HEVPA — Chile's Re-education Centres for Men Who Exercise Intimate Partner Violence (Discontinued 2024)

HEVPA (Centros de Reeducación para Hombres que Ejercen Violencia de Pareja o Ex Pareja) was a network of government-run and co-run centres offering psychosocial-educational group and individual intervention to men who used violence against a current or former intimate partner, operated by SernamEG (Servicio Nacional de la Mujer y la Equidad de Género). Design work was commissioned in 2008–2009, piloted in six cities in March 2011, and expanded to one centre per region (15–16 nationally) by the late 2010s, in some regions delivered through agreements with NGOs or universities.
Entry came through family courts, the Public Prosecutor's Office, other referral networks, or voluntary demand. The clinical model involved an initial assessment phase, then a first 12-session module targeting physical violence and intimidation, and a second roughly 15-session module targeting psychological, economic, and isolation-based abuse.
National data cited by Chile's Library of Congress research service (BCN) and the newspaper Emol show that of roughly 2,300–2,400 men entering annually between 2018 and 2022, fewer than 10% completed the programme (200 of 2,379 in 2022), with a 43% dropout rate that year. A formal government (DIPRES) evaluation separately found weak data infrastructure and no completed impact or recidivism evaluation across the programme's life. Citing high cost (CLP ~1.07 billion in 2023), high attrition, and the absence of demonstrated impact, the Chilean government discontinued HEVPA nationally from 2024, redirecting funding into a new prevention-oriented programme.

Read the full analysis: https://www.dipres.gob.cl/597/articles-163130_informe_final.pdf