: a draft set of Minimum Standards for Operating, Policy and Procedures, a Care and Reintegration Plan, a Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect Procedure and Reporting form, a Serious Incident Report Form, a Mental Health Referral form for the NOC, a Life, Health and Safety Policy, a Court Report and Assessment Form was created for use by the Probation Department, a Behavior Modification Planning Tool and a Detention Risk Instrument for use by either the Probation Department.

for use by the Probation Department and a Detention Risk Instrument for use by either the Probation Department.

CFYR’s visit on May 22, 2019 revealed that staff members of the NOC required further guidance on the tools and their use. In this regard, CFYR returned to the NOC on June 6, 2019, to assist staff members to more effectively use the tools. During the session the JJR Consultant, Mr. Dave Marsden, offered guidance remotely. At the end of the session staff members verbally reported better understanding in how the tools are to be used and the role of the tools to better support youth to prepare for reintegration.

On June 13, 2019, the Director of Social Services in the MoSP indicated to CFYR that, as at April 30, 2019, 139 five administrative and diagnostic tools and procedures have been implemented by the NOC.63F These tools are:

• The Serious Incident Report • Behavior Modification Tool • The Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect Procedure Reporting Form • The Care and Reintegration Plan, and • The Mental Health Referral Form.

There are also three other tools that are proposed for implementation in the NOC. These are as follows:

• The Minimum Standards for Operating, • The Policy and Procedures, and • The Life, Health and Safety Policy for the NOC.

CFYR will follow up and set implementation benchmarks for the NOC around the status of implementation and full use, respectively.

OUTPUT 2.2 Social Services, Systems and Networks Supporting at-risk and Victimized Youth are Strengthened Sub-Output Youth in Conflict with the Law Rehabilitated and Reintegrated into Society APPROVED ACTIVITY: 2.2.2.c Provide Technical Support to the Sophia Juvenile Remand Centre to Improve Administrative and Diagnostic Tools in Support of Juvenile Justice Reform Indicator(s): 2.2.1.1 Number of Administrative and Diagnostic Tools Developed and/or Upgraded to Support Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Juveniles

139 The Court Report Child Risk/Needs Assessment is also a tool that is in use but not by the NOC. This is currently in use by the Probation and Social Services Department. Another tool, the Detention Risk Instrument is recommended to be used by the Probation and Social Services Department and the Guyana Police Force. CFYR will follow up in the next quarter with relevant agencies around the status of implementation.

Over the October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019 period, CFYR developed or updated a total of eleven tools140 during the program year. The Sophia Juvenile Holding Centre (Centre) is responsible for the housing of children who are placed on remand by the Courts. CFYR conducted an administrative and management review of the Centre and is supporting the development of new and/or revising existing management, administrative and diagnostic tools and standard operating procedures. The work is being completed in close collaboration with the Department of Juvenile Justice within the Ministry of Public Security. It is intended that these tools141 will aid significantly in the restorative and holistic management of the children housed at the institution, structured application of good practices in keeping with Juvenile Justice Act, 2018, as well as international standards and best practices and the general improvement of the day-to-day management of the institution.

In the October 1 – December 30, 2018 period, a CFYR review found the facility to be in a poorly maintained condition. A more comprehensive review of the administrative aspects of the Centre was undertaken in the January 1 – March 30, 2019 period. In this period, the CFYR consultant conducted consultations with all relevant stakeholders including the Director of Juvenile Justice, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Public Security, the Chief Magistrate and the Magistrates of the Children’s Courts, the Director of Social Services, and the Director of the Child Care and Protection Agency. It was found that the housing of juveniles in Sophia and the NOC facilities were far below acceptable standards. No instruments to assess or evaluate children existed and no policy or procedures appeared to have been in writing. In Sophia it was also found that while training was well received, sustainability and embedding forms as well as newly acquired knowledge regarding improved practice, remain as an issue of central importance.142

CFYR’s first review of the use of the administrative and diagnostic tools developed for the Sophia Juvenile Holding Center was carried out on September 19, 2019. The review of the Juvenile Holding Centre revealed that, while the Administrator was not in possession of the CFYR Consultant’s report and accompanying administrative and diagnostic tools developed, there was partial compliance with a few of the standards outlined in the developed Youth Services and Behavior Management System Standards. This compliance was confirmed by CFYR through interviews and observation of the processes. CFYR will therefore continue to work to provide the technical support necessary to the Sophia Juvenile Remand Centre in the coming periods.

140 These tools were developed in the April – June, 2019 quarter. CFYR developed or upgraded the following eleven tools for use at the Sophia Centre. These include: Court Report and Child Risk/Needs Assessment; Minimum Standards Youth Services and Behavior Management System Standards; Life, Health and Safety Standards; Personnel Standards; Reporting Suspected Child Abuse or Neglect; Policy and Procedure for Sophia Centre Behavior Management (Behavior Management and Youth Services System for Sophia Remand Centre); Policy and Procedure for Sophia Centre Life, Health and Safety; Sophia Centre Report to Magistrate Form; Sophia Centre Resident Personnel Property Inventory Form; Mental Health Referral Form for Sophia Centre; Sophia Centre Serious Incident Report. 141 The developed administrative/diagnostic tools include the Minimum Standards, Life, Health and Safety Standards, Reporting Suspected Child Abuse or Neglect Form, Personnel Standards, Policy and Procedure, a Resident Personnel Property Inventory Form, a Mental Health Referral Form, and a Serious Incident Report Form. 142 The Report covered both Sophia and the NOC. For the NOC it was found that the Family Liaison Officer had begun to use the Care and Reintegration Planning Tool that had been prepared. However, there was no evidence of the implementation of developed policy and procedures, or the use of any of the other tools. While some training had occurred at the NOC, it was not up to did and does not address any Standard Operating Procedures.

OUTPUT 2.2 Social Services, Systems and Networks Supporting at-risk and Victimized Youth are Strengthened Sub-Output Youth in Conflict with the Law Rehabilitated and Reintegrated into Society APPROVED ACTIVITY: 2.2.2.d Train Staff Members of the NOC, Sophia Juvenile Remand Centre and the Probations Department in the Administrative and Diagnostic Tools Indicator(s): 2.2.2.2 Number of personnel with requisite training and skills in JJR acquired through USG Assistance

CFYR’s support also included targeted training of key personnel in the relevant agencies. CFYR trained a total of thirty-four (34) persons during the October 1, 2018 – September 30, 2019 period.143 In the October 1 – December 30, 2018 period there CFYR developed and redesigned ten administrative and diagnostic tools.144 In the January 1 – March 30, 2019 period, CFYR provided training to a total of thirty- four people, including staff at NOC (seventeen persons) and the Sophia Juvenile Holding Centre (seventeen persons) over the period March 19-20, 2019, and March, 26-27, 2019 respectively, on the new and revised administrative tools and the Juvenile Justice Act. This training was undertaken by the CFYR team, along with a team from the Office of the Director of Juvenile Justice, one Magistrate from the Children’s Court, a Resident Magistrate and the Director of Public Prosecution. As noted above, similar training with staff members at the Sophia Centre was also held during the period. It included a review of the CFYR Juvenile Justice Consultant, Dave Marsden, conducting a workshop on March 19 – Juvenile Justice Act 2018 and 20, 2019, with staff from the Sophia Juvenile Holding Centre in Georgetown, Guyana. applicable provisions and the upgraded/developed administrative and diagnostic tools, including minimum standards and policy and procedures as well as recommendations for direct supervision. Training with the Probation Department in the Ministry of Social Protection was also conducted on March 25, 2019, with thirteen probation officers trained. This training included the upgraded Pre-sentence Report, a review of the Juvenile Justice Act and applicable provisions, what is needed from the Department at the NOC and vice versa, and recommended updates for the job descriptions for Probations Department. Thereafter, a letter was sent on June 12,

143 There is upcoming training to be conducted in Year 4. This will commence on October 29, 2019. 144 These include the Minimum Standards for Operating, Policy and Procedures, a Care and Reintegration Plan, the Behavior Modification Planning Tool, a Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect Procedure and Reporting Form, a Serious Incident Report Form, a Mental Health Referral Form, a Life, Health and Safety Policy, a Court Report and Assessment Form and a Detention Risk Instrument.

2019, by the Director of Juvenile Justice to the Commissioner of Police requesting permission to conduct further training of the police officers stationed at the Sophia Center. As at September 30, 2019 there was no response, and so CFYR intends to follow up with this in the coming periods.145

OUTPUT 2.2 Social Services, Systems and Networks Supporting at-risk and Victimized Youth are Strengthened Sub-Output Youth in Conflict with the Law Rehabilitated and Reintegrated into Society APPROVED ACTIVITY: 2.2.2.e Strengthen Capacity to Use Incipient Diversion and Alternative Sentencing Programs. Indicator(s): 2.2.2.2 Number of personnel with requisite training and skills in JJR acquired through USG Assistance

Over the period October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019, CFYR anticipated conducting capacity-building workshops to support the Child Care and Protection Agency and the Magistracy to make more regular use of incipient diversion and alternative sentencing programs when dealing with youth in conflict with the law. This includes the Diversion Program currently in use by the Guyana Police Force and any other diversion programs that are available in Guyana. Following some concerns about duplicating efforts by UNICEF, the Director of Juvenile Justice agreed that the consultancy on diversion and alternative sentencing programs be shifted to August 2019. Following the completion of initial meetings and Situational Analysis during the July 1 – September 30, 2019 period, the following findings were realized by the consultant:

• With the exception of the Magistracy and Legal Aid, there was no expectation of assessment (either internal or external) for efficiency and effectiveness or levels of reoffending. • There are gaps in the services provided to juveniles in conflict with the law. According to several of the respondents, the police as first responders are not properly trained to identify a child in need of care and protection so all juveniles are treated as being in conflict with the law such that their other needs are not addressed making reoffending more likely. Additionally, inadequate provisions are made for the needs of the parents who may be the ones whose behavior places the juvenile at risk. • No services are provided for at risk juveniles who may be in need of care and protection but who have not yet come into conflict with the law. From the interviews conducted, and the language used, it is evident that, with the exception of the judiciary to include the Magistrates, DPP’s office and Legal Aid, a de facto punitive attitude still exists in Guyana.

145 The CFYR Consultant is scheduled to return to commence work on October 29, 2019. As CFYR is still awaiting information from the Guyana Police Force for the vetting and subsequent training of those police officers, the training of those police officers will be delayed. Training of Probation Officers is expected to be conducted on October 29- 31, 2019. A total of seventy-five Probation Officers are expected to be trained.

OUTPUT 2.3: POSITIVE ALTERNATIVES TO CRIME FOR YOUTH IN TARGET COMMUNITIES

CFYR is working with communities and stakeholders to implement activities to support positive alternatives to crime and violence. These include after-school and in-school programs, as well as focused training for out-of-school youth to provide and/or strengthen their life skills and vocational skills, to enable them to participate effectively in the workplace. CFYR continued with a number of these initiatives during the quarter. There were also good results under the after-school programs as follows:

• For the period October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019, one hundred and two (102) youth were engaged in after-school program activities in Vieux Fort and Anse La Raye, in Saint Lucia.146 • For the period October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019, two hundred and twenty-nine (229) youth were engaged in after-school program activities147 across all CFYR communities in Guyana.148

CFYR’s WFD training through BLES and other WFD grantee training programs provide opportunities for employment for youth. These are two types of training programs under CFYR.149

• For the October 1, 2018 – September 30, 2019 period, CFYR provided WFD training to 671 youth, 667 of whom were unique youth150 from all CFYR communities across Saint Lucia and Guyana. 151 o For the period July 1 to September 30, 2019, CFYR provided WFD training to 97 youth64F , 84 of whom were unique youth from seven CFYR communities across Saint Lucia and Guyana. This is broken down as follows: ▪ In Saint Lucia twenty (20) youth from CFYR communities completed WFD training. ▪ In Guyana sixty-four (64) youth from CFYR communities completed WFD training.

Youth who gained employment through both programs would have completed their training from previous 152 quarters and during the July 1 to September 30, 2019 period.65F The employment results for the July 1 to 153 September 30, 2019 period are therefore as follows66 :66

146 Among the 102 youth who were engaged in the after-school program in St Lucia, 90 completed at the end of Q4. 147 Among the 229 youth who were engaged in the after-school program in Guyana, 194 completed at the end of Q4. 148 These include Sophia (C,D,E), East Ruimveldt, East La Penitence, Lodge and Corriverton. 149 BLES is a comprehensive curriculum that provides life skills training to prepare youth to enter the workforce. It doesn’t include vocational or technical skills training. Workforce grantees provide life skills training and technical and vocational training. 150 This reflects a unique count of youth across all quarters. This excludes those outside CFYR target communities; those outside CFYR target age range; and those who participated/benefited more than once. 151 Ninety-seven youth trained from BLES (31) and WFD grantees (66) during the reporting period. 152 This is because youth do not often obtain employment immediately following training, or in the same quarter of their training. CFYR therefore reports on those youth who obtained employment in the current quarter, whether they completed trained in the current quarter or not. 153 Eight-one youth in total obtained employment, however three of them were not from CFYR communities.

154 The employment results for the October1, 2018 to September 30, 2019 period are also as follows:66F

• In Saint Lucia, one hundred and twenty-seven (127) obtained employment. Of this, one hundred and nineteen (119) were from CFYR communities. Seventy-nine (79) completed BLES training, and forty-eight (48) completed training under WFD grants. • In Guyana, one hundred and fifty-three (153) youth obtained employment. Of this, one hundred and fifty (150) were from CFYR communities. One hundred and eighteen (118) completed BLES training, and thirty-five (35) completed training under WFD grants.

Although the Basic Life and Employability Skills (BLES) training program did not take place in St. Kitts and Nevis during the period, the program still had impact. CFYR can report that over the period June 17-21, 2019, the Department of Youth, Nevis, conducted a Summer Job Attachment Programme (SJAP) with forty-five registered school leavers, aged sixteen to nineteen, participating. The training incorporated ten modules of the BLES Curriculum to provide employability and job readiness skills to youth prior to their assignment to public and private sector agencies for their summer jobs.

The achievement of the BLES training, and job placement activities of CFYR can now be reported below.

OUTPUT 2.3 Positive Alternatives to Crime for Youth in Target Communities Sub-IR 2.3.1 Youth Access to Employment Opportunities Increased APPROVED ACTIVITY: 2.3.1.a Provide Basic Life and Employability Skills, Job Placement Support and Workplace Coaching Indicator(s): 2.3.0.2 Youth 3 Percent of youth who report increased self-efficacy at the conclusion of USG assisted training/programming 2.3.1.0 Percent of targeted youth completing workforce readiness skills with USG support EG.6.1 Number of individuals with new or better employment following completion of USG- assisted workforce development programs

154 Two hundred and eighty youth in total obtained employment, however eleven of them were not from CFYR communities.

During Year 3, CFYR continued with the Basic Life and Employability Skills (BLES) curriculum in Saint Lucia and Guyana to enable youth to be better prepared for employment. Over the period October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019, 453 youth from four CFYR communities participated in BLES training in Saint Lucia (one hundred and forty- four) and all five communities in Guyana (three hundred and nine).155 One hundred and ninety-seven BLES participants obtained employment during the period October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019 across both Participants from the community of Jacmel in the District of Anse La Raye Saint Lucia (79) and Guyana (118). Similarly, were proud to receive their Certificates of Completion of the Basic Life & over the period July 1, 2019 to September 30, Employability Skills (BLES) training program on April 25, 2019. 2019, 32 youth from four CFYR communities participated in BLES training across Guyana.156 Sixty BLES participants obtained employment for the period July 1, 2019 to September 30, 2019 across both Saint Lucia (18) and Guyana (42). The summary of implementation is set out in Annex G.

Basic Life and Employability Skills (BLES) Training - Saint Lucia (October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019)

During the October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019 period, 116 participants completed BLES training, of whom 110 were from CFYR target communities.157 CFYR also made efforts during the period to help secure employment for graduates. 158 CFYR conducted training workshops to strengthen the capacity of Life Coaches to help BLES graduates find and keep jobs. Following on CFYR’s earlier engagement with the Department of Labour, on April 10, 2019, Mr. Eden St. Croix, Senior Labour Officer with the Department of Labour, presented to BLES graduates as part of his role to identify youth for employment on overseas contracts.

The BLES Senior Life Coach-Employment co-facilitated the BLES Lessons Learned workshop held June 10- 14, 2019, discussed below. The Life Coaches now meet weekly rather than monthly, to exchange ideas on improving their job placement strategies. The newly designated Senior Life Coach-Employment traveled to Guyana July 2-6, 2019, to observe the Life Coach activities that are applied in the CFYR Guyana office. Part of this visit was used to work with the CFYR Guyana Workforce Development Specialist to design the first of two Life Coach Capacity-Building Workshops, the first of which took place on July 22- 26, 2019, in Saint Lucia, discussed below.

155 Of the 453 youth who participated, 414 successfully completed comprising Saint Lucia (116) and Guyana (298). 156 Of the 32 youth who participated in Guyana, 31 successfully completed. 157 The last cohort completed in the April1 to June 30, 2019 period. 158 Although CFYR Saint Lucia no longer has a full time Workforce Development Specialist position due to USAID budget cuts, BLES Life Coaches continued there to facilitate job placement support and workplace coaching.

For the July 1 – September 30, 2019 period, CFYR placed further emphasis on life skills and job creation. In this regard, a vigorous program of workshops and technical support was developed to strengthen the capacity of Life Coaches to help BLES graduates find and keep jobs. The Saint Lucia Senior Life Coach/Employment co-facilitated (alongside CFYR/Guyana’s Work Force Development Specialist) the BLES Lessons-Learnt workshop that was held July 11-13 in Saint Lucia. Over the period he also compiled inventories of employment resources, which serve as useful tools for job seekers. In this regard, there was engagement with prospective employers in Saint Lucia, including Caribbean Grains, Pan American Life Insurance, Ojo Labs, Gayle Hunte, Ceeds4Change, The Cell, and Velox Performance. As at September 30, 2019, seventy-nine BLES graduates have found new employment.

Basic Life and Employability Skills (BLES) Training - Guyana (October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019)

During the October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019 period, 298 participants completed BLES training, of which 286 were from CFYR target communities. In the July 1 to September 30, 2019 period, thirty-one participants completed BLES training, of whom twenty-seven were from CFYR target communities. The summary per quarter is now discussed. CFYR also made efforts during the period to help secure employment for graduates. Life Coaches sought new employment opportunities for the trained youth. Several BLES participants accompanied by their Life Coaches attended a Job Now Fair hosted by the Department of Social Cohesion, Culture, Youth and Sport, on April 12, 2019, in an effort to gain employment opportunities. An inter-community employment club meeting was facilitated by CFYR on April 24, 2019, with twenty-seven persons attending. Discussions reminded participants about the processes involved in job preparation, redefining career interests and addressing areas for personal improvement of skills and attitudes.159

Building on this thrust, Life Coaches strategically teamed up to provide added support to the youth in their job search activities across the communities based on specific sector interests assigned to them. On April 12, 2019, upon the request of the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA), a list of BLES youth who are qualified in the field of building and construction was submitted for dissemination to the relevant sub-contractors who may offer employment opportunities during their building construction activities across the city. The CH&PA has advised that obtaining the list of names is part of their preparation exercise and CFYR will be informed when they are ready to commence.

The Life Coaches’ strategy included engaging private sector companies weekly to sensitize them about CFYR’s WFD program and to build partnerships to seek employment opportunities for youth. More than forty private sector institutions have been approached during the period. Life Coaches engaged youth in two new groups created for those with private sector and public sector interests. Vacancies and other opportunities were shared, and youth requested help with proofreading of CVs and to review applications. Building on their current approach, Life Coaches will be strategically teaming up to provide added support to the youth in their job search activities across the communities based on specific sector interests assigned to them.

159 Seven participants also attended a small job fair hosted by Pizza Hut on April 13, 2019, at their Mega Store location in Georgetown.

Corriverton hosted its employment club meeting on Monday May 7, 2019. Seven youth participated in this activity which focused on discussing the difficulties with their job search and what they can do in the meantime to improve their chances. The purpose of these groups is to provide continuous peer support in the search for jobs. BLES Corriverton engaged the Small Business Bureau to facilitate issuance of small grants for BLES graduates in Berbice. One person registered a small business on May 28, 2019. CFYR can also report that the Canawaima Ferry company that services the Guyana/Suriname border crossings entered talks with BLES to facilitate internship training for at least five youth from Corriverton. The hope is that after training, the interns will become employees. The Life Coach also entered discussions with the Skeldon Hospital to hire several BLES participants. Participants can start through volunteering at the hospital and supporting various projects and be given preference for consideration for employment once a suitable vacancy is posted.

On May 7, 2019, the Workforce Development Specialist and the Life Coaches met with Teleperformance, which is one of Guyana’s largest companies, to seek a partnership for employment of BLES youth. After talks with the Human Resource Manager, an agreement was reached to pilot the partnership. Life Coaches began preparing profiles of youth who meet the basic requirements and who would be interested in participating. On May 9, 2019, the Workforce Development Specialist met with the Deputy General Manager of the newly opened MovieTowne Mall to seek employment opportunities for youth. CFYR secured opportunities for five youth to be interviewed without going through the regular application process. The Deputy General Manager agreed to partnering with CFYR and will provide updates on new employment opportunities as they arise, for other BLES graduates to be considered.

