Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Child Development Agency (CDA), Carla Francis Edie, is appealing to parents and guardians to visit their children in child care institutions. Speaking at a...

As at September, 2012, some 57.5 per cent of children in State care were in Living in Family Environment (LIFE) Programmes, which are alternatives to placing children in child care...

The school feeding initiative under the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP) will be implemented in institutions in sections of St. Andrew this month. The initiative, being executed by the Rural...

A total of $16.5 million will be disbursed to 17 tertiary students, under the Programme of Advancement through Health and Education (PATH), over a three-year period, having excelled academically at...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, says the ‘I Believe’ Youth Initiative, now in its second year, has received positive comments from participants, and  tremendous support from...

Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator Sandrea Falconer, said there is need to sensitise and empower parents and caregivers to assist with the protection of their children. She said that...

Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator Sandrea Falconer, said the decision to transfer the Ananda Alert system to the Ministry of Youth and Culture will give it the kind of...

The Ananda Alert system is to be moved from the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development to the Ministry of Youth and Culture. Making the disclosure at on June...

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security, through its International Programme for the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC), has renewed its call on Jamaicans to assist in the campaign to...

The findings of a diagnostic study designed to review the capacity of the State to “prepare wards of the state for independent living,” were released Thursday March 29. The objectives...

Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, is urging the country's youth to resist the temptation to migrate to more developed countries; but to remain in Jamaica and assist...