For over 40 years, Ministério JEAME (an acronym for Jesus Loves Minors) has conducted evangelistic services in 13 juvenile detention centers in São Paulo, Brazil, reaching 1,000 teenagers each week. JEAME is located blocks from a drug-infested area of São Paulo called Cracolândia, and it conducts regular street evangelism and prayer walks through the neighborhood. Follow-ups from these efforts include Christian discipleship and vocational training.

JEAME runs a community center to minister to teens released from detention centers. The center allows JEAME to support teens in new ways, including a barber training program and its professional baking course. These courses teach the tools needed to find legitimate employment and avoid falling back into cycles of crime and addiction. These job skill programs impact the lives of teens by providing a source of income, community connection, and regular discipleship opportunities.