These combined efforts by the Life Coaches and Workforce Development Specialist resulted in the following:

• CFYR secured two new private sector partners. Shell and Caribbean Cinemas have agreed to work with the BLES program to employ participants who match the job specifications.

• Caribbean Cinemas has also agreed to allow for on-the-spot interviews for participants who submit applications to fill any vacancy that may exist.

• Two BLES participants graduated from the Young Leaders of the Americas (YLAI) Youth Development Programme. The course, which lasted two weeks, included training in computer repairs/networking and a seminar on cyber security. One of the two participants that graduated had met U.S. Ambassador, H.E. Sarah-Ann Lynch, in April, at which time she shared her passion for technology and gadgets.

The July 1 – September 30, 2019 period began with recruitment for the final cohort of BLES training in Guyana which began on August 26, 2019. This cohort consisted of forty participants from CFYR communities in Georgetown only, in the age range of 20-29 years old and possessing at least three subjects at the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination or a Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) level. This allows for the participants to be more marketable to employers. This ended on September 27, 2019, with graduation to take place in October. Thirty-one youth will

graduate. Each person in this cohort has benefitted from their first one-on-one coaching session and have completed their CVs for placement into the job market. They will be transferred to the BLES employment groups where emphasis will be placed on assisting them to find and retain jobs.

In this regard, the Life Coaches also engaged new private sector partners weekly and sought new opportunities for employment for the trained youth. These include Massy Stores who had immediate vacancies for clerks, butchers, food handlers and cooks. In the final weeks of the period preparations were made to host the next series of employment engagement meetings in both Georgetown and Corriverton in the latter half of October 2019. The meetings are intended to engage a total of sixty BLES participants from Georgetown and another thirty from Corriverton. They will focus primarily on conducting check-ins with the BLES youths, increasing job placement efforts and coaching as needed. As at September 30, 2019, 118 BLES graduates have found new employment.

It is important to mention the significance of BLES community projects and how they contribute toward engaging youth in their communities. For example, some residents reported that a project around solar-powered lighting helped residents to feel much safer. Undertaking community projects that develop life skills to effectively engage with people helps to prepare youth for formal employment and further In Guyana, BLES participants designed and implemented a solar lighting project in encourages youth engagement in their June 2019, in their community of Corriverton to increase safety for its residents. communities.

BLES Community Service Projects

As part of their participation in the program, BLES trainees undertake a community project. Community projects are included in Annex I. For the July 1 to September 30, 2019 period, there was only one BLES cohort, and its community service project will take place in the next quarter.

In the Georgetown, Guyana community of East La In June 2019, in Corriverton, Guyana, BLES participants repainted the sea wall – a Penitence, BLES participants cleaned and cleared regular hang-out spot for teenagers in the community. a drain to prevent flooding at the Brickdam Secondary School on June 15, 2019.

In Dennery, Saint Lucia, BLES participants built a wheelchair ramp at the Dennery Primary School in April 2019, to improve access for the physically challenged to the classroom area.

In addition to BLES, CFYR also creates other WFD opportunities for youth through the provision of grants to non-government organizations (NGOs). These are discussed below.

Positive Alternatives to Crime for Youth in Target Communities Sub-IR 2.3.1 Youth Access to Employment Opportunities Increased APPROVED ACTIVITY: 2.3.1.b Technical/Vocational Skills Training and Job Placement Services Indicator(s): 2.3.0.2 Youth 3 Percent of youth who report increased self-efficacy at the conclusion of USG assisted training/programming 2.3.1.0 Percent of targeted youth completing workforce readiness skills with USG support EG.6.1 Number of individuals with new or better employment following completion of USG- assisted workforce development programs

Over the October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019 period, CFYR provided grants to non-government organizations (NGOs) to provide technical/vocational and basic life and employability skills training to better prepare youth for employment opportunities. All the grants include job placement support and a minimum of six months of coaching and after-care job placement support services. During the October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019 period, five workforce development grantees conducted training in both Saint Lucia and Guyana. During Year 3, three hundred and fifty-five (355) youth from all CFYR communities participated in these trainings. Among those who participated, 290 youth competed160 training. Eighty-three youth (83) who participated in training via WFD grants were employed in Year 3; forty-eight (48) from Saint Lucia and thirty-five (35) from Guyana.

During the July 1 to September 30, 2019 period, Springboard Training and Consulting Ltd in Saint Lucia continued training for thirty youth and after-care placement and support for fifty-six participants in Saint Lucia. In Guyana, Critchlow Labour College (CLC), along with Family Awareness Consciousness Togetherness (FACT) and Volunteer Youth Corps (VYC), also provided after-care and job placement support to graduates. During this quarter, one hundred and sixteen (116) youth from four CFYR communities in Guyana and three communities in Saint Lucia participated in the workforce development program through these training activities. Twenty-one youth (21) who participated in training via WFD grants were employed this quarter; three (3) from Saint Lucia and eighteen (18) from Guyana.

The grants administered by CFYR Guyana target youth in all five CFYR communities there and include CLC targeting 125 youth across all five CFYR communities in Corriverton and Georgetown161; VYC targeting eighty youth throughout Georgetown; and FACT targeting thirty-six youth throughout Corriverton. This aggregates to 241 youth for all three programs.

160 Among the 290 youth who completed, 271 youth were from CFYR communities. 161 CFYR notified Critchlow Labour College of grant termination on September 26, 2019 due to lack of compliance. The grant termination comes into effect on October 26, 2019. CFYR anticipates receiving this report by October 26, 2019.

Mr. Mark Cullinane, Deputy Chief of Mission, Graduates of the VYC training program and well-wishers in the audience U.S. Embassy in Guyana, delivering keynote at the graduation ceremony in Georgetown, Guyana on July 31, 2019. remarks at the VYC graduation ceremony in Georgetown on July 31, 2019.

Across both countries the following progress can be reported as at September 30, 2019:

Table 9: Summary of Grantee Training and Certification of Participants

COUNTRY GRANTEE TARGET COMPLETED CERTIFIED TRAINING

SPRINGBOARD 105 83 54

Saint Lucia MAMPA 60 51 0162

YVC 75 61 44

Guyana FACT 36 36 27

CLC 125 96 59

TOTAL 401 327 184

Across both countries the following can also be reported as at September 30, 2019:

162 There were no certifications by MAMPA. On May 6, 2019, CFYR held a meeting with MAMPA and notified MAMP that corrective action was required. As there was no follow up action by MAMPA to remedy the situation, the grant was terminated due to lack of compliance with terms of award.

Table 10: Summary of Grantee Employment Objectives and Outcomes

COUNTRY GRANTEE TARGET EMPLOYED NOT YET DIS-CONTINUED165 TO DATE 163 EMPLOYED164

SPRINGBOARD 60 42 15 7

Saint Lucia MAMPA 60 6 46 8

YVC 75 12 49 12

Guyana FACT 36 23 13 0

CLC 125 Awaiting Awaiting Report 29 Report166

TOTAL 356 83 123 56

A few highlights under this activity are worth mentioning, in order to illustrate the effectiveness of these CFYR grants and their importance to youth.

Saint Lucia Highlights

For the period October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019, there were 146 participants. Of this amount, 134 completed and forty-eight were employed. For the July1 to September 30, 2019 period, there were thirty training participants. Of this amount, twenty-nine completed and three were employed.

In Saint Lucia, most participants from the first cohort of the Springboard WFD program that concluded in October 2018, obtained internships at various hotels. This first cohort was also assessed by an external examiner from the Vocational Training Charitable Trust (VTCT) in the United Kingdom during the week of November 19, 2018. Feedback from the assessor was positive and graduates of Cohort 1received formal certification in February 2019 through the VTCT.

163 Two of this number were employed through their own means. Employment means those whose roles have been converted from ‘internship’ to ‘permanent’ and also earning an income. 164 Not yet employed means those who are on internship or are awaiting job placement. 165 Discontinued means those who have left the program entirely, at any point. Four (4) discontinued participation after training, and three (3) discontinued during the six-month after-care component. 166 Critchlow Labour College was notified of grant termination on September 26, 2019 due to lack of compliance with reporting requirements. The grant termination comes into effect on October 26, 2019. CFYR anticipates receiving this report by October 26, 2019.

During the April 1 to June 30, 2019 period, under the Springboard grant, fifty-six participants graduated on June 11, 2019, with UK-accredited Vocational Training Charitable Trust (VTCT) Level 2 certificates in Hospitality Industry Skills Food and Beverage Service Training.

MAMPA’s performance in job placement did not meet the terms of the grant agreement and CFYR notified MAMPA on July 26, 2019, that CFYR was terminating the grant agreement effective August 26, 2019.

Guyana Highlights

Graduates of CFYR's Hospitality Services Training program at their Graduation Ceremony in Saint Lucia on June 11, 2019, where they received Certificates of Completion and VTCT Certificates in Hospitality Industry Skills.

For the period October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019, there were 209 participants. Of this amount, 156 completed and thirty-five were employed. For the July1 to September 30, 2019 period, there were eighty- six training participants. Of this amount thirty-seven completed and eighteen were employed.

In the October 1 to December 30, 2018 period, a total of twenty-one youth in Guyana had secured jobs in sectors such as business retail, construction and ICT. All of the grantees have completed the training components as at September 30, 2019. Certification, placements and after-care services followed this training. FACT concluded their technical training component in the January 1 to March 30, 2019 period and held a graduation ceremony on April 12, 2019.

In all training programs, youth beneficiaries receive forty hours of basic life and employability skills training facilitated by the grantees using existing curricula. Some of these skill areas include preparing for job interviews and preparing a resumé. Grantees also employ a variety of methods to engage the youth participants, ranging from classroom sit-downs to outdoor activities where youth are in a safe space and can focus on improving their social and communications skills. Upon completion of the basic skills component, program beneficiaries progress to vocational/technical training.

OUTPUT 2.3 Positive Alternatives to Crime for Youth in Target Communities Sub-IR 2.3.1 Youth Access to Employment Opportunities Increased APPROVED ACTIVITY: 2.3.1.c Convene Employer Engagement Meetings Indicator(s): 2.3.1.1 (EG.6-4) Number of individuals with new employment following completion of USG-assisted workforce development programs

Both countries implemented this activity over the October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019 period.

Employer Engagement in Guyana

The first Private Sector Engagement meeting took place on January 8, 2019, in Guyana with seventeen institutions in attendance. A full description of the CFYR workforce development (WFD) program was provided and saw very good feedback from those in CFYR Guyana hosted a private sector engagement meeting on January 8, 2019, to share details of the Program’s Workforce Development activities with members of attendance. Many institutions Guyana’s business community. committed to engaging with CFYR to facilitate matching for skills and securing job placements. Afterwards ten BLES graduates were interviewed for jobs. At that time at least five employers committed to, and followed through on, their agreement to partner with CFYR by advertising vacancies, giving preferences to CFYR beneficiary youth to apply for jobs before public advertisement of vacancies. They have also committed to providing waivers for participants who did not meet the requisite qualifications so that they can gain employment. One such strategic alliance is with the Corum Group the parent company for Pizza Hut and Burger King franchises in Guyana. They have since employed six beneficiary youth under waiver.

CFYR Guyana also conducted the first employer engagement meeting in Corriverton on May 29, 2019. A total of seven employers were present and included the Skeldon Hospital, National Insurance Scheme, the Guyana Elections Commission and the Canawaima Ferry Service. They all agreed to work with CFYR and advise of employment opportunities. The Skeldon Hospital committed to providing training and employment opportunities for fifteen persons after the summer.

The second Employer Engagement Meeting was held in Corriverton on July 3, 2019. It was attended by BLES participants, WFD participants, Ministry of Communities representative and two new employers, JSL- a sub-contractor for Exxon Mobil and Overnight Signs - and Graffix. The new employers were impressed with the work of CFYR and one committed to interviewing participants and take two interns from August 2019. In this meeting, two WFD participants shared of their experiences and challenges of

having small businesses (catering and sewing). It was an encouraging moment when the WFD Food and Nutrition graduate received a contribution from the representatives to scaling up a business venture, while the other participant received a commitment of a sewing machine. The employer also committed to engaging with peers to support the placement of both BLES and WFD participants in the Corriverton area.

The third Employer Engagement Meeting involving both private and public sectors, was held August 16, 2019. Presentations were made by Dr. Vishnu Doerga and Dr. Rosh Khan who are both leading consultants in Leadership and Corporate Management in Guyana. Other presentations were made by a youth participant, a grantee, and CFYR.

Employer Engagement in Saint Lucia Presenters and employers who attended the third employer engagement meeting held in Georgetown, Guyana on August 16, 2019. While not having a WFD Specialist in Saint Lucia167, the CFYR team convened a significant meeting with the Ministry of Labour on March 20, 2019 to discuss the Ministry’s assistance in the placement of BLES graduates. The Ministry agreed in principle to place all participants who have acquired BLES certificates in overseas programs, mainly in Canada. Recruitment for these overseas programs starts in October 2019. The next two Employer Engagement Meetings are slated to be hosted in November 2019 and January 2020.

OUTPUT 2.3 Positive Alternatives to Crime for Youth in Target Communities Sub-IR 2.3.1 Youth Access to Employment Opportunities Increased APPROVED ACTIVITY: 2.3.1.d Establish Workforce Development Management Network Indicator(s): 2.3.1.1 (EG.6-4) Number of individuals with new employment following completion of USG-assisted workforce development programs

This activity is primarily implemented by CFYR Guyana. 168 Establishing coordination mechanisms between CFYR’s Workforce Development (WFD), Primary Prevention Specialists, CEC members and Grantees

167 This position was made redundant following reductions in CFYR program funding. 168 Due to the four-month hiatus in program implementation during Year 2, workforce development grants were not awarded until the end of the last program year. With the overall reduction in CFYR program funding, the Workforce Development Specialist position in Saint Lucia was eliminated at the end of the previous quarter. The Saint Lucia activities to establish a workforce development network were scaled back to reflect reduced staffing to undertake this activity.

continued to remain a priority to support employment placements for youth who are being trained under CFYR WFD activities. The meetings also provide opportunities for the Guyana team to impart their experiences and good practices with Saint Lucia counterparts, particularly BLES Life Coaches, given the advanced efforts already underway in Guyana. This remains an integral part of the CFYR Program and all efforts will be sustained to achieve the desired results.

During the period October 1 to December 30, 2018, the Guyana team convened two such meetings on October 29, 2018 and December 11, 2018, respectively. At the first meeting, CFYR team members gave an overview of the desired outcomes and structures of the network to representatives of the CECs and grantee organizations and achieved consensus on a statutory meeting time going forward. The network also agreed to a strategy for communicating with employers regarding job opportunities that will help prevent private sector fatigue from multiple requests for job openings. In addition, grantees shared other training opportunities for CEC members to connect residents with, such as literacy training and classes to prepare students for Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) classes. The second meeting in December focused primarily on reviewing progress made in the various WFD programs. Arising from exigencies related to grantees, no further meetings were held until the next that is earmarked for November 2019.169

OUTPUT 2.3 Positive Alternatives to Crime for Youth in Target Communities Sub-IR 2.3.2 Youth Social, Leadership and Learning Capacity Strengthened APPROVED ACTIVITY: 2.3.2.a Support Supplemental School Programs. Indicator(s): 2.3.2.0 Number of at-risk youth trained in social and leadership skills through USG assisted programs 2.3.0.2 Youth 3 Number of youth who report increased self-efficacy at the conclusion of USG assisted training/programming

Access to supplemental school programs is often limited due to resource constraints of governments and logistical challenges such as transportation. Focused on CFYR target communities, supplemental school programs contribute to building at-risk youth’s social and leadership skills, increasing self-efficacy and helping to keep youth engaged in school activities. Programs are engaging youth in sports, summer camps, edutainment and cultural programs. These programs aim to strengthen resilience factors related to behavior, school attendance, academic performance and social skills. Programs include homework assistance, life skills and co-curricular activities (e.g. sports, dance, cooking, drama, and art).

Over the October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019 period, CFYR recorded 426 youth170 from seven CFYR communities across both countries participating in two main activities - after-school programs (331 youth) and summer camps (95 youth). In addition, 43 students also participated in a two-day Hackathon event.

169 This was impacted by the termination of the grant to Critchlow Labour College as explained above. 170 Among the 426 youth who participated in supplemental school programs, 331 participated in after-school programs and 95 participated in summer camps. Please note, some youth may have participated in more than one supplemental school program.

After-School Programs

CFYR implemented after-school programs in Saint Lucia and Guyana through follow-on grants to local youth-serving organizations. A total of 331 youth participated in after-school programs across Saint Lucia and Guyana. In Saint Lucia, grants to the Youth on Fire Movement (YOFM) and Sacred Sports Foundation (SSF) for after-school programming were approved by USAID in December 2018, and the programs supported fifty youth from Anse La Raye and forty youth from Vieux Fort, respectively. In Guyana, FACT received approval for an after- school program that commenced in January 2019, to support sixty youth from Corriverton. Charlotte Street Wesleyan Church (CSWC) received approval for a program to support eighty youth from Lodge and Sophia C,D,E Fields. Ruimveldt Life Improvement Centre received approval in December 2018 to support sixty youth from East La Penitence and East Ruimveldt.

In Saint Lucia, participants in the after-school program put on by Youth October 1, to December 30, 2018 period.171 on Fire Movement (YOFM) congregate at the school in Anse La Raye CFYR accordingly supported this Saint Lucia where the program is held. Coding and Robotics Code4Fun Hackathon on 11-12 October 2018, the culminating event for the coding and robotics pilot program grant to the Department of Innovation, Education and Gender Relations (DEIGR). The event brought together a total of forty-three students from the four schools participating in the pilot to compete on a range of coding and robotics challenges over two days. At the end of the event, Grand Riviere Secondary School in Dennery was given the award for Champion school.

The event was deemed a success by key stakeholders at various levels. One teacher noted she had never seen students so excited to participate in a school activity - staying long hours after school, doing independent research and following instructions as required. The event also garnered good media coverage being live-streamed internationally, which contributed to the willingness of two private sector actors, LUCELEC and the Saint Lucia National Lottery Authority, to fund the continuation and expansion of the program to other schools at the conclusion of the pilot program. CFYR received the final grant report from the DEIGR on November 23, 2018. In a letter dated August 5, 2019 from the Permanent Secretary in the Department of Education, Innovation and Gender Relations, it was highlighted that the Computer Coding and Robotics Program expanded to include more schools; a two-day teacher training component; monitoring and evaluation; and a prospective Robotics Competition later in 2019. The

171 This is not included in the total for the supplementary school program in the Executive Summary as it is a two-day activity culminating the previous Year 2 Coding and Robotics activity.

Ministry of Education subsequently notified CFYR that it has expanded the program to the Clendon Mason Secondary School and Micoud Secondary School.

Students, teachers and Support personnel at the closing ceremony for the Code4Fun Hackathon held on October 12, 2018, in Saint Lucia.

OUTPUT 2.3 Positive Alternatives to Crime for Youth in Target Communities APPROVED ACTIVITY: 2.3.2.a 2.3.2.b Positive Connection to Schools to Reduce School Drop-Out Rates Indicator(s): 2.3.0.2 Youth 3 Number of youth who report increased self-efficacy at the conclusion of USG assisted training/programming 2.4.1.0 Number of agencies adopting community crime and violence prevention models with USG support

An important aspect of strengthening protective factors for at-risk youth includes strong, positive relationships that youth and their families have with service providers in their community, including schools. The CFYR Program is implementing a new pilot initiative this year in the Skeldon Line Path Secondary and Skeldon High School in Guyana. This is to strengthen measures to keep children in school, as well as supporting re-engagement within the school of those children who have been recently excluded because of mal-adaptive behaviors, pregnancy, justice-involvement, or who were not coping because of financial or learning issues.

Following a key stakeholder breakfast meeting was in Corriverton to discuss the benefits and possible challenges, agreement was reached on mitigating measures that would be utilized to officially introduce the consultants. Arising from this effort, the Project was adopted and it commenced in both schools in March 2019.

During the April 1 to June 30, 2019 period, visits to the schools took place on April 9 and 10, 2019. Meetings were held with the senior leadership of the Skeldon Line Path Secondary School (comprising the Head Masters/Mistresses, their deputies, and Senior Masters/Mistresses), and two other teachers, where the purpose of the consultancy was reiterated. Focus group discussions with several teachers were also held. Following this, a Baseline Report was submitted to CFYR including findings of the focus group discussion with teachers. An initial examination of the data suggests that absenteeism exceeds initial assumptions and is more widespread across the student population, without the appropriate level of internal management by the school. Work on this activity will commence again during the first week of October 2019.

Notwithstanding, during the July 1 to September 30, 2019 period, the teachers were trained on approaches to reduce absenteeism, including the ‘Same Day Calling’ policy. An important aspect of strengthening protective factors for at-risk youth includes strong, positive relationships that youth and their families have with services provided in the community, including schools. In August 2019, CFYR sought the agreement of the school administrations to measure the impact of the Health and Family Life Education (HFLE) curriculum on self-efficacy by carrying out pre- and post-testing at the beginning and end of the term in the targeted classes.172

While the pilot should have ended in October 2019, the activity will conclude in January 2020, following the delays in access to school data and subsequent summer holidays. This is because the pilot will need another full school term to implement Same Day Calling. Based on the preliminary baseline information collected, Same Day Calling will focus on Grades 7 and 9 in both schools and will result in approximately 157 calls. This is a weekly average of absences for a twelve-week period where calls are made to the parent the same day the student is absent.

