KSAMC adult transitional facility to open in May

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KSAMC adult transitional facility to open in May

The state-of-the-art adult transitional facility, which will serve homeless people in Kingston and St Andrew, will be opened in May. Jamaica's homeless population is in excess of 2,000, with at least half of that number in the Corporate...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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