The first virtual staging of the Prime Minister’s National Youth Awards for Excellence will be aired on Television Jamaica (TVJ) on Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 5:05 p.m. Sixty-Eight (68) nominees in twelve (12) categories have been shortlisted. According to Prime Minister Andrew Holness, “As the number one resource for the future; it is imperative that we celebrate the positive...

Two Teen Hubs, a non-traditional access point and a safe environment where young people and adolescents can access a plethora of services, are currently being set up in St. Thomas and Westmoreland. The services will include HIV testing and counselling, pregnancy test, mental health screening, counselling referral, assistance with homework and School-Based Assessments and skill training. The first Teen Hub...

The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) will host its annual Field Services Conference from December 2-3. More than 200 of the agency’s field officers assigned to the Regions across the island are expected to participate in the two-day virtual conference. Alternate Care Services Director, CPFSA, Eunice Scott Shaw, told JIS News that the conference will be held under...

More than 500 wards, who are leaving State care, benefited from the staging of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) Exiting Care Exposition on Thursday (November 26). The fifth biannual event, under the theme ‘Anything But Normal,’ was being held virtually for the first time due to coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions. It is a component of the Transitional Living...

Approximately 160 youngsters from Trench Town and Whitfield Town, St. Andrew, will benefit from interventions aimed at steering them away from crime and violence under the Local Partner Development (LPD) Programme. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded initiative, involves partnership with local civil society organisations to deliver crime and violence-prevention services to at-risk youth, enabling them to become...

The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) will host a Runaway Prevention Webinar on Friday, November 20 at 2:30 p.m. The webinar forms part of the agency’s intervention strategy to reduce the number of children who go missing. Speaking with JIS News, Deputy Registrar at the National Children’s Registry (NCR), Warren Thompson, said over the years there has been...

The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) continues to ensure that all State and privately operated child care facilities are adequately monitored, amidst the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This is being done through the Monitoring Unit of the CPFSA’s Policy Planning and Evaluation Division. The Unit’s Supervisor, Wayne Grant, told JIS News that their engagements also include monitoring youngsters...