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The first of seven planned Parent Places has been established at the Calabar Primary and Infant School in Kingston.
The 266 square-foot facility, which was opened last Friday, is equipped with three computer stations, a reception area, counselling and general meeting areas and a play area. An initiative of the National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC) under the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, the centre will serve as a hub for parenting support services in Kingston and St Andrew. These include literacy intervention, parenting education, psychosocial and counselling, and skills building through partnership with the HEART/NSTA Trust.
CEO of the NPSC, Kaysia Kerr, informed that the centre was established through $10 million in funding from the United Kingdom Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office under the Violence Prevention Partnership Programme. The Victoria Mutual Foundation provided $2.5 million for Parent Place kits.
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