If you have landed on this site, it might mean you are researching Youth Of Vision Academy in Jamaica (YOVA) for your child. We are former YOVA parents who have relevant and critical information for your research. Please drop us an email at parents@youthofvisionacademy.com with your phone number and the reason you are inquiring so we can have a conversation. We will call you back.
We also urge you to reach out to the local American Embassy via KingstonACS@state.gov as you do your due diligence.
If you are, as we were, frustrated with the failing US systems and desperate for where to send your child who is struggling to live in a home setting due to Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) or other severe mental illnesses, we truly understand and have been there. Perhaps you are looking outside of the United States due to costs or lack of options. YOVA is a "therapeutic boarding school" in Jamaica for troubled children and teens. They claim to be a RAD specific residential program, but not a treatment center (therefore, not a RTC or PRTF). YOVA is positioned as a low-cost boarding school and provider of an international Christian boarding school experience abroad. There is little available online, therefore we are providing our experience so you can make an informed decision as a parent.