All systems are being put in place for the island’s social services agencies to come under one state entity by May 2023, says Minister of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs Kirk Humphrey.While the Government earlier this year announced that the Child Care Board, National Disabilities Unit, National Assistance Board (NAB) and the Welfare Department would be amalgamated, Humphrey said he was comfortable that the new Department of Family Services would be in place by the given timeline.“I had hoped to be able to finalise it by the end of March 2023, but obviously some of these things take time,” he said.