OUTPUT 2.4: COMMUNITY-BASED MODELS AND SOLUTIONS DOCUMENTED AND SHARED

CFYR continued to develop a number of community-based models and knowledge products that the Program is sharing with partners in its three focus countries that can be used to expand approaches to reducing youth violence. Moving into Year 3, CFYR committed to working with host country partners to better utilize lessons learned in implementation to support the sustainability of successful programming beyond the life of CFYR. In this regard, CFYR can report as follows:

• Training of sixteen host government partners to score and analyze YSET data on May 14-17, 2019. • Formal commencement of work on April 25, 2019, on the AAA Toolkit for use by youth activists and youth-serving agencies. • Hosting of a teleconference on May 13, 2019, to engage youth activists and youth agency representatives in the planning and management of the final series of webinars.

172 HFLE is a Caribbean-wide approve curriculum with appropriate grade level content. It is taught in all public schools and some private ones, focusing on topics such as – Self and Interpersonal Relationships, Sexuality and Sexual Health, Appropriate Fitness and Eating and Managing the Environment.

These results are discussed below.

OUTPUT 2.4 Community-Based Models and Solutions Documented and Shared APPROVED ACTIVITY: 2.4.1. Strengthen Data Collection Capacity of Key Stakeholders. Indicator(s): 2.4.1.0 Number of agencies adopting community crime and violence prevention models with USG support

During the April – June quarter, CFYR trained host government counterparts in Saint Lucia over the period May 14-17, 2019, in partnership with ASU. The results of the post-test suggest a need for ongoing training of key stakeholders to bolster their capacities to score YSET assessments. In this regard, further training is planned. CFYR established regionally-based YSET scoring capacity through the Criminology Unit of the University of the West Indies, and this support will play a leading role in the follow-on YSET scoring trainings planned for Year 4.173

OUTPUT 2.4 Community-Based Models and Solutions Documented and Shared Sub-IR 2.4.2 Results of Community Based Models Disseminated APPROVED ACTIVITY: 2.4.2.a Support Regional Learning Network Indicator(s): 2.3.0 Percent of youth participating in one or more of the following: Advocacy, Leadership, Mentorship, Volunteering, Youth-focused Clubs and CEC membership 2.4.0 Number of knowledge products shared

This was established in the October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019 period. It is geared towards, among other things, consolidating priority themes and violence prevention strategies into a draft advocacy and action agenda on youth-centered violence prevention aligned with CARICOM’s Social Development and Crime Prevention (SDCP) Action Plan. Under the auspices of the Learning for Youth Networking and Change Sessions (LYNCS), CFYR facilitated four, two-hour webinar sessions with regional youth representatives from October 8, 2018 to November 19, 2018. As described in the Table below, the webinars delivered ten presentations on relevant topics from regional scholars, policy-makers and youth practitioners on important violence prevention topics to elicit agenda-setting commentary and feedback. Webinar participants included youth from Grenada, Jamaica, Anguilla, Trinidad and Tobago, Canada, St. Kitts and Nevis, Guyana, Belize, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Saint Lucia. The outcome of the webinars was the development of the Caribbean Youth Action and Advocacy Agenda (AAA) on Violence Prevention, which was presented at the Caribbean Summit on Youth Violence Prevention, hosted by CFYR, in Guyana on January 15 – 16, 2019.

173 Engaging with the Criminology Unit is in keeping with USAID’s request to establish YSET scoring capacity with a regional institution.

Table 11: Description of LYNCS Webinars

Session Focus Date Presentations Number of Attendees174

Introductory Session October 8, 2018 • Integrating a global focus for youth in 30 peacebuilding and security • Youth rights and social inclusion in youth crime and violence prevention: Considerations for the Caribbean • The CARICOM Social Development and Crime Prevention (SDCP) Action Plan - a multi-stakeholder approach to social and economic programming for crime and violence prevention Pillar 1: Preventing and October 29, 2018 • Prevention of Aggressive and Violent 38 Reducing Crime and Behaviors Amongst Youth Populations Violence in the Caribbean • Curbing Youth Crime and Violence through Community Building and Safe Spaces Pillar 2: Fostering Social November 5, 2018 • Youth employment and livelihood 46 Inclusion opportunities • Margins and masculinities: Anti- Violence in Trinidad and Tobago Pillar 3: Promoting November 19, 2018 • Juvenile Justice- policy, action and 60 Reintegration advocacy- a youth-driven perspective • Offender management and reintegration • Gender sensitive education, intervention and rehabilitation: The case for justice involved youth and society

Some youth participants were part of webinar watch parties that were hosted in several countries, and CFYR’s Primary Prevention teams also conducted youth dialogues on these topics to incorporate further input from youth. CFYR further expanded the opportunity for dialogue on the SDCP pillars through two additional means. First, CFYR deployed an online survey which In Anse La Raye District in Saint Lucia, the CEC held a webinar collected responses from sixty-five regional youth watch party on October 25, 2018.

174 Due to the sign-in requirements of the Zoom webinar platform and the use of watch parties as a feature of the sessions, a precise tally of attendees for each session was not possible. However, using live polling, CFYR was able to estimate that a range of 26 to 105 additional attendees benefited from the sessions. These numbers therefore represent a conservative figure of attendees based on the use of confirmed sign-in credentials.

and incorporated their responses in shaping the AAA. Second, CFYR convened the Directors of Youth from ten CARICOM countries for an online discussion on youth violence prevention on November 29. The discussion focused on obtaining their inputs on policy and programing concerns for the development of the draft AAA, and, enlisting their support and endorsement of the draft AAA and actioning of the recommendations therein.

The LYNCS sessions also demonstrated how virtual networks could be used effectively to support learning. CFYR documented this approach for the benefit of future programming on positive youth development.

Following successful hosting of the Youth Summit in the January 2019 (discussed below), CFYR continued engagement with youth leaders who participated in the Summit and served as youth leaders during the

2018 LYNCS82F sessions. A meeting to engage youth activists and youth agency representatives to move the AAA forward was held on May 13, 2019, where the discussion focused on how to further incorporate a diverse range of youth voices into design of the AAA Toolkit in order to advance elements of the AAA agenda.

A dedicated session on the AAA took place in Nevis on April 1, 2019, for youth in schools and communities led by the Community Development Division and the Department of Youth. Youth and public sector participants from Nevis who attended the Caribbean Youth Summit were the main facilitators of interactive sessions designed to build knowledge about the three main advocacy areas. The sessions were divided among participants at primary and secondary school levels to engage them on innovative ways they can Students participate in a session on preventing youth violence on April 1, 2019, facilitated by the Department of Youth in Nevis, using the framework of the prevent youth violence in their spaces. Advocacy and Action Agenda (AAA) that was finalized at the Caribbean Youth Summit in January 2019. This is against the backdrop that Common Ground Consulting was contracted in April 2019 and will work with CFYR to deliver discrete tools to support this learning by youth-serving agencies and advocates on good practice and models. In particular, in order to help promote youth-focused advocacy work agreed in the 3 pillars of the AAA, the Consultant will create an Advocacy Toolkit or “how to” guide for youth and youth-serving professionals. This helps to enable them to advocate for, and achieve actions aimed at addressing the priority youth violence prevention (YVP) themes and sub-themes identified under each AAA pillar. To complement this Toolkit, a compendium of regional programs demonstrating good practices in YVP will also be developed. Consistent with the principal aims of web-based learning under the Regional Learning Network (RLN),

there will be the design and delivery of a web-based advocacy course using train-the trainer methodologies.

OUTPUT 2.4 Community-Based Models and Solutions Documented and Shared Sub-IR 2.4.2 Results of Community Based Models Disseminated APPROVED ACTIVITY: 2.4.2.b Host Regional Youth Summit Indicator(s): 2.3.0 Percent of youth participating in one or more of the following: Advocacy, Leadership, Mentorship, Volunteering, Youth-focused Clubs and CEC membership 2.4.0 Number of knowledge products shared 2.4.2.0 Number of intended users applying knowledge/innovation to make decisions regarding crime & violence prevention programs in the last 12 months

Collaborating partners for the Caribbean Summit on Youth Violence Prevention, on the dais at the opening ceremony on January 15, 2019 in Georgetown, Guyana.

The Caribbean Summit on Youth Violence Prevention was convened by CFYR in Georgetown, Guyana during January 15-16, 2019, in collaboration with six partners: the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the Commonwealth Secretariat (CommSec), the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), the

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) and the Steering Committee of the Learning for Youth Networking and Change Sessions (LYNCS). There were 267 registered participants from twenty-four countries in the LAC region, as well as Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Of the registered participants, 146 (59%) were youth. Participants included senior policy-makers from Anguilla, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis, Trinidad and Tobago and Turks & Caicos. Representatives from academic institutions, law enforcement and regional youth and development agencies also attended, together with a variety of grassroots and other youth groups and youth platforms.

An aggressive social media and communication strategy was managed by CFYR with a team of four social media ambassadors from Guyana. This included live-streaming of sessions during the Summit to integrate young people who were not able to be present, who were able to view from their homes, schools and other settings. Using the hashtag #CaribYouthSummit2019, young people were able to send their updates and submit questions and comments.

The audience at the Caribbean Summit on Youth Violence Prevention in Georgetown, Guyana, during a session on January 15, 2019, on Promoting Healthy Masculinity.

The Summit agenda was determined in consultation with the contributing partners and built on the results of the (LYNCS) webinars. An important feature of the Summit’s Agenda was the space given to some young persons to share their journey and the impact of programs they had participated in, which offered them positive alternatives to crime. Other sessions showcased innovations developed within their networks to enhance approaches to preventing youth violence for young people. A critical take-away from the Youth Summit was the endorsement of the Caribbean Youth Advocacy and Action Agenda on Violence Prevention – the AAA. The members of the LYNCS Steering Committee representing a cross- section of regional youth networks within the Caribbean Community, along with young people and practitioners from across the region, were all able to bring their ideas, experiences and synergies to the finalization of the AAA as a product of engagement across the region.

The AAA was endorsed by the nine government ministers in attendance.175 Together they endorsed the AAA as a guiding model for youth-centered violence prevention. The Closing Ceremony was addressed by the Hon. Shamfa Cudjoe, Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, representing all the Caribbean Ministers present. They committed to support actions related to its implementation by young people, youth development partners, and their respective Directors of Youth. Youth leaders also re-committed, individually and collectively, to work in their communities and countries on youth violence prevention in an evidenced way. They committed to using their influence more strategically to reach a wider and more diverse range of young people to encourage collective action on youth violence prevention, in line with the principles and approaches outlined in the AAA.

A main take-away from the Summit was the indispensability of the multi- Creating A Culture of Peace: The disciplinary, youth asset-based and intersectionality approach in managing Caribbean Youth Advocacy & Action youth violence prevention, and how critical it is to integrate a variety of Agenda on Violence Prevention was finalized during the Caribbean Youth sectoral interests to bring their competitive talents, strategies and Summit held in Georgetown, Guyana resources to address youth violence prevention. From interventions and on January 15 and 16, 2019. approaches presented, the Summit also recommended that young people be given the space and resources, including requisite funding, to innovate methodologies and approaches that can attract, retain, monitor and mentor young people from fringe, underserved and marginalized populations who most require transformational interventions.

Noting the richness of the research presented, and the evidence of programs to prevent youth violence, to foster social inclusion and social justice, and to ensure effective rehabilitation and reduced recidivism, the Summit also highlighted the importance of documenting and upscaling “good practices” for wider adaptation and replication in communities and countries, promoting tools and approaches that have been successful, equipping (including through funding) young people and their networks to Young people at the Caribbean Youth Summit in Georgetown, Guyana on use these tools in their role as agents and January 15, 2019, calling for their voices to be heard in developing advocates of youth violence prevention; and strategies to address youth violence and build positive youth development responses. supporting a more robust monitoring and evaluation of regional youth violence prevention mechanisms to better enable and justify their replicability and sustainability. Importantly, the Summit recorded the

175 The Ministers represented Bahamas, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago. There were three ministers from Guyana, and one each from the remaining six countries. In total, nine government ministers represented seven countries.

importance of securing the high-level commitment of governments and development agencies operating in the Region, through the requisite investments, to enhance regional capacity and system for youth violence prevention, that is grounded in a youth-led and youth-focused approach, mindful of the need to equip youth networks and youth-serving agencies adequately. 2.2.1. Private Sector Engagement

CFYR engaged with a number of private sector partners over the October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019 period. Over this period, 280 youth gained employment, 237 of whom are working for private sector companies. The remaining were either employed in the public sector or are self-employed. Private sector partners contributed a total amount of USD 14,462 in goods and support during the program year, with USD 14,012 in Saint Lucia and USD 450 in Guyana. The Table below provides further details.

Table 12: Summary of Year 3 Private Sector Engagement

Country Private Sector Private Sector CFYR-Facilitated Sponsorship/Contribution Employment Private Sector (USD) Employment

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

Saint Lucia 13,692 0 200 120 26 31 42 14 23 21 27 10

SAINT LUCIA 14,012 113 81 TOTAL

Guyana 0 100 100 250 20 19 36 49 14 16 35 44

GUYANA TOTAL 450 124 109

COMBINED 14,462 237 190 TOTALS

During the July 1 to September 30, 2019 period, CFYR’s engagement with private sector partners resulted in contributions in Saint Lucia totaling USD 120 in goods and support and in Guyana USD 250 in goods and support towards CFYR activities. Additionally, donations for water, snacks and venue space were received to support implementation of activities. Of the eighty-one (81) youth who gained employment during the quarter, sixty-three (63) gained employment with private sector companies. CFYR facilitated fifty-four (54) of these private sector placements, with ten (10) in Saint Lucia and forty-four (44) in Guyana. The remaining youth were either employed in the public sector or became self-employed. The Table provides further details for the quarter.

Table 13: July – September 2019 Private Sector Engagement

Saint Lucia Private Sector Engagement Table – July to September 2019

Country Company Purpose of Concrete Result Approx. Value of CFYR Engagement Contribution Facilitated this (USD) employment (Y/N) Jacmel BLES Program Cohort 1 (Graduated April 25, 2019) Saint Lucia Sandals La Toc Regency Employment One Youth Employed N/A N

Saint Lucia School of Arts and Design Employment One Youth Employed N/A Y Saint Lucia Saint Lucia Saint Lucia Football Employment One Youth Employed N/A N Association Saint Lucia Doolittles Restaurant and Employment One Youth Employed N/A Y Bar Saint Lucia Kids Summer Adventures Employment One Youth Employed N/A N Vieux Fort BLES Program Cohort 1 (Graduated December 18, 2018) Saint Lucia Marigot Bay Resort Spa Employment One Youth Employed N/A Y

Vieux Fort BLES Program Cohort 2 (Graduated March 7, 2019) Saint Lucia The Reef Employment One Youth Employed N/A Y

Dennery BLES Program Cohort 1 (Graduated April 8, 2019) Saint Lucia Great Vision Design Employment One Youth Employed N/A Y

Saint Lucia Prospere’s Home Kitchen Employment One Youth Employed N/A N

Castries Central BLES Program Cohort 2 (Graduated December 17, 2018) Saint Lucia American Drywall Group of Employment One Youth Employed N/A Y Companies Saint Lucia KM2 Solutions Employment One Youth Employed N/A Y

Castries Central BLES Program Cohort 3 (Graduated May 17, 2019) Saint Lucia KM2 Solutions Employment One Youth employed N/A Y

Hospitality Services Training Program – Bar Services (Springboard) (Completed January 22, 2019)

Saint Lucia Royalton Employment One Youth Employed N/A Y

Hospitality Services Training Program – Bar Services (Springboard) (Completed February 28, 2019) Saint Lucia Harbour Club Employment One Youth Employed N/A Y

Social & Leadership Community Training (August 2019) Saint Lucia Recaii Wholesale Capacity-building Donated water for one 20 N/A Distribution Workshop day session Saint Lucia Promise Supermarket- Youth Rehearsal Donated sodas biscuits 100 N/A Marigot sessions (9dys) and water

Guyana Private Sector Engagement Table – July to September 2019

Country Company Purpose of Concrete Result Approx. Value of CFYR Engagement Contribution Facilitated this (USD) employment (Y/N) Sophia Basic Life & Employability Skills Program Cohort 3 (Graduated April 2, 2019) Guyana Temple’s Daycare Employment 1 Youth employed N/A Y

Guyana Teleperformance Employment 1 Youth Employed N/A Y

Guyana Massy Mega Stores Employment 1 Youth Employed N/A Y

Sophia Basic Life & Employability Skills Program Cohort 4 (Graduated June 14, 2019) Guyana A Partnership for National Employment 4 Youth employed N/A Y Unity Guyana Marriott Guyana Employment 1 Youth employed N/A Y

Sophia Basic Life & Employability Skills Program Cohort 5 (Completed September 27, 2019) Guyana Qualfon Guyana Employment 2 Youth employed N/A N

Corriverton Basic Life & Employability Skill Training Program Cohort 1 (Graduated January 30, 2019) Guyana Skeldon Market DVD Store Employment 1 Youth Employed N/A Y

Guyana Sato Dry Goods Store Employment 1 Youth Employed N/A Y

Guyana Nas Supermarket Employment 1 Youth Employed N/A Y

Guyana Bobby & Jean Store Employment 1 Youth Employed N/A Y

Guyana Clothing Outlet- Skeldon Employment 1 Youth Employed N/A Y Market Corriverton Basic Life and Employability Skills (BLES) Program Cohort 2 (Graduated April 2, 2019) Guyana Private Construction Employment 1 Youth Employed N/A Y

East La Penitence Basic Life & Employability Skills Program Cohort 2 (Graduated June 14, 2019) Guyana Beharry Group of Employment 1 Youth Employed N/A N Companies Guyana Gafoors Employment 1 Youth employed N/A N

Guyana Nurse 2 Burst Employment 2 Youth employed N/A Y

Lodge Basic Life and Employability Skills Program Cohort 3 (Graduated April 2, 2019) Guyana Glamour Beauty Bar Employment 1 Youth Employed N/A Y

Guyana Teleperformance Employment 2 Youth Employed N/A Y

Guyana KFC Guyana Employment 1 Youth Employed N/A Y

Guyana Massy Supermarket Employment 1 Youth Employed N/A Y

Lodge Basic Life and Employability Skills Training Cohort 4 (Graduated June 14, 2019) Guyana Massy Mega Stores Employment 1 Youth Employed N/A Y

Guyana Oriental Suites Employment 1 Youth Employed N/A Y East Ruimveldt Basic Life and Employability Skills Program Cohort 4 (Graduated June 14, 2019) Guyana Shamar’s Trucking Service Employment 1 Youth Employed N/A Y

Guyana Travis Variety Shop Employment 1 Youth Employed N/A Y

Guyana 210 Christian Gospel Employment 1 Youth Employed N/A Y

Guyana China Trading Store Employment 1 Youth Employed N/A Y

Guyana Massy Store Employment 1 Youth Employed N/A Y

Guyana Ramada Princess Hotel Employment 1 Youth Employed N/A Y

Guyana True Value Supermarket Employment 1 Youth Employed N/A Y

Guyana Grocery Shop at Bourda Employment 1 Youth Employed N/A Y Market

Guyana Sherwin's Variety shop Employment 1 Youth Employed N/A Y

Guyana Snackette at Leana’s Employment 1 Youth Employed N/A Y Nursery School VYC Workforce Development Program November 2018 – July 2019 Guyana Noah Mechanic Shop Employment 1 Youth Employed N/A Y

Guyana Wormy Mechanic Shop Employment 1 Youth Employed N/A Y

Guyana Variety Store - Employment 1 Youth Employed N/A Y Multi Complex Mall Guyana Jason Construction Employment 1 Youth Employed N/A Y

Guyana Convenience Supermarket Employment 1 Youth Employed N/A Y

Guyana Sino Hydro Employment 1 Youth Employed N/A Y

Guyana GR Taxi Service Employment 1 Youth Employed N/A Y

Guyana Shakell Daniels (Sole Employment 1 Youth Employed N/A Y proprietor) Guyana KFC Employment 1 Youth Employed N/A Y

Guyana Randy Construction Employment 1 Youth Employed N/A Y

Workforce Development Program – FACT (Grantee) (Graduated April 12, 2019) Guyana Cosmetic Shop (# 78 Employment 1 Youth Employed N/A N market) Guyana WARTSILA Operation Support for self- Financing secured 200 Y Guyana Inc. employed trainees Guyana Chinese Supermarket Employment 1 Youth Employed N/A Y East Ruimveldt Movie & Meet September 21, 2019 Guyana Rubina Fung-A-Fat Community Contributed 3 buckets 50 N/A Snackette Social cohesion of popcorn activity

2.2.2. Sustainability Mechanisms Being Pursued

Sustainability mechanisms have been a central part of CFYR planning and engagement through to the current period. As CFYR enters its final year of implementation, sustainability is conceptualized in two ways, and these approaches shape how aspects of the program can be sustained after CFYR ends. On the

one hand, sustainability means a replication of program structure, mirroring CFYR’s implementation logic. On the other hand, sustainability means that key elements of such programs are transferred to local partners, whether or not the structure of the program is exactly replicated. This conceptualization frames how CFYR approached sustainability through Year 3. During the July 1 to September 30, 2019 period, CFYR undertook further steps to move these efforts forward and will continue with these as the Program enters Year 4.

