Search on for suitable site for child, adolescent therapeutic centre

Minister of Youth and Culture Lisa Hanna has given the Child Development Agency (CDA) eight weeks to identify a suitable location for the construction of the first therapeutic facility on the island for the treatment of children and adolescents with psychosocial problems.
With psychologists within the ministry finding that a number of the nation's children suffer from some sort of disorder or trauma, which sometimes translates into behavioural problems, there is a critical need for such a facility.
The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) has pledged $60 million towards the construction of the new facility, with the Maxfield Park Children's Home in St Andrew having initially been eyed as the possible location, but Hanna is not settled on the proposed site.