{"id":350931,"date":"2025-10-23T11:12:50","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T15:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=350931"},"modified":"2025-10-23T11:12:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T15:12:50","slug":"cooperation-is-key-for-securing-childrens-well-being-say-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/cooperation-is-key-for-securing-childrens-well-being-say-officials\/","title":{"rendered":"Cooperation is key for securing children&#8217;s well-being, say officials"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_350932\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-350932\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-350932\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251023_100413-COLLAGE-642x482.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-350932\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nicole Toussaint-Jno. Baptiste (left), Dr Cassandra Williams<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are approximately 160 children enrolled in Dominica\u2019s foster care programme, which highlights the imperative of collective efforts concerning the welfare of children, according to Minister of State in the Ministry of Health, Wellness and Social Services, Dr. Cassandra Williams.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The minister made these remarks while speaking at the launching ceremony of a Co-Parenting Campaign held on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The campaign is expected to run until February 2026.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cCurrently, there are at least 160 children enrolled in Dominica\u2019s foster care program,\u201d she revealed. \u201cWhile some of these placements provide long-term stability, many are transitional arrangements offering children a safe place while families work towards reunification.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to her, in these circumstances, effective co-parenting becomes even more crucial, ensuring that biological parents, foster parents, and social workers maintain open communication and shared responsibility for their child\u2019s emotional and developmental well-being.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe campaign therefore reinforces the principle that regardless of living arrangements every child deserves consistent love, guidance and care from the adults entrusted with their growth,\u201d Dr. Williams stated. \u201cIt emphasizes healthy co-parenting practices built on communication, respect, and stability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the meantime, Child Protection Officer at the Department of Social Services, Nicole Toussaint-Jno Baptiste, echoed Williams&#8217; theme, noting that in today\u2019s society, an increasing number of children are being raised in households where parents are separated or divorced and their parenting arrangements are not always managed effectively.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe Department of Social Services can highlight an increase in the number of clients seeking our services for access, child maintenance, and custody matters, because the Co-Parenting relationship is breaking down,\u201d she stated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toussaint-Jno Baptiste stressed that too often children are caught in the middle, facing emotional difficulties that can affect their growth and development.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt is in this context, the national campaign was developed under the theme: &#8216;Apart but United- A Co-Parenting Campaign'&#8221; she said. \u201cThis theme underscores the message that although parents may be separated, they can still collaborate effectively in the best interest of their child.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There are approximately 160 children enrolled in Dominica\u2019s foster care programme, which highlights the imperative of collective efforts concerning the welfare of children, according to Minister of State in the Ministry of Health, Wellness and Social Services, Dr. Cassandra Williams&#8230;.","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":350932,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[16,235,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-350931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-educationyouth","category-homepage-carousel","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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