Community Enhancement Committees (CEC) – Up to and particularly throughout the July 1 to September 30, 2019 period, CFYR embarked on a series of community activities and training workshops designed to increase the capacities of the CECs. These workshops have been mostly complete, with the CECs in Guyana anticipated to conclude in October 2019.This training is deliberately part of sustainability planning for a post-CFYR future. This is because a number of the CECs are anticipated to either replicate their existing structure after CFYR ends or adopt new structures having benefited from the transfer of key elements from CFYR. Given the strongly local nature of the leadership development and youth civic engagement, CFYR continues to work with each CEC in Guyana and Saint Lucia to develop sustainability plans for those that want to consider engagement with their communities following CFYR. These plans will consider CEC institutional capacity, effectiveness attracting stakeholder support, community operating environment and governance paradigm. Support for completing these plans will continue. For those CECs that plan to continue community engagement in a formal structure, CFYR will not presume community priorities for sustainability or delineate specific plans for community engagement and will work with CECs to arrive at one of four sustainability options:

• CEC merges with existing compatible organization(s). • CEC enters into strategic partnership with existing compatible organization(s). • CEC formalizes its structure and becomes an independent part of the institutional community. • CEC does not formalize but transfers its experiences and know-how into other organizations.

It is anticipated that, as the outcomes will vary across countries, CFYR will provide the necessary technical assistance and support to the CECs as they evolve over Year 4 and beyond.

Social Crime Prevention (SCP) Training – The Social Crime Prevention (SCP) model has potential to be sustained after CFYR. Across Saint Lucia and Guyana there is strong interest to continue this after CFYR concludes. The July 1 to September 30, 2019 period was dedicated to planning for ToT workshops to be executed in Year 4. As SCP training is offered by CFYR without a distinct institutional structure, it is not anticipated that a single training structure will be adopted after CFYR ends. Notwithstanding, key government agencies have become strong partners. In Saint Lucia, the MoE will facilitate the training-of- trainers workshops and will benefit from the handing over of the curriculum in order to tailor its own training accordingly.176 In Guyana, the Ministry of Public Security will benefit from the handover of the curriculum to continue to target community policing groups who were trained.177 It is for this reason

176 While the Ministry of Equity will facilitate the workshop, other invitees will comprise persons and entities who participated in prior SCP trainings. These include the CECs, and Ministries of Planning, Youth and Sports, the Department of Probations, and other representatives. 177 The Community Policing Unit in the Ministry of Public Security will be targeted and citizens from the communities.

work in the next quarter will focus on preparing local partners to deliver SCP training independent of CFYR.

Basic Life and Employability Skills (BLES) Training – There are distinct plans to transition the BLES curriculum into the hands of local stakeholders in Guyana and Saint Lucia. There is already strong interest in Saint Lucia from the Department of Labour, the Ministry of Equity, the SLHTA, SSDF and Boys Training Centre, among others. Also, much of the July 1 to September 30, 2019 period involved reliance on the Senior Life Coaches with personalized and direct engagements with BLES participants. In Guyana the institutions targeted will be the TVET Council, Board of industrial Training (Ministry of Social Protection), the Central Recruitment and Manpower Agency (Ministry of Social Protection), and others expressing an interest such as the Carnegie School of Home Economics (Ministry of Education), and grantees FACT and VYC. This strategy is deliberate because the sustainability of the BLES training is intended to both foster replication of the structure of the training curriculums, as well as convey the key elements of the program, whether or not the structure remains.

CFYR’s BLES training prepares youth to be considered as suitable job applicants by providing them with life skills that employers consider essential. In Year 4, CFYR will partner with key stakeholders to replicate the curriculum while they take ownership to deliver these trainings after CFYR ends. At the same time, CFYR will also convey the distinguishing features of the BLES training through bolstering peer-to-peer training and the Life Coaches component. Peer-to-peer training will remove the hierarchical nature of learning and in so doing make it easier for community-based stakeholders to carry forward with the core elements of BLES in a collegial setting. The Life Coaches also help trainees to find work, to adjust to the working environment and help them deal with corporate stresses and challenges. Over Year 4, CFYR will complete a companion manual to the workshop manual. This will be a Life Coaches Manual that will serve to document hands-on experiences as BLES advances in Year 4. This is slated to be codified in the January – March 2020 period. It will serve as a practical guide to agencies adopting BLES. The SSDF has already demonstrated interest in developing their own Life Coaching program and so will be a key partner with regard to BLES.

In addition, there are governance mechanisms in place that contribute to sustainability over time. The National Advisory Board (NAB) in each focus country will also serve an important role for sustainability post-CFYR implementation. Representatives on each of the NABs include high level members of the public and private sectors and youth organizations, including from CFYR partner agencies, and USAID/ESC has already incorporated sustainability of CFYR program activities – and those of the other YES partners – as part of the ongoing agenda. The NABs will serve as strong advocates within their various constituencies to promote the adoption of successful CFYR approaches, and also to support self-funding of these. NAB partners in all three focus countries have already indicated their desire to incorporate new approaches as these are demonstrated to be successful.

CFYR’s design as an evidence-informed program will help inform host country and development partner policy and decision making around replicating and scaling CFYR approaches toward reducing youth violence. CFYR continues to work with robust service providers who can serve as sustainable legacy organizations to implement viable approaches that CFYR introduces.

Family Matters – All three countries will follow different pathways towards sustainability of Family Matters up to, and after CFYR’s conclusion. CFYR anticipates that Family Matters will be replicated in Guyana and St. Kitts and Nevis, closely following CFYR’s current approach. In Saint Lucia, the government has expressed interest in incorporating elements of Family Matters into their existing programs and projects across several departments and agencies. In both Guyana and St. Kitts and Nevis, CFYR expects to transfer both the YSET tool and the MFD to host government agencies as part of their adoption of the structural components of Family Matters. In Saint Lucia, arising from budget constraints, the host government partner is considering whether it will incorporate the family-centric approach across the range of policies and programs being advanced by the Ministry of Equity. The SSDF, under the MoE is likely to be a key partner in this regard should this move forward, as SSDF programs currently engage closely with youth and families.

In Guyana, the Ministry of Social Protection has already committed to taking over Family Matters. The Ministry has posts already approved on its establishment that will enable absorption of the Family Counselors into its staff complement. The Ministry has also identified office space to accommodate the counselors along with finalized terms of employment.

In St. Kitts and Nevis, as already discussed the Government, the MoCD has committed to transitioning the Family Matters fully within the Counseling Unit. The Government has already agreed to provide a budget for the service, to retain 50% of the Family Counselors currently employed on the Government’s payroll and manage the full delivery of the Family Matters services. Amid concerns about a sustainability agenda relevant to the entire Federation, NIA submitted a request for grant funding during the last quarter of this year to hire four Family Counselors in Nevis. The NIA has committed to establishing a Counseling Unit, similar to the one in St. Kitts.

In tandem, the MoCD, as part of its overall responsibility for children, adolescents and juveniles across the Federation, is seeking to include the YSET diagnostic tool in the suite of tools being developed for a national registry of tools to assess vulnerabilities and risks. Four representatives of St. Kitts and Nevis, in addition to the Secondary Prevention Specialist, attended the YSET Scoring Training that was facilitated by University of Arizona partners during the third quarter in Saint Lucia. The partner agencies represented were the Department of Statistics, St. Kitts; Nevis Statistics Dept.; Dept of Youth, Nevis; and Project Officer, Ministry of Social Services. The training to score the YSET is intended to ensure in-house and transferable capacity in this vital area.

Juvenile Justice Reform – The establishment of the Office of Director of Juvenile Justice in Guyana has meant that the work CFYR does around juvenile justice reform will be supported by that Office, insofar as CFYR sustains partnership with the Director. This is because the Act empowers the Office of the Director to be Superintendent over all juvenile justice reform matters and policies. Over the period, CFYR has worked to develop and update various tools as noted above; and, arising from this work, there has been adoption of some of the tools, as indicated in the relevant sections above. Based on the value that the Director of Juvenile Justice and the Director of Social Services in the Ministry of Social Protection see in the new and updated administrative tools and procedures for NOC and the Sophia Training Centre,

there is a strong likelihood of sustainability after CFYR’s efforts. CFYR will continue to undertake reviews and capacity-building with staff over the coming quarters to help ensure sustainability of these tools. Implementation Challenges and Actions Taken

CFYR implemented a wide range of activities over the quarter and successfully addressed challenges that arose.

Primary Prevention – The effectiveness of CFYR’s primary prevention activities is sometime challenged by the slow response by some community partners. Some CECs such as Dennery178 in Saint Lucia and East Ruimveldt179 in Guyana were successfully re-engaged during the period and have now been meeting and undertaking activities acidulously. Some CEC members are not as committed to the process as CFYR would have liked. It is a voluntary undertaking and some often lose interest. CFYR in Saint Lucia has demonstrated a good approach by engaging with other community-based organizations in the communities, which has fostered greater levels of overall community engagement.

Family Matters – In Saint Lucia there have been ongoing challenges with the Ministry of Equity meeting its reporting and engagement requirements under the grant agreement. Following continuous communications throughout the program year, the grant agreement will conclude on September 30, 2019.

BLES – The challenges around the placement of graduates and the absence of a Workforce Development Specialist in Saint Lucia makes this more of a challenge in Saint Lucia. CFYR has provided additional training and support to the Saint Lucia Life Coach-Employment and will draw on the experiences of the Guyana Life Coaches and the Workforce Development Specialist in Guyana to promote additional opportunities to identify employment opportunities for BLES graduates in Saint Lucia. CFYR will provide further training to all of the Life Coaches in Year 4, and efforts of Life Coaches will focus on job placement and support.

Grants and Operations – As part of learning and adaptation, CFYR has had to explore new opportunities in its work with NGOs in Saint Lucia and Guyana to support implementation of primary prevention activities. In balancing efforts to build local capacities while achieving targets, CFYR navigated challenges experienced with a few grantees and their obligations, without negatively affecting the extent to which CFYR achieves these targets. In Saint Lucia there were challenges with the MAMPA Training Institute meeting its core deliverable, and the Critchlow Labour College (CLC) in Guyana failing to meet deadlines in providing reports and other information to confirm certifications and job placements. As a consequence, CFYR notified MAMPA on July 26, 2019 that the grant would be terminated effective August 26, 2019. Similarly, CLC was notified of termination on September 26, 2019, with this taking effect

178 Some members of the Dennery CEC were discouraged during the period. Arising from persistent work by CFYR, they were successfully re-engaged and have now successfully applied for official recognition as a community-based organization (CBO). This approval from the Ministry is anticipated in October 2019. 179 East Ruimveldt currently has a group of residents both from the defunct CEC and new members who have shown interest in the reformation of the CEC. This process commenced in late August 2019 when a few members from the past CEC along with some young people took up the invitation to join the CEC Capacity-building Training. They were motivated by the accomplishments of the other CECs. CFYR worked with the CECs to iron out prevailing issues, as well as assist them in areas where greater capacity was needed.

October 26, 2019. CFYR does not anticipate that these decisions will negatively affect the achievements of the targets under the relevant areas of programming as it enters Year 4.

MANAGEMENT, ADMINISTRATIVE AND OTHER OPERATIONAL ISSUES

Implementation Adjustments

CFYR’s contract scope has been adjusted in the following ways to accommodate implementation realities, the five-month client-directed slowdown in activity implementation in 2018 while USAID/ESC was reviewing its portfolio funding levels and the subsequent lower than anticipated incremental funding received from USAID. Some key project milestone estimates have also been adjusted accordingly.

Contract Scope Adjustments:

C.3.2 CFYR Activity Outcomes

• Outcome 1: CFYR has not received information from UNDP on a) data collection for crime, violence, victimization and related socio-economic factors and b) analysis, visualization, publication and use of data in decision making. UNDP has not indicated that we can expect to receive the information before CFYR’s end date. This has not and will not impact the quality of CFYR’s implementation. • Outcome 3: First, as directed by USAID, CFYR and OECS are implementing tertiary violence prevention activities in different communities, so cannot coordinate on reintegration in St. Kitts and Nevis and Saint Lucia. Second, as a result of lower than anticipated incremental funding and as agreed with USAID, CFYR is pursuing tertiary violence prevention work in Guyana only. Barbados, Suriname, and Trinidad & Tobago were removed as potential activity sites. • Tasks Linked to Outcomes 1 and 3: The annual YES Conference meant to convene the ten USAID ESC countries and regional bodies and all the YES implementing partners was cancelled in agreement with USAID. USAID replaced this activity with the January 2019 Caribbean Summit on Youth Violence Prevention and a Regional Learning Exchange planned for March 2020.

C.4.6 Science, Technology, and Innovation:

• As a result of funding limitations and the shorter than anticipated implementation timeline following the client-directed slowdown in activity implementation, CFYR’s focus on Science, Technology and Innovation was reduced accordingly, as reflected in the Year 3 work plan approved by USAID and also in the Year 4 work plan. CFYR’s work in this area has been limited to the coding and robotics pilot, including the Saint Lucia Coding and Robotics Code4Fun Hackathon, and the asset mapping activities.

Estimated Program Milestone Adjustments:

The milestones below were not included in the contract scope of work, but were estimates made near the beginning of the program, before incremental funding and timeline constraints were anticipated. These estimates have appeared in official documents, such as the CFYR Fact Sheet and the contract effort description in the Contractor Performance Assessment Report (CPAR). The revised estimates, below, were made following the completion of CFYR’s Year Four Work Plan.

• CFYR originally estimated that approximately 15,000 persons would be reached through holistic crime and violence prevention activities. A more recent estimate that takes into account the timeline and funding limitations indicates that approximately 9,200 unique individuals will be reached. • CFYR originally estimated that 700 at-risk youth and their families would receive targeted counseling services to reduce the likelihood of these youth entering into a life of crime and violence. As a result of delays related to CFYR’s Impact Evaluation (IE) requirements and the 2018 client-directed implementation slow down, CFYR was not able to reach beneficiaries through this intervention until Quarter 3 in Project Year 2. This represents between a nine and eleven month delay, based on the location. Furthermore, the IE did not allow CFYR to take on additional referral youth during the IE cohort period in order to avoid contaminating the randomized control trial. CFYR now anticipates providing targeted counseling services to approximately 525 at-risk youth and their families over the life of the program. • CFYR originally estimated that 1,000 youth would gain improved workforce readiness skills to boost livelihood opportunities with over 300 securing meaningful employment. As a result of the client-directed slowdown in activity implementation in 2018, CFYR’s workforce development activities were delayed by seven months. CFYR worked hard to recover lost ground. A more recent estimate indicates that 981 youth will gain workforce readiness skills, with 491 securing meaningful employment.

Program Operations

Throughout the program year, CFYR’s successful implementation has been supported by Operations, providing all of the requisite procurement and logistics support across CFYR’s country programs and in support of regional activities. The year under review saw the adherence to internal compliance checks that allowed for timely responses to local and Creative HQ timelines. It is important to note that in St. Kitts and Nevis there were cost savings when the space for the St. Kitts Office was downsized to reflect the changes in staffing. The two-floor unit was returned to the Lessor and a single unit to was retained which required cosmetic changes in the office to create offices for the staff. and conference room to host meetings with stakeholders and partners.

Operational Goals for Year 4

As CFYR prepares for its final year of implementation, Operations has outlined its high-level objectives to ensure a smooth program close-out in line with the September 30, 2020 date. These include:

• Support technical teams across three countries with successful implementation of Year 4 Workplan. • Successful implementation of the Year 4 Procurement Plan which aligns with approved Workplan. • Commence work on closeout plan with home office and country teams and submit final plan to USAID for approval. • Ensure successful inventory disposition to recipients as approved by USAID as part of Close Out Plan and closing of three country offices. LESSONS LEARNED

Program implementation has provided lessons that CFYR will be able to apply to ongoing and any new activities as the program continues, and some of these are also important for future USAID program design and implementation.

Community Engagement

Having more than one key entry point option for engagement within a community may provide even better program outcomes. All communities have different facets of cohesiveness and division, which are continuously changing. CFYR has worked with CECs as the key entry point for community engagement. In some cases, CFYR’s engagement with the CECs facilitates joint planning and the implementation of community activities. However, while some communities have become more cohesive, such as Dennery in Saint Lucia, in some communities, the division remains and it is difficult for community members to consistently engage with each other, as seen in East Ruimveldt in Guyana. As a result, CFYR must work with many actors in a community; therefore, having multiple points of entry, rather than only one focal point, acknowledges that the dynamics of community groups and actors and how they work, singularly or collectively, to contribute to overall community enhancement do change.

CFYR’s community engagement strategy has incorporated a broader, public health agenda, that considers the various situations that occur within the family, school and the wider community that contribute to or take away from a sense of wellbeing, rather than narrowly focusing on traditional descriptions of crime and violence. This has allowed CFYR to maintain focus, but, importantly, also connect more to young people who were not as responsive to engagement approaches rooted in the traditional concepts of crime and violence. Using the public health approach, CFYR has leveraged activities such as sport and social media training to attract young people and to interweave within these activities appropriate messages and learnings that more effectively contribute to community safety.

Programs like BLES can increase levels of youth community engagement and introduce them to becoming active community members. Some of the BLES participants are participating to a greater extent in other activities in their community. In Guyana, across all of the CFYR communities, there is evidence that among young people who have participated in BLES, those who were members of the CEC before have become more active, and some who were not members before have subsequently

joined. Among both groups, there are signs of growth in confidence and greater roles in community leadership.

Implementation of Family Matters

CFYR has learned that properly trained Managerial and Supervisors should be in place from the outset to ensure that the intervention is delivered as designed, which is key to maximizing potential benefits to index youth and families. CFYR has found that a family counselors’ personal views, values and emotions can often affect the services being delivered and negatively impact fidelity to the PIFSM. Putting effort into developing effective Managerial and Clinical Supervisors who are trained to identify these aspects is the key to managing this issue and providing the oversight required to ensure the appropriate implementation of the model.

While CFYR learned that host government partner buy-in had to be cultivated early on as a part of the implementation process of Family Matters, the buy-in of future cohorts of youth and families will be essential to the sustainability of Family Matters. Unlike primary prevention initiatives, the roll-out of Family Matters has remained in the domain of a limited community of practice, due primarily to the requirements of the impact evaluation. As the impact evaluation cohort concludes, CFYR, with its implementing partners, will undertake engagements with a wider range of stakeholders to build awareness, national ownership and acceptance of Family Matters so that it will be considered as a service that adds value to the social support infrastructure to reduce risk factors among youth. This latter area may be further strengthened by the introduction of agreed mechanisms for index families to associate and learn from each other, in a similar matter to the value-adding element of Family Counselors’ Strategy sessions.

Juvenile Justice Reform

A focus on changing perceptions of those working within the juvenile justice system is necessary to support institutional reform. While the development of new and the upgrading of existing, administrative and diagnostic tools and providing training to apply them are an important part of supporting reform in Guyana’s juvenile justice system, a greater focus on changing perceptions and behaviors of those working within the system is needed. As long as traditional attitudes and behaviors prevail and juveniles are considered as “mini adults”, the protection and rights of juveniles, especially those in vulnerable situations, are unlikely to be given the priority and urgency required. Greater emphasis will need to be placed on improving the attitudes and approaches of personnel, both senior and junior, to fully understand and practice the international principles of ‘rights of the child’. This includes relinquishing punitive approaches and adopting and applying rehabilitative approaches that will enable the juvenile justice system to rehabilitate juveniles and enable them to successfully reintegrate into their communities. These changes will require programming beyond CFYR and will require policy changes and accountability for adhering to these throughout the juvenile justice system.

Grants

CFYR has utilized a number of grants to support program implementation. CFYR has learned that working with grantees to establish realistic targets and ensuring these are aligned to their work plan has resulted in reduced frustration for both the grantee and CFYR, and has allowed for better achievement of targets and improvements in the timeliness and quality of reporting. Regular meetings with grantees have also enabled CFYR’s technical team members to recommend timely and appropriate actions to address issues before they become bigger problems. CFYR recognizes that part of the Program’s work includes capacity-building of smaller and less experienced grantees. Working with them to adopt best practices and creating linkages with similar programs being implemented by other, similar organizations is instrumental to support their sustainability and improving their performance. This is important because CFYR program funds don’t contribute directly to institutional strengthening of the grantees.

Most of CFYR’s grant partners are small organizations and they rely heavily on development partners to fund their activities. Grant awards that include specific training on technical and financial reporting for the grantees before the grants are disbursed, as well as providing ongoing, practical training in the areas of grant financial management and reporting will augur well for the sustainability of these organizations. This will strengthen the confidence of potential funders that these organizations will be financially responsible and be good stewards of funding that is provided.

Longer term (>12 months) and larger (>$50,000) grants appear to be more effective in maximizing results, and also in producing efficiencies with grantees and program implementation. CFYR has noted this with several after-school programs and workforce development programs that are now in month sixteen of grant implementation. The increased duration of the grant periods have provided more time to deliver expected results, establish economies of scale, engage in team capacity-building activities, strengthen opportunities for grantees to adopt and adapt to CFYR program requirements and enable grantees to establish relationships with direct and indirect beneficiaries.

Operations

On larger programs like CFYR, working to build the capacity of vendors to understand USAID’s and Creative’s procurement processes and requirements strengthens program implementation. There has been a steep learning curve for some vendors who weren’t accustomed to the more rigorous requirements of responding to formal bid requests; committing to and adhering to deadlines; and providing exactly what was procured, within the timeframe agreed. Over time, CFYR has established a network of suppliers, many of them small businesses, who reliably provide CFYR with the goods and services for program implementation. When programs operate in smaller locations with fewer suppliers, having a vendor miss a deadline can mean not having certain goods available, which can delay program implementation. CFYR’s mentoring of vendors, especially smaller ones, also brought them into the formal banking system as they needed to establish a bank account in order to conduct business with CFYR, thus moving them away from operating entirely on a cash basis.

