CDA to Observe Foster Care Recognition Week, FEB 9 – 15
Foster care training and parenting workshops are among the many activities scheduled in observance of the eighth annual National Foster Care Recognition Week, from February …
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Agencies to Clear Backlog of Adoption Applications
The Child Development Agency (CDA) and the Adoption Board will be working overtime to clear the backlog of adoption applications this year. This was the …
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CDA Opens Transition House in Montego Bay
Female wards of the state, 16 to 18 years old who are preparing to exit state care, now have a transition facility that they can …
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CDA to Increase Responsiveness
The leadership of the Child Development Agency (CDA) has indicated that the focus for 2014 will be to increase the level of responsiveness to the …
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Gov’t Launches Project to Protect Children in State Care
Government has ramped up efforts to safeguard the welfare of children in state care and those who come in contact with the justice system. This …
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Government to Provide Mobile Children’s Medical Unit
The government will, on Wednesday (November 27), unveil a mobile therapeutic unit for children, including those in state care. The unit, funded by the European …
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Information on Child Abuse is Confidential
Registrar of the Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR), Greg Smith, is assuring the public that reports of child abuse are handled in a confidential …
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