School program to prevent violence in adolescent students. The objective is to promote positive family relationships and avoid association with gangs.
Two components are worked on:
1) At the beginning, students receive a letter to share with their parents, designed to facilitate parent-child interaction and strengthen family relationships.
2) The second stage takes place during the school vacation period and provides students with positive social, cognitive, and interpersonal growth activities as alternatives to involvement in delinquent activities.

This is a social and emotional education program for elementary school students. The aim is to prevent violence and improve academic performance.
Each grade receives a specific curriculum that addresses the development of social and emotional skills and bullying prevention. The intervention is structured in weekly or fortnightly sessions throughout the school year, including group discussions, counseling, roleplay, didactic exercises, independent work, and homework.

This is an outpatient treatment program based on the case management model for adults who have committed drug-related offenses. The goals are to increase offender accountability, reduce the likelihood of recidivism, and reduce drug dependency.
Under the supervision of the drug court, treatment is conducted for at least one year, through individual and group therapy, educational services, skills assessment, vocational training, and reintegration into the job market.

This is a school prevention program for high school students at a high risk of dropping out. The aim is to improve performance and school attendance, reduce the use of psychoactive substances, and improve emotional self-regulation.
The program focuses on adolescents with low academic performance, poor school attendance, depressive symptoms, suicidal ideation, and drug abuse. The intervention is integrated into the school curriculum and is implemented daily over six months, focusing on the development of skills under adult supervision and community support.

This is a school mentoring program for children who show signs of disconnection from the school environment and are at risk of dropping out. The aim is to reduce the number of days students are absent from school and increase engagement in academic activities.
Risk assessment tools are used to screen out students who are suitable for the program, and these children are assigned mentors that are already part of the school team, having been previously trained and having access to the intervention manual.
The program is based on two components:

This is a follow-up program for adults who have committed non-violent offenses associated with drug abuse, with a probation alternative.
The intervention lasts 11 months and involves individual and group counseling, life skills training, psychoeducation, vocational training, and professional reintegration.

This is a conditional cash transfer program implemented in Brazil since the 2000s. The program provides cash transfers for families below the poverty line, with an additional payment per child.
The Bolsa Família Program was institutionalized by Federal Law No. 10836/2004, which unified and expanded several pre-existing social programs in the country, and only considered children under 15 years of age initially. As time went by, the program started to cover children up to 17 years of age. Program conditions include vaccination and school attendance.

This is an intervention for families with children from 0 to 17 years old, victims of child maltreatment without this implying sexual abuse or serious cases of neglect and/or abuse. The goal is to promote family stability and the safety and well-being of children, reducing revictimization.
The program assesses the need to engage child protective services or family assistance services. In working with families, the team seeks to stimulate strengths and address individual demands.

This is a multicomponent program for the monitoring of adolescents from 11 to 17 years of age with problems associated with drug abuse or with a history of involvement in juvenile courts and psychiatric hospitalization. The objective is to provide the necessary information for the management of stressors and to contribute to a more positive family relationship.
The intervention has three main stages:
1) Assessment and formulation of a treatment plan;
2) Implementation of basic individual and family interventions; and
3) Closure and relapse prevention.

This is a Public Safety program that was implemented by the Rio de Janeiro State Government in 2014, in preparation for the World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games. A total of 38 Pacification Police Units (UPPs, for their acronym in Portuguese) were installed, including nearly 10,000 police officers and covering approximately 264 territories with a total of 700,000 inhabitants.