PLANNED ACTIVITIES FOR NEXT QUARTER

Table 14 – Planned Activities for Next Quarter180 Country Activity Type Activity Timeline USG Involvement Output 2.1: Target communities and youth engaged in making decisions about and participating in local solutions Midline Write-up of Midline Survey Community By October 30, 2019, No Community Survey Reports for Saint Lucia and Guyana with data to be Surveys included in the Annual Report. Midline Dissemination of Midline Community Second quarter Year Yes Community Survey Results at National Advisory Board 4. SLU Survey Report (NAB) Meeting Implement Implement various CEC-led activities From October 1, TBD Community across targeted communities, as per CSPs 2019 onwards. Safety Plans (CSPs) Across Target Communities in Saint Lucia Prepare Local Participation in SCP workshops for From October 1, No Partners to national stakeholders 2019 onwards Deliver Social Crime Prevention (SCP) Training Facilitate CEC Ongoing meeting of all five CECs to From October 1, No Meetings to discuss key priorities from CSPs and other 2019 onwards Support matters. Community Engagement Facilitate Continued implementation of community From October 1, No Peacebuilding activities in partnership with RISE St. Lucia 2019 onwards Across Communities to Reduce Youth Violence Support Implement various CEC-led activities From October 1, TBD Development across targeted communities, not 2019 onwards and necessarily linked to CSPs Implementation of other Community Initiatives (CIs) Midline Complete write-up of Midline Survey By October 30, 2019 No Community Community Survey Report GUY Surveys

180 As indicated above and in the 2019-2020 Annual Workplan, some of these activities have begun from the July 1 to September 30, 2019 period.

Country Activity Type Activity Timeline USG Involvement Midline Dissemination of Midline Community Second quarter Year Yes Community Survey Results at National Advisory Board 4 Surveys (NAB) Meeting Implement Implement various CEC-led activities From October 1, TBD Community across targeted communities, as per CSPs 2019 onwards. Safety Plans (CSPs) Across Target Communities in Guyana Build Capacity of Capacity-building Workshops and Support By October 30, No Community to CECs on Sustainability 2019181 Enhancement Committees Prepare Local Participation in SCP workshops for From October 1, No Partners to national stakeholders 2019 onwards Deliver Social Crime Prevention (SCP) Training Facilitate CEC Ongoing meeting of all five CECs to From October 1, No Meetings to discuss key priorities from CSPs and other 2019 onwards Support matters. Community Engagement Foster One meeting planned for the quarter By November 30, No Stakeholder 2019 Networking: Quarterly Inter- agency Stakeholder Meetings Support Implement various CEC-led activities From October 1, TBD Development across targeted communities, not 2019 onwards and necessarily linked to CSPs Implementation of other Community Initiatives (CIs) Output 2.2: Social Services, Systems and Networks Supporting At-Risk and Victimized Youth Increased and Strengthened Family Matters CFYR’s secondary prevention team From October 1, No SLU provides day-to-day capacity-building 2019 onwards support to host government partners Family Matters Short term technical support provided by From October 1, No senior technical advisors 2019 onwards

181 While structured capacity-building sessions will be completed by October 31, CFYR will continue to provide capacity- building support as each CEC may require as part of the transition process during Year 4.

Country Activity Type Activity Timeline USG Involvement Family Matters Establish Referral Networks for Family From October 1, No Matters 2019 onwards Family Matters Implement the Second Cycle of Family From October 1, No Matters 2019 onwards Family Matters Support Host Government Partners’ ‘Buy- From October 1, Yes, where In’ 2019 onwards applicable Family Matters Streamline the Family Matters From October 1, No implementation structure, tools and 2019 onwards operational guides with partners Family Matters Support further training for sustainable From October 1, No YSET scoring mechanisms with local 2019 onwards partners Family Matters Identify and address training and capacity- From October 1, No building needs to support the use of the 2019 onwards YSET and implementing Family Matters Family Matters Train partner MFD managers on MFD and From October 1, No Transition Management Responsibility of 2019 onwards Model Fidelity Database (MFD) Family Matters Training-of-trainers to build capacity From December 30, No within local government partner 2019 onwards organizations to train future family counselors Family Matters Support the transition of accountability From October 1, No and administrative oversight of Family 2019 onwards Matters Family Matters CFYR’s secondary prevention team From October 1, No provides day-to-day capacity-building 2019 onwards support to host government partners GUY Family Matters Short term technical support provided by From October 1, No senior technical advisors. 2019 onwards Family Matters Establish Referral Networks for Family From October 1, No Matters 2019 onwards Family Matters Implement Second Cohort of Family From October 1, No Matters 2019 onwards Family Matters Support Host Government Partners’ ‘Buy- From October 1, No In’ 2019 onwards Family Matters Streamline the Family Matters From October 1, No implementation structure, tools and 2019 onwards operational guides with partners Family Matters Support further training for sustainable From October 1, No YSET scoring mechanisms with local 2019 onwards partners Family Matters Identify and address training and capacity- From October 1, No building needs to support the use of the 2019 onwards YSET and implementing Family Matters Family Matters Train partner MFD managers on MFD and From October 1, No Transition Management Responsibility of 2019 onwards Model Fidelity Database (MFD)

Country Activity Type Activity Timeline USG Involvement Family Matters Training-of-trainers to build capacity From October 1, No within local government partner 2019 onwards organizations to train future family counselors Family Matters Support the transition of accountability From October 1, No and administrative oversight of Family 2019 onwards Matters Juvenile Justice Render assistance as needed to convene By November 30, No Reform regular inter-agency committee meetings 2019 onwards that support the implementation of the juvenile justice reform agenda of the Government of Guyana. Juvenile Justice Provide support to the Department of From October 1, No Reform Juvenile Justice, Ministry of Public Security 2019 onwards in the handing over process, and the administration responsibilities for the Juvenile Justice Inter-Agency Committee. Juvenile Justice Support Implementation of Administrative From October 1, No Reform Reforms for the New Opportunity Corps 2019 onwards (NOC) in Guyana Juvenile Justice Support the use of the improved From October 1, No Reform management, administrative and diagnostic 2019 onwards tools in support of JJR. Juvenile Justice Train Staff Members of the Sophia Juvenile From October to No Reform Remand Centre in the Administrative and November 2019 Diagnostic Juvenile Justice Conduct capacity-building workshops to By November 30, No Reform support the Department of Juvenile Justice 2019 in regularizing diversion programs throughout Guyana Juvenile Justice Support to Diversion Program Established From October 1, No Reform or Recognized by the Director of Juvenile 2019 onwards Justice Family Matters CFYR’s secondary prevention team From October 1, No provides day-to-day capacity-building 2019 onwards support to host government partners SKN Family Matters Short term technical support provided by From October 1, No senior technical advisors. 2019 onwards Family Matters Train Four Family Counselors in Nevis to From October 1, No implement Family Matters 2019 onwards Family Matters Establish Referral Networks for Family From October 1, No Matters 2019 onwards Family Matters Implement Second Cohort of Family From October 1, No Matters 2019 onwards Family Matters Support Host Government Partners’ ‘Buy- From October 1, No In’ 2019 onwards Family Matters Streamline the Family Matters From October 1, No implementation structure, tools and 2019 onwards operational guides with partners

Country Activity Type Activity Timeline USG Involvement Family Matters Support further training for sustainable From October 1, No YSET scoring mechanisms with local 2019 onwards partners Family Matters Identify and address training and capacity- From October 1, No building needs to support the use of the 2019 onwards YSET and implementing Family Matters Family Matters Train partner MFD managers on MFD and From October 1, No Transition Management Responsibility of 2019 onwards Model Fidelity Database (MFD) Family Matters Training-of-trainers to build capacity From October 1, No within local government partner 2019 onwards organizations to train future family counselors Family Matters Support the transition of accountability From October 1, No and administrative oversight of Family 2019 onwards Matters Output 2.3 Positive Alternatives to Crime for Youth in Target Communities Provide Job This involves the work of Senior Life From October 1, No Placement Coaches engaging with BLES graduates 2019 onwards Support and and prospective employers. Workplace SLU Coaching to BLES Graduates Training of Stakeholder Transfer Workshops to From October 1, No National Present BLES model to potential 2019 onwards Stakeholders for implementors the Adoption of the Basic Life and Employability (BLES) model Training of Training of Master Trainers in BLES From October 1, No National Curriculum for selected external 2019 onwards Stakeholders for stakeholders the Adoption of the Basic Life and Employability (BLES) model Technical/Vocati Continuation of Technical/Vocational Skills From October 1, No onal Skills Training and Job Placement programs 2019 onwards Training and Job Placement Services Support Continuation of Supplemental School From October 1, No Supplemental Programs 2019 onwards School Programs

Country Activity Type Activity Timeline USG Involvement Provide Job This involves the work of Senior Life From October 1, No Placement Coaches engaging with BLES graduates 2019 onwards Support and and prospective employers. Workplace GUY Coaching to BLES Graduates Training of Stakeholder Transfer Workshops to From October to No National Present BLES model to potential December 30, 2019 Stakeholders for implementors the Adoption of the Basic Life and Employability (BLES) model Training of Training of Master Trainers in BLES From October to No National Curriculum for selected external December 30, 2019 Stakeholders for stakeholders the Adoption of the Basic Life and Employability (BLES) model Technical/Vocati Continuation of Technical/Vocational Skills From October to No onal Skills Training and Job Placement programs December 30, 2019 Training and Job Placement Services Convene Hosting of Employer Engagement Meetings By November 30, No Employer to interface potential employers with 2019 Engagement WFD beneficiaries. Meetings Establish Hosting of meeting of Workforce By December 30, No Workforce Development Management Network 2019 Development Management Network Support Continuation of Supplemental School From October to No Supplemental Programs December 30, 2019 School Programs Positive Continuation of pilot initiative in From October to No Connection to Corriverton December 30, 2019 Schools in Guyana to Reduce School Drop-Out Rates Output 2.4: Community-Based Models and Solutions Documented and Shared

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Country Activity Type Activity Timeline USG Involvement AAA Advocacy Prepare and Deliver AAA Advocacy By December 30, Toolkit Toolkit with Compendium of Good 2019 No 182 Practice.84F SLU Hosting of Inter- Hosting of Inter-Community Dialogues to By November 30, No Community Introduce the Advocacy and Action 2019 Dialogues to Agenda (AAA) Toolkit in Saint Lucia Introduce the Advocacy and Action Agenda (AAA) Toolkit GUY Hosting of Inter- Hosting of Inter-Community Dialogues to By November 30, No Community Introduce the Advocacy and Action 2019 Dialogues to Agenda (AAA) Toolkit in Guyana Introduce the Advocacy and Action Agenda (AAA) Toolkit SKN Hosting of Inter- Hosting of Inter-Community Dialogues to By November 30, No Community Introduce the Advocacy and Action 2019 Dialogues to Agenda (AAA) Toolkit in St. Kitts and Introduce the Nevis Advocacy and Action Agenda (AAA) Toolkit Planning for Development of the RLE Concept Paper By October 30, 2019 Yes Regional Learning Exchange Planning for Develop overall Youth Summit From October to Regional Communications Strategy and Related November 30, 2019 Yes Regional Learning Materials Exchange Planning for Identify potential guest speakers, panelists By November 30, No Regional and moderators, and finalize lists of 2019 Learning delegates Exchange Planning for Finalize RLE Agenda and prepare From November to YES Regional Invitations December 30, 2019 Learning Exchange

182 The Toolkit will be made available electronically to all CFYR government partner agencies and youth-led serving agencies which supported the Youth Summit. More specifically, the USAID-CFYR will deliver the Toolkit to core partners in its 3 countries and communities; to the CARICOM Secretariat with the aim of supporting the use of the AAA as the youth-centric guide for YVP, in alignment with CARICOM’s SDCP Action Plan; and to the Commonwealth Secretariat, whose Commonwealth Youth Peace Ambassadors Network (Caribbean and the Americas) manages youth-led and youth-serving initiatives in Caribbean countries designed to enhance conversation, advocacy and fit for purpose actions to address youth safety and security concerns in youth spaces and communities, and to promote peaceful co-existence among diverse youth populations.

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FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

Obligations and Current and Projected Expenditures.

Details on obligations versus expenditure are displayed in Chart 1, below.

Chart 1: Obligation versus Expenditure Pipeline

Obligation vs Expenditure Pipeline

Obligation ITD Sept 2019 FY20 Q1 Proj Oct - Dec FY20 Q2 Proj Jan - Mar FY20 Q3 Proj Apr - Jun

30,000,000 2,183,353 2,078,682 2,173,937 25,000,000

20,000,000

15,000,000 25,575,183 22,785,495

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ANNEX A: COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TABLE

YEAR 3 OCTOBER 1, 2018 – SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Event Name Date Coverage Total Youth age 10-29 from Area Attendees183 CFYR Communities

Total Male Female

SAINT LUCIA

Year 3 | Quarter I | October – December 2018

Film Making Project October 8–19 Anse La Raye 15 14 5 9

Anse La Raye Youth October 2 Anse La Raye 20 18 11 7 Dialogue

Trainer of Trainers for CECs November 1-2 CFYR office 6 0 0 0

BLES 1ST Cohort August 27 - Castries 18 16 6 10 November 2

Dennery Youth Dialogue November 6 Dennery 17 14 7 7

Leslie Land Youth Dialogue November 11 Castries 20 18 13 5

Marchand Youth Dialogue November 13 Castries 20 17 17 0

Soufriere Youth Dialogue November 14 Soufriere 9 9 4 5

Vieux Fort Youth Dialogue November 15 Vieux Fort 12 11 6 5

National Youth Dialogue November 29 All CFYR 32 28 14 14 communities

183 The Total Attendees figures may include: (i) youth age 10 to 29 from CFYR communities; (ii) youth age 10 to 29 from other communities; (iii) youth younger than ten or older 29; and (iv) adult residents. The figures in the ‘Male’ and ‘Female’ columns include persons only from CFYR communities and within the CFYR age range.

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Event Name Date Coverage Total Youth age 10-29 from Area Attendees184 CFYR Communities

Total Male Female

BLES 2nd Cohort November 8 – Castries 15 15 9 6 December 11

BLES 1st Cohort November 12 - Vieux Fort 25 25 5 20 December 14

QTR TOTAL 209 185 97 88

Year 3 | Quarter 2 | January – March 2019

Springboard Cohort 3 Dec 10th, 2018 - Castries & 15 13 5 8 Jan 22nd 2019 Dennery

BLES Vieux Fort Cohort 2 Jan 24th – Mar Vieux Fort 25 20 4 16 1st

BLES Vieux Fort Cohort 2 Mar 2nd Vieux Fort 24 18 5 13 Community Project

Job Readiness & Financial Jan 26th – Feb Dennery 27 27 11 16 Literacy 16th

Dennery Youth Dialogue Feb 1st Dennery 23 19 5 14

MAMPA Cohort 1 Jan 7th - Feb 1st Vieux Fort 28 23 4 19

Anse La Raye Movie Launch Feb 21st Anse La Raye 31 28 14 14

Springboard Cohort 4 Jan 14th - Feb Castries & 15 13 4 9 28th Dennery

Social Crime Prevention Government Training Stakeholders th th Feb 26 - 28 (MOY, STOs, 20 - - - CDB, SLNYC)185

184 The Total Attendees figures may include: (i) youth age 10 to 29 from CFYR communities; (ii) youth age 10 to 29 from other communities; (iii) youth younger than ten or older 29; and (iv) adult residents. The figures in the ‘Male’ and ‘Female’ columns include persons only from CFYR communities and within the CFYR age range. 185 Ministry of Youth, Social Transformation Officers, Caribbean Development Bank, Saint Lucia National Youth Council.

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Event Name Date Coverage Total Youth age 10-29 from Area Attendees184 CFYR Communities

Total Male Female

MAMPA Cohort 2 Feb 12th – Mar Soufriere 28 25 11 14 6th

Vieux Fort Youth Dialogue Mar 21st Vieux Fort 46 44 17 27

Parent Workshop Mar 21st Vieux Fort 27 5 0 5

QTR TOTAL 309 235 80 155

Year 3 | Quarter 3 | April – June 2019

Dennery BLES Cohort 1 February 26 – Dennery 25 8 0 8 April 5

Castries Youth Dialogue April 6 Castries 22 15 9 6

RISE Training-of-Trainers April 8 All CFYR 32 1 1 0 Communities

Chess Training-of-Trainers April 9 & 10 Vieux Fort 15 4 3 1

Social Crime Prevention April 8 – 12 Soufriere 19 9 2 7 Training

Jacmel BLES Community April 13 Jacmel/Anse La 22 17 7 10 Project Raye

Soufriere Anti-bullying April 17 Soufriere 56 34 11 23 Forum

Jacmel BLES Cohort 1 March 18 -April Jacmel/Anse La 24 20 7 13 18 Raye

Soufriere Anti-bullying March April 24 Soufriere 87 54 25 29

Vieux Fort Film Making April 26 Vieux Fort 13 11 7 4

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Event Name Date Coverage Total Youth age 10-29 from Area Attendees184 CFYR Communities

Total Male Female

Castries BLES/SLU National May 1 Castries 22 9 3 6 Youth Council Community Project

SLU National Youth Council May 1 Vieux Fort 37 23 7 16 Community Project

Social Crime Prevention May 6 - 10 Dennery 32 24 8 16 Training

Castries BLES Cohort 3 March 18 - May Castries 12 6 2 4 8

Soufriere Anti-bullying Essay June 3 Soufriere 12 8 4 4 Competition

Social Crime Prevention June 24 – 28 Vieux Fort 22 9 2 7 Training

QTR TOTAL 452 252 98 154

Year 3 | Quarter 4 | July – September 2019

Social Crime Prevention July 8- 12 Anse La Raye 30 29 10 19 Training

Youth Agro-Entrepreneurial, June 12-July 2 Anse La Raye 23 16 8 8 Social & Leadership Skills Training

CEC Capacity-building July 18-19 CFYR Target 27 17 7 10 Training- Governance Communities

Probation Camp July 22- August Vieux Fort 30 23 12 11 7

Vieux Fort Film launch July 29 - August Vieux Fort 24 9 3 6 28

Chess Club July 29 – July Vieux Fort 38 18 6 12 31

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Event Name Date Coverage Total Youth age 10-29 from Area Attendees184 CFYR Communities

Total Male Female

Springboard Cohort 5 July 11- August Castries 15 8 3 5 13 Anse La Raye

CEC Capacity-building August 6-8 CFYR Target 31 20 6 14 Training- Leadership Communities

Sacred Sports After-School January 22– Vieux Fort 42 27 13 14 Program August 9

Youth on Fire Movement January 7 – July Anse La Raye 60 38 24 14 After-School Program 31

Springboard Cohort 6 August 19- Castries 15 12 4 8 September 16 Anse la Raye

CEC Capacity-building August 20-23 CFYR Target 25 18 6 12 Training- Project Communities Management

CEC Capacity-building August 26 CFYR Target 26 18 6 12 Training- Private and Public Communities Sector Management

CEC Capacity-building August 27- 28 CFYR Target 19 17 5 12 Training- TOT Parenting Communities

Social & Leadership Training September 16- Dennery 17 16 9 7 – Dennery South 17 South

Social & Leadership Training August 29- 30 Castries 12 6 4 2 – Castries Central

Social & Leadership Training August 19 - 20 Dennery 34 34 16 18 – Dennery North North

Social & Leadership Training August 21-22 Vieux Fort 54 37 9 28 – Vieux Fort

Social & Leadership Training August 23 & Anse la Raye 21 13 2 11 - Millet September 25

Social & Leadership Training August 26 & Soufriere 17 10 3 7 – Soufriere September 21

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Event Name Date Coverage Total Youth age 10-29 from Area Attendees184 CFYR Communities

Total Male Female

Vieux Fort Youth Training in September 3 – Vieux Fort 18 10 10 0 Spiny Lobster 13

QTR TOTAL 578 391 166 230

ANNUAL TOTAL - SLU 1548 1063 441 627

ST. KITTS AND NEVIS186

Year 3 | Quarter I | October – December 2018

Her Majesty’s Prison LYNCS November 29, St. Kitts 16 10 10 0 Youth Dialogue 2018

QTR TOTAL 16 10 10 0

Year 3 | Quarter 3 | April –June 2019

Caribbean Youth AAA on April 1, 2019 Nevis 53 32 10 22 Violence Prevention (Character Building Workshop)

QTR TOTAL 53 32 10 22

ANNUAL TOTAL - SKN 69 42 20 22

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Year 3 | Quarter 1 | October – December 2018

CAP Corriverton Street December 8–15 Corriverton 16 16 7 9 Theatre – “Preventing Violence Against Women” CAP projects in East La November 18 East La 11 11 4 7 Penitence “Reducing Fear of & 25 Penitence Crime -Community Cleanup Program” CAP – “Score the Goal November 18 Lodge 25 25 25 0 without the Penalty” Football & 25 and Life Skills Project

186 These numbers were inadvertently excluded from the respective quarterly reports but are now reported here.

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Event Name Date Coverage Total Youth age 10-29 from Area Attendees184 CFYR Communities

