Multidisciplinary and inter-institutional intervention for children and adolescents who have lost one or both parents due to crime in the municipality, with psychological, educational, emotional, and recreational intervention, as well as family intervention to strengthen their growth.

Official Name of Signatory

City of Irapuato (Mexico)

Delegation

Mexico

Website of the Signatory

Name of the person presenting the Good Practice

Liliana del Carmen Torrero García

Position/Job Title of person presenting the Good Practice

General Director of the System for the Integral Development of the Family of the Municipality of Irapuato, Guanajuato.

Aim of the Good Practice

To intervene integrally in the care of children and adolescents in vulnerable situations in a state of orphanhood, through psycho-emotional and institutional support to achieve optimal development and thus improve their quality of life, derived from the high-impact events to which they were exposed.

Target Group of the Good Practice

Children, adolescents and caregivers

Implementation period

6 months

Consistency over time

The Creciendo con Valores project began activities in September 2022, due to the fact that the duration is stipulated for six months, a final evaluation will be carried out in the near future to determine if it is viable to extend its duration for another year and a half. To date, we have been working in a comprehensive manner with the families in the program.

Evaluation of the Good Practice

Initial and final evaluation

Key stakeholders and partnerships

Secretariat of Citizen Security; Institute of Culture, Art and Recreation of the Municipality of Irapuato; Irekua Park; Ecological Park of Irapuato; Municipal Health Department.

Future Goal 1

Include the participation of more agencies of the municipal public administration.

Future Goal 2

That the strategy includes the caregivers of these children who are part of the project.

Future Goal 3

The children and adolescents be active participants in the topics of interest in the municipal social problems through the councils.