Portland Rehabilitation Management, (PRM), is an NGO in Port Antonio, Jamaica providing shelter, food, medicine, and other rehabilitative services to the homeless in Portland. The Portland Rehabilitation Center for the homeless is the only facility of its kind in the entire north-eastern region of the island. The Poor Relief /Inspector of the Poor, estimates, based on a recent census, there are pr
esently some 30 persons living on the streets of Port Antonio. We currently serve 10 - 14 clients, (roughly one third of the marginalized homeless population of Port Antonio), who have been socially displaced often due to many of the following factors:
• Mental Health Issues
• Physically Debilitating Condition
• HIV/AIDS
• Drug Use Disorder
• Displacement resulting from ex-offender or deportee status or circumstance.
• Abuse or Exploitation
Portland Rehabilitation Management, (PRM), is an NGO charged by the Portland Parish Council, to develop, fund and administer a rehabilitation program for the homeless persons of the parish of Portland. To meet the basic needs of the homeless persons in Portland; for shelter, food, clothing and medical care.
2. To deliver a Day Time Rehabilitation Program to empower our clients with social and independent living skills and opportunities.
3. Reduce the number of homeless and socially displaced persons in Portland.
