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Intercept is an organization founded by Terry J. Peterson in 1998 as an innovative leader in youth and human rights advocacy, risk prevention and intervention programs and poverty eradication projects. Intercepts’ overarching outreach objectives include: promoting education and awareness of children rights and youth risk prevention; facilitating the effective participation of civil society in the community prevention process; promoting acceptance of the principles of natural justice and the full and effective implementation of the human rights convention into national law and practice. Thus, Intercept seeks to create a secure and humane world – advancing justice, human dignity, positive prevention and respect for the rule of law. Intercept also recognizes that youth in developing environments face tremendous pressures everyday, and live a reality of social exclusion. In addition to unemployment, poverty and restricted access to vocational education and recreation, they are exposed to violence and crime. Moreover, economic, social, environmental and familial complications create stressors that put these youth at risk for engaging in risky behaviors. Providing these youth with daily life-skills and social skills and qualifying and empowering them as citizens, peer leaders and community leaders will allow them to break the cycle of misery and violence, thus opening doors for a better and healthier future. By re-examining adolescent identity formation, we at Intercept are dedicated to empowering young people to improve the quality of their lives by developing the skills to make positive decisions/choices and live safe, healthy and balanced and productive lives.
Business Description Intercept administers, coordinates, and recommends policy for improving quality and excellence of school-based prevention and intervention programs and afterschool activities that are designed to: -Provide advice and assistance for drug and violence prevention activities and activities that promote the health and well being of students in elementary and secondary schools, and institutions of higher education. Activities may be carried out by Intercept, local educational agencies and by other public and private nonprofit organizations. -Participate in the formulation and development of the Education and Health Department program policy and legislative proposals and in overall administration policies related to violence and drug prevention; drafting program regulations. -Participate in interagency committees, groups, and partnerships related to drug and violence prevention, coordinating with other NGOs on issues related to comprehensive school health, and advising government on the formulation of comprehensive school health education policy. Intercept advocates for the prevention of underage drinking and smoking; Turning Point’s ATI program to help break the pattern of incarceration without treatment; and reduce the high rate of recidivism, the diversion and reentry programs for adolescents, teens and adults with substance use and mental disorders, and the rights of drug using prisoners. -Collaborate with other NGOs and government departments, for example, Foundation for Judiciary Institutes (FJJI), Child Rights Advocates, Women’s Desk, Safe-Haven, Turning Point, Court of Guardianship and the Police Narcotics Departments in the development of a national research agenda for drug Trafficking and Smuggling. Intercept will ensure linkages between the Youth Department, Sector Health Care, Social Affairs, the Justice System and Turning Point. -Administer the Department of Education's programs relating to citizenship and civics, life-skills and philosophy of life education. -Record, collate and analyze reports from the SXM narcotics and immigration department and the regional UNESCO, UNDCP and UNODC office on Children Rights, Youth Risk Prevention, and Drug trafficking money laundering and corruption trends. -Provide national leadership on issues and programs in Correctional education, HIV prevention, and Risk prevention, Human Rights education as wells as facilitate a channel of communication on drug control issues and human rights issues in the Caribbean. Marketing Strategy Intercept presents a professional, student-friendly and caring alternative to the traditional sources of youth risk prevention. As part of its efforts to reengineer its approach to risk prevention and human rights advocacy, Intercept has a strategic ecological framework that is built on UN international conventions, science-based theory, evidence-based practices and the knowledge that effective prevention and advocacy programs must engage individuals, families and entire communities, particularly schools and youth groups. Supported by other NGOs the new Intercept Strategic Prevention Framework sets into place a step-by-step process that empowers communities to identify and implement the most effective prevention efforts for their specific needs. Our teen project, Intercepteen, is an effective comprehensive multidimensional, contextual, positive school-based prevention and intervention program for secondary schools students proven to minimize the micro-endogenous and extra macro-exogenous determinants of risks among 12-19 year olds. Intercepteen utilizes four methods of risk understanding/analysis when working with teens: the ecological approach, the social capital approach, the assets based model and the relational approach. We employ multiple years of intervention, with separate, developmentally and culturally appropriate curriculum for each grade and well-tested standardized intervention with detailed lesson plans and student materials. It also includes feedback to ensure accountability and effectiveness of the program effort. By using pre and post evaluations we ensure students’ needs or expectations are always met or exceeded. Operations plans Fully trained project facilitators execute tasks. Each project leader is be responsible for coordinating their sessions and as well as reporting on project and student performance. Employee retraining and development is encouraged through a set of policies that strongly reward initiative. In support of the marketing objective, we develop autonomous and highly motivated work teams made up of well-trained, energetic individuals.We intend further to form strategic alliances with other NGOs and international organizations.
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Advisory Unit For Risk Prevention and Human Rights Advocacy
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