Transitional Living Programme for Children in State Care

Project Title:
Transitional Living Programme for Children in State Care

Project Overview:
Country: Jamaica
Duration: 2014 - 2017

Contractor(s)/Grantee(s):
University of the West Indies Open Campus/ Caribbean Child Development Centre (CCDC) & The Child Development Agency.

Objective:
The goals of the project are to improve the transition to independent living for Jamaican children leaving residential care at 18 years, and reduce the risk factors associated with low education or job skills, inadequate life skills and poor self-image. 

 

Issuing Country 
Date 
Thursday, October 23, 2014 - 4:00pm