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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (right), in discussion with Principal of the Best Care Special Education School, Autense France (left), during a tour of the institution in Kingston, on May 4. At centre is Chairman of the Best Care Foundation.

Best Care Special Education School Could be Expanded

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, toured the Best Care Special Education School in Kingston on May 4, to explore the possibility of expanding the school to accommodate more children with intellectual disabilities. Senator Reid...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (centre), fields questions at a JIS Think Tank on Thursday, May 4. He is flanked by Registrar at the Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR), Greig Smith (left); and Chief Executive Officer at the Child Development Agency (CDA), Rosalee Gage-Grey.

Use Child Month to Renew Commitment To Children – Green

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, addresses a press conference at the Courtyard Marriott, New Kingston, on May 1, to officially launch a partnership between the Ananda Alert Secretariat and Facebook for the recovery of missing children in Jamaica.

Facebook Users to Receive Ananda Alerts

Professor of Child Health, Child Development and Behaviour at the University of the West Indies (UWI), and Patron of the Autism Support Association, Professor Maureen Samms-Vaughan, addresses a recent JIS Think Tank.

Children with Autism to Show off Talent at Concert

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (left), cuts the ribbon to officially reopen the refurbished Summerfield Child Care Facility, in Clarendon, on April 18.

Summerfield Child Facility Refurbished

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Parent Outreach Event Slated for Clarendon

The National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC) will commence its 2017 Parent Mentor Programme on Tuesday, May 9 with an outreach event dubbed ‘From Street Talk to Real Talk’. The activity is part of the NPSC’s Effective Parenting Intervention Framework (EPIF) and will be held in the communities of Rocky Point and Hayes in Clarendon. Head of the Commission’s Parenting Support...

9 years ago Youth

Jamaicans Urged to Support Work of NCMC

Chair of the National Child Month Committee (NCMC), Dr. Pauline Mullings, is appealing to Jamaicans to support the work of the Committee. Addressing a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on April 20, Dr. Mullings said that the 54 year-old committee is mandated to ensure that May is observed in Jamaica as Child Month through planned activities. She pointed out that the NCMC...

9 years ago Youth

150 Youth Being Trained in 3D Animation

Approximately 150 young people are benefiting from training in 3D animation, which will prepare them to take up lucrative jobs within the global industry. The 10-month ‘Creative Industries Education and Employment Programme’ involves partnership between the Youth Employment in the Digital and Animation Industry (YEDAI) project and the Carlos Argüello (CA) Foundation. The training, which got under way in February...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (left), converses with Patron of Child Month, Hon. Douglas Orane, at the launch of Child Month 2017 on April 6, at GraceKennedy Headquarters, downtown Kingston.

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Int’l Partnerships Being Forged to Address Child Abuse

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information is forging international partnerships to address child abuse across the island. Speaking at the launch of Child Month, which is observed annually in May, Minister of State in the Ministry, Hon. Floyd Green, said in an effort to keep our children safe, Jamaica has been designated a ‘Pathfinder Country’, which is a ‘Global...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (right) and Mission Director for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Jamaica, Maura Barry Boyle (second right) in discussion at the handover of a Mobile Mental Health Unit, ‘Smile Mobile,’ to the Child Development Agency (CDA), in Kingston, on April 7. The unit is to assist in strengthening the capacity of the CDA to provide psychological assessment and treatment of youth who have been traumatised by various acts of violence and abuse.

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Child Development Agency Gets Mobile Mental Health Unit

The Child Development Agency (CDA) today (April 7) received a Mobile Mental Health Unit, ‘Smile Mobile’, from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). It has been provided under the Transitional Living Programme for Children in State Care (TLP-CSC) Project. Retrofitted with two counselling areas, Wi-Fi service, air conditioning, a refrigerator, sink and cabinets, the mobile health unit will...

Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (second left), converses with (from left) Commissioner of Corrections, Ina Fairweather; Organization of American States representative in Jamaica, Jeanelle van GlaanenWeygel; and Mission Director of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Jamaica, Maura Barry Boyle, during the launch of the programme, dubbed

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All Juvenile Wards of the State to Benefit from ‘A New Path’

Juvenile wards of the State at all correctional facilities will now benefit under the second phase of the programme dubbed ‘A New Path’. The programme, which initially targeted wards at the South Camp Juvenile Remand & Correctional Centre and the Metcalfe Street Juvenile Correctional Centre, in Kingston, has been extended to the Rio Cobre and Hill Top juvenile correctional centres....

9 years ago Youth

Children’s Homes to be Renovated

Some $40 million has been allocated by the Government for renovation work at several children’s homes and places of safety this year. This sum is in addition to the more than $80 million spent by the Government to renovate a number of children’s homes and places of safety in 2016. The institutions identified for the refurbishing project include Granville Place...