AN independent living apartment complex for girls who will be leaving State care, is to be built in Kingston, Jamaica.
This project is part of a multi-agency ‘Transitional Living Programme for Children in State Care’ in Jamaica, which supports citizen safety and security.
The project is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Jamaica, and is being implemented through the collaborative efforts of the Caribbean Child Development Centre, The University of the West Indies Open Campus, the Child Development Agency, the Social Welfare Training Centre and the UWI Project Management Office.
Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller and Mr. Luis G. Moreno, US Ambassador to Jamaica were in attendance to symbolically break ground for the complex. Also present were the Lisa Hanna, Minister of Youth and Culture, Dr. Luz Longsworth, acting Pro Vice- Chancellor and Principal of The UWI Open Campus, Mrs.Rosalee Gage-Grey, CEO of the Child Development Agency and Ms. Denise A. Herbol, Mission Director USAID/Jamaica.
Professor Julie Meeks, Principal Investigator for the project and the Deputy Principal of The UWI Open Campus, chaired the event.