Acting director of the Children’s Authority Rhonda Gregoire-Roopchan says the remaining ten unlicensed children’s homes are “very close to the final stages” of becoming registered.
In a meeting with the Children's Authority on Wednesday, Roman Catholic Archbishop Jason Gordon called on the State to do more to help children's homes managed by the church. That hope is likely to be echoed by the owners and managers of 13 homes that remain non-compliant with the Children's Community Residences, Foster Homes and
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UNCERTAINTY surrounds the future housing of some 230 children now living in unlicensed children's residences, heard the Joint Select Committee (JSC) on Human Rights, Equality and Diversity chaired by Keith Scotland on Friday. The JSC grilled a team from the Gender and Child Affairs Unit of the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) headed by Minister in the OPM, Ayanna Webster-Roy.