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This chapter examines two signature pieces of research (Jules, Positioning the Roving Caregivers Programme (RCP) as a Caribbean Model,Caribbean Child Support Initiative, Bridgetown, 2010; Roopnarine, The Roving Caregiver Program in Jamaica: Its theoretical and research foundations and efficacy, Benard van Leer Foundation, The Hague,2005) that contribute to and strengthen the body of knowledge on early childhood and parenting support services in the English speaking Caribbean. More particularly, these studies examined the RCP as a Caribbean Model designed to address the need for quality early childhood and parenting support services that deliberately target children birth to 3 years old, who live in socially and economically disadvantaged environments. The RCP originated in Jamaica in 1993 and was then replicated in five other Caribbean countries with support from the Bernard Van Leer Foundation (BvLF) between 2002 and 2011. Jules and Roopnarine both conclude that the model is theoretically sound, highly adaptable, and essential in providing a continuum of support services for the most vulnerable children and their families in the Caribbean. Additionally, a longitudinal Impact Study (Janssens & Rosemberg, The impact of a Caribbean Home-visiting Child Development Program on cognitive skills, 2013) and cost-benefit analysis (Van Spijk, Cost analysis of the RCP: a study on the costs and benefits of RCP in Dominica, Jamaica, Grenada, St Lucia, and St Vincent and the Grenadines, 2010) undertaken by the Amsterdam Institute for International Development (AIID) revealed that the RCP is a cost-effective solution that, when scaled up, becomes even more affordable.
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Greene, S., Murray, C., Lynch, H. (2016). The Roving Caregivers Program: A Caribbean Model. In: Roggman, L., Cardia, N. (eds) Home Visitation Programs. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17984-1_12
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