Total Male Female

East Ruimveldt CEC December 12 East Ruimveldt 6 3 0 3 Resuscitation Meeting Complete training of October 29-30 All 12 5 1 4 trainer’s workshop in use of Georgetown CEC Manual communities Conduct training of trainer’s December 7-8 Corriverton 5 5 2 3 workshop in use of CEC Manual LYNCS Webinar October 29 East La 11 11 3 8 listening/participation event Penitence, East and youth dialogue involving Ruimveldt, Lodge & youth from CFYR target Sophia communities in Georgetown LYNCS Webinar November 5 East La 7 7 1 6 listening/participation event Penitence, East and youth dialogue involving Ruimveldt, Lodge & youth from CFYR target Sophia communities in Georgetown LYNCS Webinar November 19 East La 7 6 1 5 listening/participation event Penitence, East and youth dialogue involving Ruimveldt, Lodge & youth from CFYR target Sophia communities in Georgetown BLES 1st Cohort October 17 Lodge, East 48 48 16 32 Ruimveldt & Sophia BLES 2nd Cohort November 13 – Lodge, 49 49 15 34 December 18 Corriverton, East Ruimveldt & Sophia LYNCS Youth Focus group December 6 Georgetown 10 9 3 6

LYNCS Youth Focus group December 6 Corriverton 42 42 12 30

Corriverton CEC Hamper December 1 Corriverton 19 19 8 11 distribution QTR TOTAL 268 256 98 158

Year 3 | Quarter 2 | January – March 2019

Guyana Police Force Social February 4-8 Georgetown 32 2 0 2 Crime Prevention training

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Event Name Date Coverage Total Youth age 10-29 from Area Attendees184 CFYR Communities

Total Male Female

BLES Curriculum Master February 4-7 CFYR Office 3 1 0 1 Training East La Penitence BLES February 11 - East La 16 14 3 11 Cohort 1 March 22 Penitence Corriverton BLES February 11 - Corriverton 15 15 2 13 March 22 Cohort 2 Sophia BLES Cohort 3 February 11 - Sophia 25 24 5 19 March 22

Lodge BLES Cohort 3 February 11 - Lodge 15 13 4 9 March 22 East Ruimveldt BLES Cohort February 11 - East Ruimveldt 13 12 4 8 3 March 22 Orientation – Computer February 21 East La 17 17 6 11 Literacy Training Penitence Facilitators Training for March 16 CFYR Office 10 3 1 2 Youth Dialogues Corriverton CEC Skeldon March 17 Corriverton 18 12 4 8 High School Youth Dialogue Corriverton Stars Football March 26 Corriverton 43 37 36 1 Club Youth Dialogue ‘Creative Arts Project’ March 9 Corriverton 15 15 2 13 Corriverton BLES Community Service Project ‘Food Hamper Distribution’ March 16 Sophia 23 23 7 16

Sophia BLES Community Service Project ‘Healthy Bodies, Healthy March 16 Lodge 10 10 3 7 Minds’

Lodge BLES Community Service Project ‘Clean Up Campaign and March 16 East Ruimveldt 13 13 5 8 Hamper Distribution’ East Ruimveldt BLES Community Service Project

‘Creating a Clean Safe Space’ March 16 East La 18 18 7 11 Penitence

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Event Name Date Coverage Total Youth age 10-29 from Area Attendees184 CFYR Communities

Total Male Female

East La Penitence BLES

Community Service Project WFD – Grantee Critchlow October 20 – Georgetown 96 95 36 59 March 31 WFD – Grantee September 30 – Corriverton 27 27 2 25 March 30 FACT JJR Training at the New March 19 -20 Essequibo 17 - - - Opportunity Corps JJR Training of Probation March 25 Georgetown 13 - - - Officers JJR Training at the Juvenile Match 26 – 27 Georgetown 17 - - - Holding Center187 QTR TOTAL 456 351 127 224

Year 3 | Quarter 3 | April – June 2019

Ministry of Communities April 11-12, Georgetown 26 - - - Councilors Social Crime 2019 188 Prevention Training86F CEC Sharing and Capacity- April 13, 2019 Georgetown 27 17 2 15 Building East La Penitence Flying High April 21, 2019 East La 46 36 18 18 Penitence East La Penitence CEC March 2 – June East La 20 19 9 10 Ministry Computer Literacy 1 Penitence and Life Skills Development BLES Employment Club April 24, 2019 East La 27 27 12 15 Intercommunity Meeting Penitence, East Ruimveldt, Lodge, Sophia (C,D,E) East Ruimveldt Community May 4, 2019 East Ruimveldt 40 30 23 7 Outreach Employment Club May 7, 2019 Corriverton 7 7 - 7

Youth Diversity Toolkit for May 17, 2019 Corriverton 25 19 2 17 Healthy Relationships

187 Juvenile Justice training targeted staff from selected JJR facilities. 188 The Social Crime Prevention training was a Stakeholder Training and targeted Local Government Councilors in Georgetown. While a total of 26 persons attended, 22 were trained and eligible to receive certificates.

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Event Name Date Coverage Total Youth age 10-29 from Area Attendees184 CFYR Communities

Total Male Female

LYNX 5-a-side Football May 18, 2019 Corriverton 101 78 61 17 Competition and Life Skills Training WFD Employer Engagement May 29, 2019 Corriverton 17 10 4 6 Network Meeting BLES Training (East La May 13 – June East La 18 14 5 9 Penitence) Cohort 2 14 Penitence BLES Training (Corriverton) May 13 – June Corriverton 20 20 4 16 Cohort 3 14 BLES Training (Sophia) May 13 – June Sophia 20 19 4 15 Cohort 4 14 BLES Training (Lodge) May 13 – June Lodge 20 18 1 17 Cohort 4 14 BLES Training (East May 13 – June East Ruimveldt 18 17 3 14 Ruimveldt) Cohort 4 14 Social Crime Prevention with June 5 Corriverton 22 - - - Staff of Corriverton Town 189 Council87F BLES Training Community June 8 Corriverton 16 16 4 12 Service Project (Corriverton) BLES Training Community June 15 Lodge 17 15 1 14 Service Project (Lodge) BLES Training Community June 15 East La 17 14 6 8 Service Project (East La Penitence Penitence) BLES Training Community June 15 East Ruimveldt 27 24 9 15 Service Project (East Ruimveldt) BLES Employment Club June 20 Corriverton 13 13 - 13 Meeting BLES Community Service June 29 Sophia 17 16 4 12 Project (Sophia) QTR TOTAL 561 429 172 257

Year 3 | Quarter 4 | July – September 2019

189 This Social Crime Prevention training was a Stakeholder Training and targeted Local Government Councilors in Corriverton. While a total of 22 persons attended, 19 were trained and eligible to receive certificates.

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Event Name Date Coverage Total Youth age 10-29 from Area Attendees184 CFYR Communities

Total Male Female

BLES Employment Club July 2 East 49 49 5 44 Ruimveldt, East La Penitence, Sophia, Lodge

Employer Engagement July 3 Corriverton 9 6 1 5 meeting Corriverton Street Theatre July 13 Corriverton 45 29 7 22

After-School Program (RLIC) February 18 – East Ruimveldt 61 26 14 12 July 19 East La Penitence WFD Program VYC November 15 - East 86 37 17 20 Empowerment of Youth July 31 Ruimveldt, East La Penitence, Sophia, Lodge After-School Program January 14 – Lodge, Sophia 91 17 5 12 (CSWC) July 5

After-School Program February 18 – Corriverton 77 42 26 16 (FACT) July 5

Corriverton CEC Child August 5 – 8 Corriverton 82 82 38 44 Abuse Prevention Workshop

East La Penitence CEC East La 25 16 8 8 August 5 – 16 Youth Anti-Crime Camp Penitence

Lodge CEC Child Protection Lodge 16 14 7 7 August 15-16 Workshop

Lodge & Sophia Summer Sophia, Lodge 99 22 8 14 August 5 – 16 Camp

Employer Engagement Georgetown 26 4 1 3 August 16 Meeting

CEC Capacity-building August 17-18 & Georgetown, 30 7 1 6 Workshop– Module 1 24 -25 Corriverton

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Event Name Date Coverage Total Youth age 10-29 from Area Attendees184 CFYR Communities

Total Male Female

Sophia CEC Computer Sophia 22 13 4 9 July 22 – August Literacy and Life Skill 28 Training

East Ruimveldt: Street September 7 East Ruimveldt 24 20 8 12 Domino & Bicycle Stunt Extravaganza

East Ruimveldt Movie & September 21 East Ruimveldt 78 48 26 22 Meet

Decision Making Training at September 12 Corriverton 38 37 3 34 Corriverton

Time Management September 14 East Ruimveldt 21 21 6 15 Workshop at East Ruimveldt

Corriverton Time September 14 Corriverton 40 38 16 22 Management Training #1

CEC Capacity-building September 14, Georgetown, 41 21 5 16 Training 2 15, 21 & 22 Corriverton

Corriverton Decision Making September 23 Corriverton 41 37 3 34 Training #2

Sophia Time Management & September 21 Sophia 16 12 3 9 Decision Making Workshop

East Ruimveldt & Lodge September East Ruimveldt 33 28 7 21 Decision Making workshop 22&29 & Lodge

Social Media & Cyberbullying September Sophia 29 20 3 17 Workshop 21&25

BLES Training (Sophia) August 26 – Sophia 15 11 2 9 September 27

BLES Training (East August 26 – East 17 16 2 14 Ruimveldt/East La September 27 Ruimveldt, Penitence/Lodge) East La Penitence, Lodge

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Event Name Date Coverage Total Youth age 10-29 from Area Attendees184 CFYR Communities

Total Male Female

Corriverton Time September 27 Corriverton 89 74 47 27 Management Training #2

Corriverton Time September 28 Corriverton 23 23 13 10 Management Training #3

QTR TOTAL 1223 770 286 484

ANNUAL TOTAL - GUY 2508 1806 683 1123

COMBINED ANNUAL 4125 2911 1144 1772 TOTAL

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ANNEX B: GRANTS

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Date Country Organization Purpose of Period of Status Amount Award Received Request Execution Requested Amount in in USD USD 10/20/17 Guyana Ministry of Pilot Delivery 12/1/17 - Active 199,874 265,872190 Social of Prevention 11/30/19 ( Date Protection and Received Intervention Family Systems Model

11/27/17 Guyana Critchlow Workforce 9/7/18- Termination191 86,786 65,771 Labour College Development 1/30/20 Program

11/27/17 Guyana Volunteer Workforce 9/1/18- Active 76,947 76,947 Youth Corp Development 12/31/19 Program

11/27/17 Guyana Family Workforce 9/5/18- Active 30,588 30,588 Awareness, Development 11/30/19 Consciousness Program and Togetherness

11/5/18 Guyana Family After-school 1/14/2019- Active 65,160 63,494 Awareness, Program 7/31/2020 Consciousness and Togetherness

11/5/18 Guyana Charlotte After-school 2/1/20291- Active 136,234 129,557 Street Program 7/31/2020 Wesleyan Church

11/12/18 Guyana Ruimveldt Life After-school 2/1/2019- Active 146,931 125,495 Improvement Program 2/31/2020 Center

Subtotal 742,520 757,724 GUY

190 Amount represents the modified grant value. Amendment includes additional costs (USD65,998) and extension to the period of performance (3 months) and was approved by USAID on July 25, 2019. 191 Critchlow Labour College was notified of grant termination on September 26, 2019, due to lack of compliance. The grant termination comes into effect on October 26, 2019.

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Date Country Organization Purpose of Period of Status Amount Award Received Request Execution Requested Amount in in USD USD 10/18/17 Saint Lucia Ministry of Pilot Delivery 11/24//17- Active 460,339 460,339 Equity, Social of Prevention 9/30/19 ( Date Justice, Youth and Received Development, Intervention Sports, Culture Family Systems and Local Model Government

9/3/18 Saint Lucia Springboard Workforce 9/3/18- Active 95,172192 107,244 Training and Development 1/31/20 Consultancy Program Ltd

11/27/17 Saint Lucia MAMPA Workforce 10/24/18- Terminated193 278,303 60,734 Agency Ltd Development 11/29/19 Program

08/29/17 Saint Lucia Sacred Sports After-school 12/11/2018 Active 98,334 79,154 Foundation Inc Program -7/31/2020

9/3/18 Saint Lucia Youth on Fire After-school 12/11/2018 Completed 49,788 59,914 Movement Program -8/30/2019

4/3/19 Saint Lucia Probations Youth 8/15/2018- Completed 17,530 16,100 Summer Camp 8/30/2019

Subtotal 999,467 783,485 SLU

192 Amount represents the modified grant value. Amendment includes additional costs (USD45,896) and extension to the period of performance (5 months) and was approved by USAID on July 8, 2019. 193 CFYR terminated this grant on August 26, 2019, due to lack of compliance. The grantee was unable to deliver Milestone 3 (Certification of Youth) due on March 29, 2019. The grantee has been unresponsive to CFYR communication on the matter.

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Date Country Organization Purpose of Period of Status Amount Award Received Request Execution Requested Amount in in USD USD

9/21/17 St. Kitts Ministry of Pilot the 12/12/17- Active 246,896 246,896 and Nevis Community Delivery of a 9/30/19194 Development, Prevention and Gender Affairs Intervention and Social Family Systems Services Model

Subtotal 246,896 246,896 SKN

Total 1,988,883 1,788,105

194 A modification to extend the period of performance was approved by USAID on December 6, 2018. The other modification is anticipated in October 2019.

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ANNEX C: SUCCESS STORY

Resilient Families in the Eastern and Southern Caribbean

‘No-one is an island, no-one stands alone’…a concept that underpins the success of Family Matters, a family systems model being implemented by CFYR in its 3 focus countries – Guyana, St. Kitts and Nevis and Saint Lucia.

Successful outcomes in Family Matters rely on an institutional architecture that includes a clinical supervisor and a team of specially St. Kitts Family Matters Counselor, trained Family Counselors who design and implement activities with Pearlina Sharry. youth 10-17 years and their families, over a one-year period. These activities are intended to reduce risky attitudes and behaviors that put “It’s like a jigsaw the youth at risk for involvement in crime and violence, and also puzzle…when you first go to the family the pieces are strengthen the ability of the family to function as a cohesive unit. More all over the place, and as than 700 youth and family members have thus far participated in the they begin to give you program across all 3 countries. information, you begin to put the pieces together, Michèle de la Coudray-Blake, Director of the Counseling Unit in St. and sometimes you’re there Kitts, has championed Family Matters since its inception, recognizing waiting for a long time and the impact of the program on how families work together and the then it clicks, and you see impact that it can have on this is the piece that goes entire communities in St. here. Kitts and Nevis. “I think we are in a uniquely For example, one parent advantageous position,” she explained to me that the relationship with her said, “because here in St. mother was very poor. And Kitts we’re small enough to so that, in some respects, see it work, small enough to reflected the way she be able to evaluate it, to see treated her child. It’s been the successes and to be able a learning process for her to feel confident enough to to not emulate that same do it even better the next relationship that she had time. We now have a greater with her mother, with her ability to articulate the son. And so, she’s working benefits of the program.” on that.” Michèle provides clinical “One of the things the Kerinda Warner (L), St. Kitts Family Counselor and supervision for a team of eight Michèle de la Coudray-Blake (R), Director of the program has shown us is Counseling Unit in St. Kitts. counselors who are deployed that you have to validate across the communities being the parents”. served in St. Kitts and Nevis.

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She speaks glowingly of her team of family counselors and expresses confidence in their competence and the results gained over the past year: “They have grown! They have become confident in knowing the model and representing what the model wants. Their skills - for questioning, for communicating, for reframing and helping the families to look at things differently – have improved greatly.” She added that all the family counselors have been able to articulate how the training and experience have helped them in other areas of their lives. “I am proud,” she added, “to see how far they’ve come!”

Asean, St. Kitts

In the community called The Village in St. Kitts, seventeen-year old Asean Woodley and his family have just ‘graduated’ from Family Matters at the end of a year of interventions to address several behavioral issues that have now resolved substantially. He is aware that he was taking out his anger towards his father on the entire family. Discussions with Asean’s dad made him recognize how his absence in Asean’s life was impacting his son. Together with their family

“I’m going to miss it (the counseling) sometimes,” says Asean Woodley (L) with counselor, the family has found ways to his Grandmother (R) who declared “A mi first grandson and mi love him.” improve the relationship between the boy and his father, and this has helped Asean in all aspects of his life. One of his rewards will be permission to return to playing soccer, a sport which he loves. Kerinda, their Family Counselor, marked the closure of their intervention cycles by sharing an avocado seed which Asean will plant in the yard at the family’s home, ever-expanding to accommodate the three generations that live there. The avocado seed was carefully selected to honor the strength and abundance of their multi-generational family and to remind them that, like the avocado pear tree, their family is resilient enough to withstand any storm. Asean’s family all speak glowingly of his improved behavior within the family and have become champions themselves for Family Matters.

McLean, Saint Lucia

Further south, in Saint Lucia, McLean Jn Baptiste, also seventeen years old and a passionate soccer player (like Asean in St. Kitts), lives in the town of Soufriere, a McLean Jn Baptiste (L) is flanked by (L- R) two of his sisters and his mother.

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seaside town in Saint Lucia and home of the world-renowned Pitons – a landmark sometimes overlooked by most of Soufriere’s residents.

From the small apartment he shares with his mother and sisters close to one of the hotspots in the community, McLean’s mother and two of his ten siblings beam with pride at his improved behavior, so happy to see “…a complete turnaround in his behavior…” since working with their counselor. McLean, whose father died some years ago, had been leaving home without permission and returning when he felt like coming home. This was deeply concerning to his mother who is well aware of the risks that lurk nearby in their community, factors that are a threat to a vulnerable young man without access to resources and without his father to guide him.

Shemar, Guyana McLean Jn Baptiste (L) is flanked by (L- R) two of his sisters and his mother. Shemar Thomas is a fourteen-year-old boy (and yes, a soccer aficionado!) who lives in the Georgetown community of Lodge in Guyana. His mother sent him to live with his grandparents, as she was Shemar Thomas (2nd left) is happy for the Family Matters program and the concerned that her job as a security strengthening of communication with his grandparents and his mother (1st right). guard, with shifts from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., didn’t allow her to provide him with the level of supervision that he needed. His grandparents felt also that his behavior was out of control and felt the need to step in. Since being involved with Family Matters, Shemar’s focus at school has improved considerably and he wants to pursue a career as a marine biologist.

Encouraged by his grandfather, a retiree, to dig deeper into the field of study, Shemar is now reading more and excelling in English classes at school. Shemar shows Ambassador Sarah Lynch where to find the notes on the steel pans When asked about the relevance of he is playing at the CSWC Summer Camp in Sophia. marine biology to his local environment,

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Shemar was quickly able to make a link between the recent oil finds in Guyana and the importance of preserving marine life in the area. Family meetings with their Family Matters counselor have catalyzed communication between Shemar, his mother and his grandparents, also stimulating a love of music which he shares with them; he proudly displayed his newfound skills on the steel pans during a visit by a team from the United States Embassy in August to the CFYR-sponsored summer program that he attended.

While the family all speak highly of the benefits of the program, Shemar’s mother feels she has benefited the most from the counseling intervention under Family Matters. She is now Michèle la Coudray-Blake, Director, Counseling Unit, St. Kitts aware of how her behavior was affecting her relationship with “Issues of young people are fairly standard across both her sons, as she used to “…shout, beat and curse…” the region, even if how they manifest may have when they challenged her. She says her relationship with them some differences. There are issues with having both is now transformed, and they’re all much happier as a some autonomy in families, issues with how they result. maneuver their value and their negotiation skills in These three teenage boys from three countries across the the family; there are issues related to their peer Eastern and Southern Caribbean, who will likely never meet, group, wanting to figure out how to assimilate are connected by the invisible thread of Family Matters – not with their peer group and how to keep the values one they chose - but one which they and their families are glad of their home intact, so I think we see the same chose them. things. I think you see them figuring out how to manage some of the things in their face – social media, drugs.

I think the issues are the same with the families…not knowing how to negotiate with their teenagers, and how to communicate with them differently from when they were seven or eight years old, when the needs were different. We want to leave with our families that they always have a supportive environment; even if the

Family Matters counselors don’t proactively check in with the families, they have reached the point where they know they are able to reach out

if needs be.”

