Transitional Living Programme News Today

When Rayon Davis was, on Wednesday, announced as the recipient of the inaugural Marcia Erskine Scholarship, valued at US$5,000, he was dumbstruck. Davis, a former ward of the State, did not know the measure of the recently deceased media and public...

SHE did not believe she would do well in her external examinations but with prayer and faith Teana Fuller exceeded her expectations in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinat...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Ten Wards-of-the-state, who are pursuing tertiary-level studies, have been awarded scholarships by the New York-based Jamaican charity, Children of Jamaica Outreach (COJO). The re...

WARDS of the State aged 18 and older, who no longer qualify for traditional State care, a...

WARDS of the State aged 18 and older, who no longer qualify for traditional State care, a...

Patrick Burke, a third-year actuarial science student at The University of the West Indies, Mona, has just one thing to worry about – keeping his grades up. The 21-year-old has been given assistance by Transitional Living Programme for Children in State Care (TLP-CSC), operated by the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA). After entering the system when he was four years old, Burke spent five years at the Strathmore Gardens Children’s Home and the other 12 years at the Sunbe...