This service, which began as a pilot experience in 2023 and has continued uninterruptedly, offers information and advice to prevent addictive behaviors in minors and their families. The Department of Education has initiated the procedures for the new tender, which will cover the 2027 and 2028 fiscal years, with the possibility of a one-year extension.
“"This service is part of the actions planned in the Municipal Plan for Addictive Disorders and has demonstrated its usefulness and effectiveness."
The SOFA provides information, advice, and intervention for families where addictive behaviors in minors exist or are suspected. Its main objective is to prevent or address these behaviors before they become a diagnosable addictive disorder. It is an indicated prevention service, aimed at individuals, especially minors and their families, who are at high risk and show minimal but detectable signs or symptoms of a potential addiction.
The program assists minors and families referred by protocol from educational centers to the Community Prevention Unit for Addictive Behaviors (Upcca), from the Addictive Behaviors Unit (UCA), from health center pediatrics, and from the juvenile judicial measures team, among others. It also addresses direct demand to the Upcca from families with minors who have already started experimenting with substances or abusing behavioral practices with addictive potential, but who do not yet meet the criteria to be considered an addictive disorder.