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ANNEX D: PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

The table below presents a summary of results from the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Plan for the work plan activities that was approved by USAID on December 10, 2018. The indicators were updated during the previous program year based on discussions with USAID. Year 3 Year 3 Performanc Q2 Q3 Q4 TOTAL TOTAL Annual e Achieved Met Baseline Q1 FY 18-19 FY 18-19 FY 18-19 (Aggregate) (Unique to the End Indicators Target 195 Beneficiaries Target FY 18-19 of from CFYR Reporting Y/N Communities Period (%) ) 196 SO 1.0 Percent change in GY 9.7% -10% N/A N/A N/A -5.5%198 -5.5% N/A N/A N victimization rates among SK 5.9% GY 8.73% GY 6.8% GY 6.8% youth in target SL 8% SK 5.31% SK 5.5% SK 5.5% communities197 SL 7.2% SL 10% SL 10% SO 1.1 Percent of youth 0 50% N/A N/A199 N/A200 N/A201 N/A N/A N/A202 N/A who reduced their risk factors below secondary prevention eligibility

195 This reflects the total observable counts across all quarters, either for beneficiaries or totals of products/activities/etc., noted. This includes those outside CFYR target communities; those outside CFYR target age range; and those who participated/benefited more than once. 196 This reflects the unique count across all quarters. This excludes those outside CFYR target communities; those outside CFYR target age range; and those who participated/benefited more than once. 197 Baseline figures and targets were revised for Indicators SO 1.0, SO 1.2 and 2.1.0 based on findings from data analysis from the baseline surveys for the three countries. 198 To obtain the percent change in responses from baseline to midline survey, CFYR utilized the following standard formula: midline value minus baseline value, divided by baseline value. The result is then multiplied by 100. As these data were finalized at the very end of the program year, CFYR will analyze changes during Year 4 Q1. 199 While this indicator will be reported on after youth participating in the PIFSM complete 12 months of intervention, the following information provides progress made so far after 6 months of intervention. In Guyana, 73% of the beneficiary youth demonstrated a reduction in risk factors, with 56% now below the secondary level of risk. 200 While this indicator will be reported on after youth participating in the PIFSM complete 12 months of intervention, the following information provides progress made so far after 6 months of intervention among the Saint Lucia youth participants following YSET- R assessments. For Saint Lucia, thirty-six cases, or 31%, of the 115 cases are no longer at a secondary level of risk. 201 While this indicator will be reported on after youth participating in the PIFSM complete 12 months of intervention, the following information provides progress made so far after 6 months of intervention among the St. Kitts and Nevis youth participants following YSET-R assessments. For St. Kitts and Nevis, 59% of the beneficiary youth demonstrated a reduction in risk factors, with 44% now below the secondary level of risk. 202 This indicator will be reported on after youth participating in the PIFSM complete 12 months of intervention.

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SO 1.2 Percent change in GY 38.8% +10% N/A N/A N/A +11%204 +11% N/A N/A Y feelings of safety among SK 53.8% GY 42.7% GY 44.7% GY 44.7% residents of target SL 72% SK 59.2% SK 69.9% SK 69.9% communities203 SL 79.2% SL 68% SL 68% 2.1.0 Percent change in GY 16.3% +10% N/A N/A N/A -29.5%206 -29.5% N/A N/A residents of target SK 17.4% GY 17.9% GY 16.9% GY 16.9% N communities participating SL 29% SK 19.1% SK 13.3% SK 13.3% in community problem solving205 SL 31.9% SL 14% SL 14%

2.1.1.0 Percent of 0% 60% N/A 50%207 N/A 75%208 75% N/A 100% Y community projects implemented achieving agreed objectives

203 Baseline figures and targets were revised for Indicators SO 1.0, SO 1.2 and 2.1.0 based on findings from data analysis from the baseline surveys for the three countries. 204 To obtain the percent change in responses from baseline to midline/end-line survey, CFYR utilized the following standard formula: midline/end-line value minus baseline value, divided by baseline value. The result is then multiplied by 100. As these data were finalized at the very end of the program year, CFYR will analyze changes during Year 4 Q1. 205 Baseline figures and targets were revised for Indicators SO 1.0, SO 1.2 and 2.1.0 based on findings from data analysis from the baseline surveys for the three countries. 206 To obtain the percent change in responses from baseline to midline/end-line survey, CFYR utilized the following standard formula: midline/end-line value minus baseline value, divided by baseline value. The result is then multiplied by 100. As these data were finalized at the very end of the program year, CFYR will analyze changes during Year 4 Q1. 207 Four CEC-led community projects were implemented during the reporting period. Two out of the four achieved agreed objectives. Included in initiatives are: East La Penitence “Reducing Fear of Crime -Community Cleanup Program” and “Score the Goal without the Penalty” Football. This result was revised following the DQA. 208 Four CEC-led community projects were implemented during Q4. Three out of the four achieved agreed objectives. Included in the successful initiatives are: Guyana-East Ruimveldt Movie and Meet and in Saint Lucia – Chess Club Training and Youth Agro-Entrepreneurial Social & Leadership Training.

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Year 3 Year 3 Performanc Q2 Q3 Q4 TOTAL TOTAL Annual e Achieved Met Baseline Q1 FY 18-19 FY 18-19 FY 18-19 (Aggregate) (Unique to the End Indicators Target 195 Beneficiaries Target FY 18-19 of from CFYR Reporting Y/N Communities Period (%) ) 196 2.2.1.0 Number of 0 4 2 3 2 1209 8 N/A 100% Y Juvenile Justice Reform committee meetings held 2.2.1.1 Number of 0 10 10 Tools 0 11 Tools 0210 21 N/A 210% Y administrative and Types of tools: Types of tools: diagnostic tools Diagnostic- 4 Diagnostic- 2 developed and/or upgraded to support Administrative- Administrative rehabilitation and 6 - 9 reintegration of youth in conflict with the law 2.2.1.2 Number of 0 214 0 34211 0 0212 34 34 16% N Personnel with requisite training and skills in JJR acquired through USG assistance

2.2.2.0 Number of 0 3 N/A 1213 N/A 0214 1 N/A 33% N interagency protocols

209 CFYR facilitated one meeting of the JJR Inter-Agency Committee this quarter. Meeting was held on September 26. 210 Targets for JJR tools were surpassed in previous quarters during year 3. Administrative guidelines and processes for Alternative Sentencing and Diversion are being developed and will be finalized in Year 4. 211 JJR trainings were conducted to increase participants’ knowledge about the 2018 Juvenile Justice Act, policies and procedures regarding managing youth in conflict with the law and introducing and guiding utility of the new and upgraded JJR administrative and diagnostic tools. Staff from the New Opportunity Corps and the Sophia Juvenile Holding Centre were among the participants trained. 212 Further training of JJR personnel was moved to Year 4 due to availability of participants and will commence on October 29-31, 2019. While the program will not be able to meet current LOP targets, a substantial improvement in training relevant staff (193 persons projected) is expected. Final numbers to be trained may be affected by receiving vetting information for proposed police participants, in line with Leahy Amendment requirements. The revised MEL will reflect these changes. 213 The inter-agency referral protocol has taken effect in Guyana following discussions from Year 2. Protocol is being utilized by Ministry of Education for referral of at-risk youth to Family Matters. 214 CFYR did not record approval of any protocols this quarter. As such, only one third of target was achieved during Year 3. The program is confident that greater strides will be made in Year 4 with the plans in place to engage key stakeholders regarding sustaining approaches to reduce youth crime and violence being implemented to date and advocating for using the various tools developed by the program in the prior 3 years.

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2.3.0 Percent of youth 0% 2.5%215 0.87% 1.68% 2.87% 3.25%216 3.25% 2.7% 130% Y participating in one or 309 youth 291 youth 424 Youth 137 Youth 1161 Youth 976 Youth more of the following: GUY: 155 GUY: 163 GUY: 248 GUY: 78 GUY: 644 GUY: 553 Advocacy, Leadership, Mentorship, Volunteering, SLU: 154 SLU: 128 SLU: 176 SLU: 59 SLU: 517 SLU: 423 Youth-focused Clubs, Age Groups Age Groups Age Groups Age Groups Age Groups Age Groups CEC membership 10-14 yrs.: 47 10-14 yrs.: 36 10-14 yrs.: 128 10-14 yrs.: 48 10-14 yrs.: 259 10-14 yrs.: 241 15-19 yrs.: 153 15 - 19 yrs.: 154 15 - 19 yrs.: 176 15 - 19 yrs.: 49 15 - 19 yrs.: 532 15 - 19 yrs.: 442 20-24 yrs.: 72 20-24 yrs.: 70 20-24 yrs.: 75 20-24 yrs.: 25 20-24 yrs.: 242 20-24 yrs.: 194 25-29 yrs.: 37 25-29 yrs.: 31 25-29 yrs.: 45 25-29 yrs.: 15 25-29 yrs.: 128 25-29 yrs.: 99 Sex Sex Sex Sex Sex Sex Males: 155 Males: 113 Males: 206 Males: 60 Males: 534 Males: 458 Females: 154 Females: 178 Females: 218 Females: 77 Females: 627 Females: 518

215 Target is calculated based on the total youth populations (35,711) of Guyana and Saint Lucia. 216 CFYR supported the participation of 148 youth this quarter. Among these, 137 (93%) were youth (10-29 years) within CFYR communities. Some key activities they participated in include: CEC Activities (CEC meetings; planning/implementing community projects; mobilization of residents to attend community activities); advocacy activity (East Ruimveldt’s Movie & Meet); volunteering activity (Street Domino & Bicycle Stunt Extravaganza); club activity (Chess Club Training) and leadership activities (youth leaders assisting in facilitating after-school programs). Apart from youth participants, CFYR also supported the participation of 89 adults from the 30-plus age group.

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196 196 20 - 24 yrs.: 107 20-24 yrs.: 107 20-24 yrs.: 107 25-29 yrs.: 52 25-29 yrs.: 52 25-29 yrs.: 52 Sex Sex Sex Males: 179 Males: 179 Males: 179 Females: 295 Females: 295 Females: 295 Type of Type of Type of Intervention Intervention Intervention ASP: 125 ASP: 125 ASP: 125 WFD BLES: 171 WFD BLES: WFD BLES: WFD 171 171 Grantees:152 WFD WFD Summer Grantees:152 Grantees:152 Camps: 26

217 CFYR funded a number of activities geared towards increasing self-efficacy among youth. Some of the activities included after-school programs, summer camps and workforce development programs implemented by BLES Life Coaches and Grantees. A total of 787 youth completed both the pre and post self-efficacy tests. Among them, 510 (65%) youth reported increases in self-efficacy with 474 (93%) of youth reporting increases in self-efficacy residing in CFYR communities. 218 CFYR was not able to meet targets this year. One setback experienced by the program was the refining, pretest and piloting of the self-efficacy questionnaire which took place during the first quarter. As such, measures of increased self-efficacy using the revised questionnaire began in the second quarter. While this process resulted in less time to achieve targets, it has however increased confidence in the results obtained from using the questionnaire. With the numerous activities planned for Year 4, including the Positive Connection to Schools Project, the program is hoping to narrow the gap between achievement and LOP targets.

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2.3.1.0 Number of 0 732 177 Youth 291 youth 119 Youth 84 Youth219 671 Youth 667 Youth220 92%221 N targeted youth GUY: 96 GUY: 197 GUY: 85 GUY: 64 GUY: 442 GUY: 441 completing workforce SLU: 81 SLU: 94 SLU: 34 SLU: 20 SLU: 229 SLU: 226 readiness skills training with USG support Age Groups Age Groups Age Group s Age Groups Age Groups Age Groups 16-19 yrs.: 93 16 - 19 y rs.: 136 16 - 19 yrs.: 67 16 - 19 yrs.: 48 16 - 19 yrs.: 16-19 yrs.: 342 20-24 yrs.: 59 20-24 yrs.: 116 20-24 yrs.: 32 20-24 yrs.: 23 344 20 -24 yrs.: 229 25-29 yrs.: 25 25-29 yrs.: 39 25-29 yrs.: 20 25-29 yrs.: 13 20-24 yrs.: 230 25-29 yrs.: 96 Sex Sex Sex Sex 25-29 yrs.: 97 Sex Males: 59 Males: 85 Males: 25 Males: 28 Sex Males: 195 Females: 118 Females: 206 Females: 94 Females: 56 Males: 197 Females: 472 Type of Type of Type of Type of Females: 474 Type of Course: Course: Course: Course: Type of Course: BLES: 152 BLES: 98 BLES: 119 BLES: 27 Course: BLES: 396 Hospitality Hospitality Hospitality BLES: 396 Hospitality Skills:25 Skills: 74 Skills:20 Hospitality Skills: 116 Driving/ Technical: 37 Skills: 119 Driving/ (Motor Driving/

219 CFYR trained 97 youth in workforce development, with 84 (87%) youth coming from CFYR communities 220 667 pertains to unique count of youth completing WFD program within CFYR communities only. 221 Despite challenges implementing the WFD program, CFYR came very close to reaching annual targets. With efforts focusing in Year 4 on further job placement support, the program aims to achieve LOP targets by the end of Year 4.

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Year 3 Year 3 Performanc Q2 Q3 Q4 TOTAL TOTAL Annual e Achieved Met Baseline Q1 FY 18-19 FY 18-19 FY 18-19 (Aggregate) (Unique to the End Indicators Target 195 Beneficiaries Target FY 18-19 of from CFYR Reporting Y/N Communities Period (%) ) 196 Food and Vehicle Food and Food and Nutrition: 27 repairs, Data Nutrition: 27 Nutrition: 27 Fishing/ Operations & Fishing/ Fishing/ Construction: Electrical Construction: Construction: 92 Installation) 92 91 Technical: 37 Technical: 37 (Motor (Motor Vehicle Vehicle repairs, Data repairs, Data Operations & Operations & Electrical Electrical Installation) Installation)

2.3.1.1 (EG.6-4) Number 0 366 40 youth222 53 youth 98 youth 78 youth223 269 Youth 269 Youth224 73%225 N of individuals with new GUY: 19 GUY: 23 GUY: 50 GUY: 58 GUY: 150 GUY: 150 employment following SLU: 21 SLU: 30 SLU: 48 SLU: 20 SLU: 119 SLU: 119 completion of USG- assisted workforce Age Groups Age Groups Age Groups Age Groups Age Groups Age Groups development programs

222 Figures for Q1 new employment have been updated following an internal DQA. 223 Following participation in CFYR-funded Workforce Development programs, 81 youth gained new employment. Among these, 78 (96%) of youth were from CFYR communities and three were from a non-CFYR community. Types of jobs obtained include: Waiter/Waitress, Customer Service Representative, Security Guard, Teacher Assistant, Library Attendant, Massage Therapist, Mason, Enumerator among others. 224 269 represents youth within CFYR communities only. However, the program recorded 280 youth (residing both in and out CFYR communities) gaining new employment. 225 Some of the challenges experienced resulting in the program not being able to achieve annual targets are the cancellation of two WFD grants as a result of Grantees not adhering to agreed standards of delivering aftercare services to youth participants. In addition, the seasonal nature of hospitality services in Saint Lucia resulted in delays in youth being placed at hotels/restaurants. It is anticipated with the opening of the tourist season in the first quarter of Year 4 and other initiatives being undertaken by BLES Life Coaches, the program expects to achieve LOP targets.

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Year 3 Year 3 Performanc Q2 Q3 Q4 TOTAL TOTAL Annual e Achieved Met Baseline Q1 FY 18-19 FY 18-19 FY 18-19 (Aggregate) (Unique to the End Indicators Target 195 Beneficiaries Target FY 18-19 of from CFYR Reporting Y/N Communities Period (%) ) 196 15-19 yrs.: 17 15 - 19 yrs.: 20 15 - 19 yrs.: 44 15 - 19 yrs.: 38 15 - 19 yrs.: 119 15 - 19 yrs.: 119 20-24 yrs.: 15 20-24 yrs.: 22 20-24 yrs.: 44 20-24 yrs.: 25 20-24 yrs.: 106 20-24 yrs.: 106 25-29 yrs.: 8 25-29 yrs.: 11 25-29 yrs.: 10 25-29 yrs.: 15 25-29 yrs.: 44 25-29 yrs.: 44 Sex Sex Sex Sex Sex Sex Males: 9 Males: 15 Males: 27 Males: 24 Males: 75 Males: 75 Females: 31 Females: 38 Females: 71 Females: 54 Females: 194 Females: 194

2.3.1.2 (EG.6-5) Number 0 366 39 youth226 52 youth 97 youth 77 youth227 265 youth 265 youth 72%228 Y of individuals with GUY: 18 GUY: 22 GUY: 50 GUY: 58 GUY: 148 GUY: 148 increased earnings SLU: 21 SLU: 30 SLU: 47 SLU: 19 SLU: 117 SLU: 117 following completion of USG- assisted workforce Age Groups Age Groups Age Groups Age Groups Age Groups Age Groups development programs 15-19 yrs.: 17 15 - 19 yrs.: 20 15 - 19 yrs.: 44 15 - 19 yrs.: 37 15 - 19 yrs.: 118 15 - 19 yrs.: 118 20-24 yrs.: 14 20-24 yrs.: 21 20-24 yrs.: 43 20-24 yrs.: 25 20-24 yrs.: 103 20-24 yrs.: 103 25-29 yrs.: 8 25-29 yrs.: 11 25-29 yrs.: 10 25-29 yrs.: 15 25-29 yrs.: 44 25-29 yrs.: 44 Sex Sex Sex Sex Sex Sex Males: 9 Males: 15 Males: 27 Males: 24 Males: 75 Males: 75 Females: 30 Females: 37 Females: 70 Females: 53 Females: 190 Females: 190

226 Figures for Q1 Increased earnings have been updated following an internal DQA. 227 Among the 81 youth who gained employment, 80 (99%) had increased earnings; 77 (96%) of whom were youth from CFYR communities. 228 Achievement of targets for this indicator were affected by the same factors highlighted in the previous 2.3.1.1 indicator. Strategies for Year 4 should support achieving LOP targets.

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Year 3 Year 3 Performanc Q2 Q3 Q4 TOTAL TOTAL Annual e Achieved Met Baseline Q1 FY 18-19 FY 18-19 FY 18-19 (Aggregate) (Unique to the End Indicators Target 195 Beneficiaries Target FY 18-19 of from CFYR Reporting Y/N Communities Period (%) ) 196 2.3.2.0 YOUTH-2 229 230 0 1100 43 youth 24 youth 80 youth 772 youth 919 Youth 889 Youth 83% N Number of at-risk youth GUY: 32 GUY: 4 GUY: 38 GUY: 492 GUY: 566 GUY: 549 trained in social and SLU: 11 SLU: 20 SLU: 42 SLU: 280 SLU: 353 SLU: 340 leadership skills through USG-assisted programs Age Groups Age Groups Age Groups Age Groups Age Groups Age Groups 10-14 yrs.: 12 10-14 yrs.: 0 10-14 yrs.: 12 10-14 yrs.: 307 10-14 yrs.: 331 10-14 yrs.: 331 15-19 yrs.: 18 15-19 yrs.: 20 15-19 yrs.: 39 15-19 yrs.: 338 15-19 yrs.: 415 15-19 yrs.: 397 20-24 yrs.: 7 20-24 yrs.: 2 20-24 yrs.: 19 20-24 yrs.: 20-24 yrs.: 129 20-24 yrs.: 119 25-29 yrs.: 6 25-29 yrs.: 2 25-29 yrs.: 10 101 25-29 yrs.: 44 25-29 yrs.: 42 Sex Sex Sex 25-29 yrs.: 26 Sex Sex Males: 31 Males: 9 Males: 23 Sex Males: 386 Males: 378 Females: 12 Females: 15 Females: 57 Males: 323 Females: 533 Females: 511 Females: 449

2.4.0 Number of 0 15 9 4231 21232 0 34 N/A 227% Y knowledge products shared

229 CFYR trained 830 youth this quarter in social and leadership skills in Guyana and Saint Lucia. Among participants, 772 (93%) persons were youth within CFYR communities. Forty-two persons within the 30 and over age group also participated. Activities contributing to this indicator included the After-School Programs, Social & Leadership Training per CFYR community delivered during the summer, Summer Camps, Sophia Time Management & Decision Making Workshop and the Youth Agro-Entrepreneurial Training in Saint Lucia, to name a few. 230 Despite slow progress in earlier quarters, CFYR went to great effort in Q4 to ensure annual targets were met. The main factor which has resulted in under achieving was the After-School Programs. While 284 youth were enrolled across the two countries, 143 (50%) of them attended 80% or more of the sessions. Many of them fell short by a few hours, however these youth could not be captured as meeting the criteria to be counted. 231 Four knowledge products were shared, two that emanated from the Caribbean Summit on Youth Violence Prevention. These include the 1) Advocacy and Action Agenda 2) Report on Proceedings. Two other products were shared, and inadvertently not reported on previously. These include the Self-Efficacy Pre-Post Questionnaire and the Guidelines for Administering the Self-Efficacy Pre-Post Questionnaire. 232 Twenty-one tools were shared with stakeholders during the April 1 to June 30, 2019 period and were inadvertently omitted from the previous quarterly report. These tools were shared with juvenile justice reform stakeholders (Ministry of Social Protection, Ministry of Public Security, etc.) in the period. These include the Minimum Standards for the Operation of a Juvenile Commitment Facility; NOC Employee Policy and Procedural Manual; Behavior

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Year 3 Year 3 Performanc Q2 Q3 Q4 TOTAL TOTAL Annual e Achieved Met Baseline Q1 FY 18-19 FY 18-19 FY 18-19 (Aggregate) (Unique to the End Indicators Target 195 Beneficiaries Target FY 18-19 of from CFYR Reporting Y/N Communities Period (%) ) 196 2.4.1.0 Number of 0 3 N/A NA N/A 0233 N/A N/A 0% N agencies adopting community crime and violence prevention models with USG support 2.4.2.0 Number of 0 5 N/A NA N/A 0234 N/A N/A 0% N intended users applying knowledge/innovation to make decisions regarding crime and violence prevention programs

Management and Youth Service System for NOC; Care and Reintegration Plan; Suspected Child Abuse or Neglect Referral For NOC Staff; NOC Serious Incidence Report; Mental Health Referral Form for NOC; NOC Life Health and Safety Policy and Procedure; Report on Child Risk Needs Assessment; Detention Assessment/Risk Instrument; Minimum Standards Youth Services and Behavior Management Systems Standards; Court Report and Child Risk Needs Assessment; Life Health and Safety Standards; Personnel Standards; Reporting Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect Form; Policy and Procedure for Sophia Centre Behavior Management; Policy and Procedure for Sophia Centre Life Health and Safety; Sophia Centre Report to Magistrate Form; Sophia Centre Resident Personnel Property Inventory Form; Mental Health Referral Form for Sophia Centre; and Sophia Centre Serious Incident Report Form. 233 Currently CFYR is engaging key partners regarding sustainability of crime and violence prevention models. While the program did not meet targets during this reporting period, progress is being made towards the adoption of the models across the three countries, including Family Matters, Social Crime Prevention Model and BLES, among others. 234 Surveys are scheduled for first quarter Year 4 to reflect application of knowledge by key agencies over the past 12 months during Year 3 and a repeat in Y4Q4 to capture knowledge application in Year 4. Pertaining to the repeat survey in Y4Q4, links to the survey will be shared to target agencies; as such it is not expected to be labor intensive while the program is in close-out mode.

