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Public Relations and Communications Manager at the Child Development Agency, Prudence Barnes
Public Relations and Communications Manager at the Child Development Agency, Prudence Barnes

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 9 to 15. The activities are being organised by the Child Development Agency (CDA) under...
Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (centre), listens while Chairman of the Adoption Board, Tricia Sutherland (right), responds to a question during a press briefing held at the Ministry in New Kingston on Wednesday, January 15. At left is Acting Chief Executive Officer, Child Development Agency, Rosalee Gage-Grey.
Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (centre), listens while Chairman of the Adoption Board, Tricia Sutherland (right), responds to a question during a press briefing held at the Ministry in New Kingston on Wednesday, January 15. At left is Acting Chief Executive Officer, Child Development Agency, Rosalee Gage-Grey.

Agencies to Clear Backlog of Adoption Applications
Chairman of the Board of the Washington based non-profit organization, Embracing Orphans, Carl Robanske, which has donated a house in Reading, Montego Bay, to the Child Development Agency (CDA) for use as a transition home for female wards of the state preparing to exit state care, as he address the official opening ceremony for the facility named "My Father
Chairman of the Board of the Washington based non-profit organization, Embracing Orphans, Carl Robanske, which has donated a house in Reading, Montego Bay, to the Child Development Agency (CDA) for use as a transition home for female wards of the state preparing to exit state care, as he address the official opening ceremony for the facility named "My Father's House".

CDA Opens Transition House in Montego Bay
Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Child Development Agency, Mrs. Rosalee Gage-Grey addresses the official opening of a transition house for female wards of the state, My Father
Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Child Development Agency, Mrs. Rosalee Gage-Grey addresses the official opening of a transition house for female wards of the state, My Father's House, located in Reading, St. James.

CDA to Increase Responsiveness
Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (left), cuts the ribbon symbolizing the official unveiling of the mobile mental health clinic for children in state care called “Smiles Mobile”. Occasion was the official launch of the ‘Reducing the Juvenile Population in State-supported Institutions in Jamaica’ programme at the Alpha Boys’ Home in Kingston on November 27. Others (from right) are Minister of Justice, Senator the Hon. Mark Golding; United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) Representative in Jamaica, Mark Connolly; and Head of Operations for the Delegation of the European Union in Jamaica, Jesús Orús Baguena.
Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna (left), cuts the ribbon symbolizing the official unveiling of the mobile mental health clinic for children in state care called “Smiles Mobile”. Occasion was the official launch of the ‘Reducing the Juvenile Population in State-supported Institutions in Jamaica’ programme at the Alpha Boys’ Home in Kingston on November 27. Others (from right) are Minister of Justice, Senator the Hon. Mark Golding; United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) Representative in Jamaica, Mark Connolly; and Head of Operations for the Delegation of the European Union in Jamaica, Jesús Orús Baguena.

Gov’t Launches Project to Protect Children in State Care

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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 Union (EU) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), will have the services of a psychiatrist, psychologist, among other health professionals, as well as a social officer. Youth and Culture Minister, Hon. Lisa Hanna, who made...
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Registrar at the Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR), Greig Smith.
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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 manner at the OCR. “I want to assure the public that once you make a report to the Children’s Registry that information is kept confidential,” he said. Mr. Smith told JIS News that under section...
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