CURRENT GRANTEES
Cayman Islands, KYD $20,000 | 2023
YMCA of the Cayman Islands
YMCA Prevent & Protect
Child abuse prevention; and increasing the prevention skills of YMCA staff, volunteers and the youth, in identifying, preventing and reporting child abuse and neglect.
Cayman Islands, KYD $30,000 | 2023
The Alex Panton Foundation
Kids Helpline and Chatline
To improve the mental health of our youth and provide 24/7 on line access to trained volunteers.
Cayman Islands, KYD $30,000 | 2023
National Children's Voluntary Organisation (NCVO)
Special Education Tutor/Mentor
To hire a Tutor/Mentor to support the needs of children in Foster Care.
Cayman Islands, KYD $23,500 | 2023
Family Resource Centre - Dept. of Counselling Services
Young Parent Services
To provide prevention and intervention services to young parents between the age of 13 and 25 over the course of 1-1.5 years in order to reduce risk factors that contribute to the prevalence of child abuse and neglect.
Cayman Islands, KYD $30,000 | 2023
Department of Children and Family Services
Youth After Care Support
To provide these young persons who are transitioning from the foster care system with all the necessary resources needed so they can become successful citizens of the Cayman Islands; and contribute in a meaningful way to the national workforce.
Cayman Islands, KYD $30,000 | 2023
Children & Youth Services (CAYS) Foundation
Family Support Programme
To assist families in developing healthy, stable supportive home environments that will allow children in the residential home a smooth and safe reintegration to family homes.
Cayman Islands, KYD $30,000 | 2023
Cayman Islands Red Cross
Protection Starts Here
To increase targets populations' knowledge of child sexual & emotional abuse.
Cayman Islands, KYD $10,000 | 2023
Cayman Islands Health Services Authority
Child Abuse Intervention & Treatment Program
To provide interventions and treatment programs to child victims of abuse.
Cayman Islands, KYD $30,000 | 2023
Cayman Islands Early Childhood Association
Cayman Islands Early Child Development Hub
An Anchor Institution for Excellence, Equity and Advocacy in Early Child Development in the Cayman Islands while supporting local teacher training programs specific to ECD.
Cayman Islands, KYD $30,000 | 2023
Cayman Islands Crisis Centre
TAYA Lounge – Children and Youth Abuse Prevention and Awareness Programme
To end the generational cycle of abuse.
Cayman Islands, KYD $25,500 | 2023
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Cayman Islands
Community Mentoring
To increase mentoring services offered to children, youth and young adults and expand mentoring programmes in Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac.
Cayman Islands, KYD $30,000 | 2022
Cayman Island Crisis Centre
Teen and Young Adult (TAYA) Lounge
The program aims to empower and support the youth by providing basic needs, positive role modeling, information, and on-going assistance via case management, mentoring, group work, advocacy etc.
Cayman Islands, KYD $10,450 | 2022
Cayman Islands Red Cross
Protection Starts Here
The program provides continuity to the expansion of the training offering via the introduction of Darkness to Light’s “Recognising and Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect” module and invests in ongoing capacity building initiatives by up-skilling the PSH Programme Coordinator through participation and certification of the Praesidium Guardian programme.
Cayman Islands, KYD $30,000 | 2022
Children and Youth Services (CAYS) Foundation
Family Support Program
The programme seeks to assist families in developing healthy stable supportive home environments by working with the family to set goals to get the youth back home and keeps the family together and providing assistance in accessing services and effective coordination among service providers.
Cayman Islands, KYD $29,500 | 2022
Family Resource Centre-Dept. Of Counselling Services
Family Recource Center
HFC suppotrs the delivery of the intervention and preventative parenting services, addressing some of the barriers experienced by this vulnerable group, by meeting some of their basic needs though monthly stipends, securing sponsorship for free childcare and free transportation in order to attend parenting programs, therapeutic services, employment training and opportunities.
Cayman Islands, KYD $12,550 | 2022
Health Services Authority
Child Abuse Intervention & Treatment Program
The program’s targets all children presenting to the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Services. It aims to improve the efficiency of the diagnostic process by using standardized, validated instruments to screen for potentially co-morbid disorders in new patients, and to monitor treatment response at pre-determined intervals.