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ANNEX E: SUMMARY OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACTVTIES WITH POST-TEST RESULTS JULY 1- SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

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TRAINING DATE PARTICIPANTS POST-TEST RESULTS

M F Total CFYR Youth235

Youth Agro- June 12 – 10 13 23 23 Of twenty pre/post-test Entrepreneurial, July 2, participants, fourteen Social and 2019 (70%) reflected an overall Leadership increase in Training knowledge/understanding Workshop compared to pre-test; five (25%) reflected no change; and one (5%) reflected a decrease. Twelve questions focused on increased life/social skills. Out of the twenty, thirteen (65%) reflected increased life/social skills while seven (35%) reflected no change.

SCP Training – July 8 -12, 10 20 30 29 Of twenty-nine pre/post- Anse La Raye 2019 test participants, twenty- seven (93%) passed. At pre-test, twenty-three of thirty (77%) passed.

CEC Capacity- July 18, 9 18 27 17 Of twenty-seven building – 2019 pre/post-test Governance participants, 100% got more correct answers than in the pre-test.

Vieux Fort July 29-31, 15 23 38 18 Of seventeen pre/post- Chess Training 2019 test participants, fourteen (82%) indicated they know more about leadership following the

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training. Fifteen, or 88%, reported increased skills to perform as a leader.

CEC Capacity- August 6 19 25 18 Of twenty-two pre/post- building– 20-23, test participants, there Project 2019 was a 33% increase in the Management number of correct answers (261 in post- test) when compared with the pre-test (196 correct answers). 20 participants received a higher score on the post test.

CEC Capacity- August 26 6 20 26 18 Of twenty-four pre/post- building – & 28, 2018 test participants, Private and nineteen, or 79%, got Public Sector more correct answers in Engagement the post-test than in the pre-test. There was a 23% increase in number of correct answers between pre- and post- testing.

CEC Capacity- August 5 14 19 12 Of nineteen pre/post-test building – 27-28, participants, eleven got Parenting for 2019 more correct answers in Better the post-test than in the Communities pre-test. There was a 6% increase in the number of correct answers between pre-and post-testing.

CEC Capacity- August 6- 8 23 31 20 Of twenty pre/post-test building – 8, 2019 participants, fifteen (75%) Leadership got more correct answers at the post-test than at the pre-test.

August 19 54 101 155 147 PERCENTAGE (%) OF - PARTICIPANTS THAT September SCORED HIGHER IN 30, 2019 POST-TEST

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Dennery 16 18 34 34 75% of thirty-two (North) participants

Social and Dennery 10 7 17 17 75% of sixteen participants Leadership (South) Skills Vieux Fort 16 38 54 54 44% of thirty-four participants

Soufriere 3 14 17 16 67% of twelve participants

Anse La 5 16 21 20 67% of fifteen participants Raye

Castries 4 8 12 6 83% of twelve participants

Vieux Fort September 15 3 18 11 Of seventeen pre/post- Spiny Lobster 3-13, 2019 test participants, eleven Training (64.7%) passed pre-test and sixteen of seventeen (94%) passed post-test

TOTAL 138 254 392 313

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Computer July 22 - 8 14 22 22 Of fourteen pre/post- Literacy and August 24, test participants, in the Life Skill 2019 pretest, only two of Training fourteen (14%) passed. In post-test, twelve (86%) of fourteen passed.

Child Abuse August 5- 38 44 82 82 Of seventy-seven Prevention 8, 2019 pre/post-test Workshop participants, following Corriverton the workshop 82% of participants showed increased awareness as to what constitutes child

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abuse and safe ways to protect themselves from becoming victims.

East La August 5- 11 14 25 20 Among the twenty-five Penitence 16, 2019 pre/post-test Youth Anti- participants, there was crime Camp an increase in knowledge of more than 90% of these participants.

Child August 7 9 16 16 Of sixteen pre/post-test Protection 15-16, participants, 44% of Workshop 2019 participants passed the post-test and 38% showed an improvement over the pre-test.

CEC Capacity- August 6 24 30 18 Of twenty Georgetown building – 17-18 & pre/post-test Module 1 24-25, participants, twelve 2019 (60%) showed an improvement and twelve (60%) passed post-test. Of ten Corriverton pre/post-test participants, eight (80%) showed improvement and seven (70%) passed post-test.

CEC Capacity- August 31; 12 29 41 30 Georgetown: Of twenty- building – September one pre/post-test Module II 1; 7; 8, participants, thirteen 2019 (62%) had increased scores after post-test.

Corriverton: Of fourteen pre/post-test participants, nine (64%) had increase scores after post-test.

Decision making September 3 35 38 37 Of thirty-eight pre/post- training 12, 2019 test participants, thirty- Corriverton seven (97%) had

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Decision making September 10 23 33 28 Of thirty-three pre/post- training East 22&29, test participants, twenty- Ruimveldt and 2019 one (64%) had increases Lodge after post-test assessment.

Decision making September 3 38 41 37 Of thirty-nine pre/post- training 23, 2019 test participants, all Corriverton thirty-nine (100%) had increased scores after completing post-test.

Time September 6 15 21 21 Of twenty-one pre/post- Management 14, 2019 test participants, Training East eighteen (86%) had Ruimveldt increased scores after completing post-test.

Time September 16 24 40 40 Of forty pre/post- test Management 14, 2019 participants, thirty-seven training (93%) had increased Corriverton scores after post-test.

Time September 5 11 16 12 Of sixteen pre/post-test Management 21, 2019 participants, all sixteen training Sophia (100%) had increased scores after post-test.

Time September 59 30 89 74 Of eighty-nine pre/post- Management 27, 2019 test participants, sixty- training five (73%) had increased Corriverton scores after post-test.

Time September 13 10 23 23 Of twenty-three Management 28, 2019 pre/post-test Training participants, all twenty- Corriverton three (100%) had increased scores after post-test assessment.

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Social Media September 4 25 29 20 Of twenty-three and 21; 25-26, pre/post-test Cyberbullying at 2019 participants, all twenty- Lodge three (100%) had increased scores at post- test. At pre-test, more than 90% of participants indicated “I don’t know” to all questions.

TOTAL 201 345 546 480

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ANNEX F: RECORD OF COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT COMMITTEE (CEC) MEETINGS FOR OCTOBER 1, 2018 – SEPTEMBER 30, 2019236

Country Community Number Dates of Number Main Issue(s) Discussed of Meetings of Meetings Attendees Record of CEC Meetings October 1, 2018 to March 30, 2019 Saint Lucia Anse La Raye 5 October 17, 2018 October 23, 2018 December 19, 2018 February 6, 2019 February 23, 2019 Dennery 3 October 24, 2018 November 12, 2018 March 16, 2019 Castries 3 November 5, 2018 February 4, 2019 March 9, 2019 Soufriere 6 October 22, 2018 November 9, 2018 January 29, 2019 February 9, 2019 February 13, 2019 March 12, 2019 Vieux Fort 5 October 29, 2018 February 2, 2019 February 20, 2019 March 6, 2019 March 9, 2019 TOTAL 22 Guyana Corriverton 6 October 11, 2018 November 15, 2018

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Country Community Number Dates of Number Main Issue(s) Discussed of Meetings of Meetings Attendees December 13, 2018 January 10, 2019 February 14, 2019 March 14, 2019 East La 5 October 7, 2018 Penitence November 4, 2018 February 3, 2019 February 14, 2019 March 3, 2019 East 5 October 25, Ruimveldt 2018 December 3, 2018 December 15, 2018 January 10, 2019 March 19, 2019 Lodge 2 March 07, 2019 March 25, 2019 Sophia 2 October 13, 2019 March 09, 2019 TOTAL 20 Record of CEC Meetings April 1 to June 30, 2019 Saint Lucia Anse La 2 April 5, 2019 5 - Street lighting project for Raye July 5, 2019 May 28, 2019 11 - Introduction of Field Coordinator - Revamping CEC growing membership - Potential project ideas

Castries 2 May 27, 2019 5 - Introduction of Field Coordinator - Membership drive - Review of Community Safety Plan to identify projects - Collaboration with the Castries Constituency Council - Upcoming CEC capacity- building workshops

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Country Community Number Dates of Number Main Issue(s) Discussed of Meetings of Meetings Attendees June 15, 2019 24 - Collaboration with RISE St. Lucia - Football clubs and other community groups on community safety plan initiatives

Dennery 1 June 17, 2019 5 - Introduction of Field Coordinator - Revamping CEC and growing membership - Review of Community Safety Plan (CSP) - Upcoming CEC capacity- building workshops

Soufriere 2 May 7, 2019 14 - Introduction of Field Coordinator - Follow up on Anti-bullying activities - Essay competition June 4, 2019 9 - Upcoming CEC capacity- building workshops - Review of Community Safety Plan (CSP) to identify potential project ideas

Vieux Fort 3 May 15, 2019 5 - Introduction of Field Coordinator - Update on CEC capacity- building initiatives - Potential date for launch of short film May 30, 2019 10 - Update on Short film launch - Upcoming CEC capacity- building workshops - Men of Excellence Program - Chess Program phase 2 - Upcoming Social Crime Prevention Training June 19, 2019 5 - Upcoming CEC capacity- building workshop - Finalize list of participants for Social Crime Prevention Training - Project idea of a film club - Review of Community Safety Plan (CSP) TOTAL 10 93

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Country Community Number Dates of Number Main Issue(s) Discussed of Meetings of Meetings Attendees Guyana Corriverton 2 May 9, 2019 25 - Update on the Lynx Football project - Update on the Gender Awareness workshop - Update on recruitment for BLES June 13, 2019 21 - Update on plans for Facebook live GBV discussion - Update on plans for Street Theater - Discussion on hosting a summer program - Verification of the draft Community Safety Plan (CSP) East La 2 April 7, 2019 23 - Update on recruitment for Penitence BLES - Update on Clean-Up project - Update on MoSP Advocacy training June 2, 2019 11 - Verification of the draft Community Safety Plan (CSP) - Discussion on hosting a summer program - Update on advance ICT training from Ministry of Public Telecommunications (MoPT) for females East 1 April 16, 2019 5 - Discussion on potential Ruimveldt projects - Update on use of the Community Centre - Update on opportunities for partnerships

Lodge 3 April 28, 2019 11 - MoSP training in Gender Awareness - Discussion on community Clean-Up project - Discussion on inviting the Local Government Councilor to a CEC meeting May 30, 2019 7 - Verification of the draft Community Safety Plan (CSP)

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Country Community Number Dates of Number Main Issue(s) Discussed of Meetings of Meetings Attendees - Discussion on the upsurge of crime in the community. The Local Government Councilor advised on what can be done regarding safety and infrastructure. June 22, 2019 3 - Discussion of way forward based on attendance - Planning Community Clean-Up for alleys Sophia 1 June 8, 2019 6 - Potential projects - Addressing Sophia safety and security issues identified – Crime and security - Vacation computer literacy training TOTAL 9 112 Record of CEC Meetings July 1 to September 30, 2019 Saint Lucia Anse La 1 September 23, 10 -Recognition status / Raye 2019 Constitution of CEC - Discussion on CEC as Stand- alone organization or amalgamation with existing community organization - Fine tuning project proposal for submission Castries 2 September 25, 6 -Recognition status / 2019 Constitution of CEC - Discussion on CEC as Stand- alone organization or amalgamation with existing community organization - Fine tuning project proposal for submission

September 30, 6 -Session finalized group’s draft 2019 Constitution - Completed Registration form - CEC functioning as a stand- alone organization

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Country Community Number Dates of Number Main Issue(s) Discussed of Meetings of Meetings Attendees Dennery 3 July 1, 2019 5 - Identification of potential projects from community safety plan - Ongoing CEC capacity- building workshop

July 30, 2019 5 - Developing a project proposal for community safety plan project called the youth empowerment strategy

September 6, 8 - Putting constitution together, 2019 Application for Registration of Dennery CEC with the ministry of Equity for submission on September 9, 2019 to Social Transformation Officer for onward process - CEC capacity-building workshop project proposal final document to be submitted on September 9, 2019 to Primary Team Soufriere 1 September 24, 20 - Recognition status / 2019 Constitution of CEC - Discussion on CEC as Stand- alone organization or amalgamation with existing community organization - Fine tuning project proposal for submission - Update on Mural Painting

Vieux Fort 1 July 22, 2019 8 - Chess Club Training - Men of Excellence Program - Ongoing CEC capacity- building Workshop237 TOTAL 8 68 Guyana Corriverton 3 July 11, 2019 22 - Update on After-school program & how the CEC can assist with the vacation camp. - Discussion on conducting a Child Protection four (4) day training.

237 No meetings in August because of Capacity-building Trainings.

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Country Community Number Dates of Number Main Issue(s) Discussed of Meetings of Meetings Attendees - Discussion with IDEA on finalizing the Corriverton Safety plan.

August 8, 2019 8 - Discussion on hosting a CEC fundraiser to purchase lights. - Update on the Child Protection four (4) day training. September 12, 30 - Discussions on potential 2019 projects addressing Corriverton Safety Plan - Update on the following areas: potential youth trainings, Family Counselors, CEC Capacity-building and projects coming out of the training.

East La 3 July 7, 2019 6 - Discussion on the CEC Penitence vacation camp proposal - Discussion on the finalization of the East La Penitence Safety plan with IDEA

August 11, 2019 9 - Update on the outstanding lights in the community. - Update on the following areas: potential youth trainings, Family Counselors, CEC Capacity-building and projects coming out of the training. September 8, 7 - Feedback on the CEC 2019 vacation camp - Feedback on the CEC Capacity-building project and the upcoming project coming out of the training. - Discussion on the BLES CEC partnership

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Country Community Number Dates of Number Main Issue(s) Discussed of Meetings of Meetings Attendees East 1 September 30, 24 - Presentation on Community Ruimveldt 2019 Safety plan - Review of Movie and Meet activity - Upcoming activities, e.g. Sports day

Lodge 3 August 29, 2019 7 - Update on Status of Community Safety Projects - The Role of CFYR moving forward - Networking & Capacity- building

September 12 9 - Organizing Clean-up activity 2019 - Update and way forward for Lighting Project September 26 6 - Presentation on Diversity 2019 and Inclusion - Upcoming CEC projects, e.g. Clean up activity Sophia 3 July 13, 2019 6 - Discussion on the Computer Literacy training as well as the upcoming Mental health training and field visit. - Discussion with IDEA on the finalization of the Sophia Safety Plan August 10, 2019 15 - Feedback on the CEC Computer Literacy training and plans to liaise with participants for the Mental Health training - Discussion on the upcoming CEC Capacity-building training. September 14, 6 - Update on the following 2019 areas: potential youth trainings, Family Counselors, CEC Capacity-building and projects coming out of the training. TOTAL 13 155

COMBINED 82 223 TOTAL

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ANNEX G: SUMMARY OF BLES MATRICULATION OCTOBER 1, 2018 – SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

QUARTER COHORT SAINT LUCIA COHORT GUYANA Number of Number Number of Number Participants Completing Participants Completing Successfully Successfully October 1 – Castries (Pilot) 18 18 Cohort 1 48 48 December BLES Cohort (Lodge, 30, 2018 1 Sophia, East August 27- Ruimveldt) November 7 September 10 – October 7, 2018 Castries BLES 15 15 Cohort 2 49 49 Cohort 2 (Corriverton, November 8 – Lodge, Sophia, December 11, East Ruimveldt) 2019 November 13 – December 14, 2019 Vieux Fort 25 25 BLES Cohort 1 November 8 – December 11, 2019 January 1 Vieux Fort 25 20 Cohort 3 78 78 to March BLES Cohort (Corriverton, 30, 2019 2 Lodge, Sophia, January 24 – East La March 1, 2019 Penitence, East Ruimveldt) February 11 – March 15, 2019 April 1 – Dennery BLES 25 8 Cohort 4 96 92 June 30, Cohort 1 (Corriverton, 2019 February 26- Lodge, Sophia, April 5, 2019 East La Penitence, East Ruimveldt)

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March 13 – June 14, 2019 Jacmel BLES 24 20 Cohort 1 March 18- April 18, 2019 Castries BLES 12 10 Cohort 3 March 18- May 8 July 1 – Cohort 5 32 31 September (Lodge, 30, 2019 Sophia, East La Penitence, East Ruimveldt) August 26 – September 27, 2019

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ANNEX H: GUYANA REFERRAL FORM

Referral Form Social services team’s referral form for youth at risk

1) This form will be filled by the agency referring youth for services to other agencies 2) The original will be kept by the receiving agency and a copy will be returned to the referral agency

YOUTH INFORMATION

Unique ID number:______(To be completed by Referring Agency)

Date:_____/_____/____

Sex: M F DOB: _____/_____/____ Language Spoken:______

Name:______(First name) (Middle) (Last name)

Parent/Guardian ______Legal Guardian Yes No

Address:______Phone: ______

SCHOOL/INSTITUTION/CLASS INFORMATION

School/Institution/Class:______

Address:______Phone: ______

E-mail: ______

1. Identify the primary concerns (behaviors and/or attitude) indicating that this youth is at risk. Include your observations and the length of time that these concerns have been present:

______

2. Identify the strength of this youth’s personality and abilities:

______

3. Are there any other service providers involved with this youth/family?

______

Signature of referral Officer/Designee: ______Date: ______

Signature of receiving Officer/Designee: ______Date: ______

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ANNEX I: BLES COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS APRIL1 – JUNE 30, 2019

Event Description Date Coverage Total Male Female Area Attendees 238 youth youth Saint Lucia Re-establishment of Roseau April 13 Jacmel 17 7 10 Combined School Mural and Playground. This involved a locally renowned artist, Gary Butt, who provided guidance and knowledge transfer. There was also support from the students and teachers. Painting of a Mural. This was an May 1 Castries 17 3 6 opportunity to engage more youth from around the Castries basin, the Castries City Council Office and students from the Anglican Primary School.

Work undertaken at Dennery April 5, Dennery 23 7 16 Primary School involving installation 2019239 of safety locks, and the construction of a bevel-step to facilitate the physically challenged to gain access to classroom. An experienced construction worker in the community volunteered technical support. The Principal and teachers of the school also assisted with installation of the locks. Guyana Installation of solar-powered lights in June 8, Corriverton 16 3 12 Number 76 Village. This was in 2019 partnership with Guyana Power and Light (GPL) and the Mayor and Town Council (Corriverton BLES). Two activities with the same group. Firstly, June 15, East 27 9 15 there was the East Ruimveldt 2019 Ruimveldt Secondary School drain cleaning. This is to help ease flooding during the current rainy season. Secondly, there was the ‘Positive Attitudes’ Workshop. This involved presentation of sporting equipment to the school to aid in CXC practicum and extra-curricular activities. The Deputy Head Teacher and a group of students were present at the handover of

238 The Total Attendees figures may include: (i) youth age 10 to 29 from CFYR communities; (ii) youth age 10 to 29 from other communities; (iii) youth younger than ten or older 29; and (iv) adult residents. Figures in ‘Male Youth’ and ‘Female Youth’ include attendees from CFYR communities only. 239 Began from February 20, 2019, but there was a break to allow time for recovery from trauma as a result of issues facing the school.

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Event Description Date Coverage Total Male Female Area Attendees 238 youth youth equipment, which included bats, wickets, football nets and water bottles. Cleaning the drains of the Brickdam June 15, East La 17 6 8 Secondary School. The passage that is 2019 Penitence adjacent to the side of the school was cleared of overgrown bushes and the drain cleared. Participants also cleared the front drain of the school and handed over two wheelbarrows and a few rakes and shovels to the Agriculture department at the school to aid their CXC activities. Drug Awareness Workshop. This was facilitated by drug abuse specialist, Mr. Phillip Drayton, who works with the Guyana Police Force. Participants expressed gratitude for the interaction and closed the day with games and interaction with children and youth from the community. Refurbishment of the St. Sidwell June 15, Lodge 17 1 14 Primary School. This involved 2019 refurbishing the library and creating a craft corner for the students at the school. This activity included sorting of current books, cleaning and repainting the shelves and room and stocking with new supplies and stationery. The library had not been in use for seven years. They also designed a creative corner with material for children to create special pieces of craft. During the handover, teachers and students from both schools expressed gratitude and participants spent time reading with them. Refurbishment of the Sophia Training June 29, Sophia 17 4 12 Centre. This involved refurbishment of 2019 the restrooms and a classroom. Later in the day twenty-five hampers were given away to children from Fields C, D and E in Sophia.

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