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Twelve caregivers at the Maxfield Park Children s Home in Kingston have tested positive for COVID-19.
This was revealed by the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), which has informed that those who have been confirmed to be positive with the respiratory virus are currently
asymptomatic and in home isolation.
The CPFSA said the home, which is located on Maxfield Avenue currently has 92 children and 80 caregivers.
The agency said no child has tested positive. It said that 92 children and 74 caregivers were tested during visits to the facility by the public health team of the Ministry of Health and Wellness between December 13 and 30 last year.
Robert Williams, regional director of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency South East Region.
The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) South East Region is undertaking an initiative aimed at empowering boys in the childcare system.
Dubbed ‘Saving Our Boys’, the one-year programme, launched on July 25, is in response to the increasing number of boys in state care who are exhibiting deviant behaviours.
It involves partnership with the Kiwanis Club of Young Professionals, which is providing contributions in cash and kind as well as mentorship.
Saving Our Boys employs a variety of interventions, with the goal of fostering positive behaviours and attitudes among the youth participants in order to achieve better outcomes.
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