Cayman Islands, KYD $22,500 | 2022
YMCA of The Cayman Islands
YMCA Prvent & Protect
The program aims to create a community that openly acknowledges the prevalence of child abuse and neglect.
Cayman Islands, KYD $30,000 | 2021
Cayman Island Crisis Centre
Teen and Young Adult (TAYA) Lounge
Empower and support the youth by providing basic needs, positive role modeling, information, and on-going assistance via case management, mentoring, group work, advocacy etc.
Cayman Islands, KYD $30,000 | 2021
Cayman Islands Red Cross
Protection Starts Here
The project is intended to address the unchallenged social and cultural norms which protects perpetrators of violence against children within area shores via the implementation of the Darkness to Light public training schedule, the delivery of the policy development workshop, etc..
Cayman Islands, KYD $30,000 | 2021
Children and Youth Services (CAYS) Foundation
Family Support Program
The program assists families in developing healthy stable supportive home environments by working with the family to set goals to get the youth back home and keeping the family together, providing assistance in accessing services and effective coordination among service providers, etc.
Cayman Islands, KYD $18,500 | 2021
Family Resource Centre-Dept. Of Counselling Services
Family Resource Centre (FRC)
Through the delivery of the intervention and preventative parenting services, FRC works diligently to support clients in addressing some of the barriers experienced by this vulnerable group, by meeting some of their basic needs though monthly stipends, securing sponsorship for free childcare and free transportation in order to attend parenting programs, therapeutic services, employment training and opportunities.
Cayman Islands, KYD $9,237 | 2021
Health Services Authority
Child Abuse Intervention & Treatment Program
The program’s targets all children presenting to the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Services to improve the efficiency of the diagnostic process by using standardized, validated instruments to screen for potentially co-morbid disorders in new patients, and also to monitor treatment response at pre-determined intervals (individualized to the patient) using standardized, validated symptom measures to track progress and readily identify emerging concerns.
Cayman Islands, KYD $20,000 | 2021
YMCA of The Cayman Islands
YMCA Prevent & Protect
The program aims to create a community that openly acknowledges the prevalence of child abuse and neglect and is equipped with the skills needed to ‘prevent and protect’ against child abuse and neglect.
Cayman Islands, KYD $25,000 | 2020
The Cayman Islands Crisis Center (CICC)
TAYA Lounge
TAYA is the Crisis Centre's Teen and Young Adult lounge, a drop-in center that provides a safe space for at-risk youth; includes one 6-month grant for 2020-2021 grant year
Cayman Islands, KYD $34,000 | 2020
Cayman Islands Red Cross
Mobile Health & Wellness Checks for Vulnerable Children & Protection Starts Here
COVID-19 response program & virtual child abuse prevention training pilot project; includes two 6-month grant periods for 2020-2021 grant year
Cayman Islands, KYD $5,000 | 2020
Department of Children and Family Services
Habakkuk House: Sensory Room
Safe learning space where at-risk children with physical and mental disabilities can be with DCFS staff for learning, therapy and sensory activities; includes one 6-month grant for 2020-2021 grant year
Cayman Islands, KYD $20,000 | 2020
Department of Counselling Services (DCS)
Family Resource Centre (FRC)
Prevention/intervention services to address teenage behavioral, emotional and developmental problems by enhancing parents' skills and confidence; includes one 6-month grant for 2020-2021 grant year
Cayman Islands, KYD $10,000 | 2020
Inclusion Cayman (formerly Special Needs Foundation)
COVID-19 Response to Vulnerable Groups
Needs assessment survey to better address material and service needs of vulnerable children with disabilities and their families; includes one 6-month grant for 2020-2021 grant year
Cayman Islands, KYD $20,000 | 2020
National Council of Volunteer Organisations (NCVO)
Trauma Sensitive Approach to the Care and Education of Early Childhood & Group Home Residents
*An organisation-wide program; includes one 6-month grant
Cayman Islands, KYD $10,000 | 2020
YMCA of the Cayman Islands
YMCA Prevent & Protect
Provides at-risk youth and families with social and emotional skills needed to navigate COVID-19 crisis and learn about child protection; includes one 6-month grant for 2020-2021 grant year