Have you ever felt frustrated with your role as parents? Probably your child may have done something to anger you, or your partner just does not seem to care, or may be you just need some resources to assist you to fulfil your role.
Here is a list of organisations and agencies that will help you in addressing your parental needs. Remember you can always ask your child’s teachers, another parent or your pastor for further advice on other places that assist parents.
Care and Protection for Children
Child Development Agency (CDA) – Islandwide
2-4 King Street
Kingston Mall
Tel: 948-6678, 948-7206, 948-7067
Access: By appointment or walk-in
Fee: None
Age: 0-18 years
Sex: Male and Female
Services Offered: Care and protection of children, works with children beyond parenting control, institutional placement and supervision, foster care placement and supervision, adoption, home and family services
Coalition For Better Parenting (CBP) – Kingston
C/O VOUCH
1 National Heroes Circle
Kingston 4
Tel: 948-1886
Email: [email protected]
Access: By appointment and walk- in
Fee: None
Sex: Male and Female
Services Offered: Advisory, referral and technical support for parents
Human Rights
Jamaicans for Justice – Kingston and Montego Bay
1 Grants Pen Road
Kingston 8
Tel: 755-4524, 755-4525, 755-4526
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.jamaicansforjustice.org
Access: By appointment and walk-in
Fee: None
Age: All ages
Sex: Male and Female
Services Offered: Training, legal aid, public education, community outreach programmes, monitoring of human rights violations among others.
Kingston and St. Andrew Family Court
55A Duke Street
Kingston
Tel: 922-0001
Access: Walk-in
Fee: No
Age: All ages
Sex: Male and Female
Services Offered: Responsible for all legal proceedings relating to families
Health, Education and financial assistance
Programme for Advancement through Health and Education (PATH) – Islandwide
Ministry of Labour and Social Security
72 Harbour Street
Kingston
Tel: 967-0889, 967-0890
Services Offered: PATH replaces the Food Stamp Programme, Outdoor Poor Relief and Public Assistance programmes
Jamaica Foundation for Life Long Learning (formerly JAMAL) – Islandwide
Central Office
47 B South Camp Road
Kingston 4
Tel: 928-5181, 759-1845-6
Services Offered: (Literacy, numeracy, life skills, High School Equivalency Programme)
HEART Trust/NTA – Islandwide
Central Office
6B Oxford Road
Kingston 5
Tel: 929-3410, 960-7635-6
Website: www.heart-nta.org
Access: walk-in
Fee: None
Age: 17 years and over
Sex: Male and Female
Services Offered: Training in areas such as mechanics, building construction, electrical installation, welding, plumbing and pipe fitting among others
National Health Fund – Islandwide
25 Dominica Drive
Kingston 5
Tel: 906-1106, 1-888-643-2273, 1-888-342-5643
Access: walk-in
Ages: Birth to adulthood
Services Offered: Financial assistance on prescription drugs
Extracted from the Directory of Services for Children, Adults and Families 2005 compiled by the Foundation for Children.