Alternate Care i.e.

Non- Institutional Scheme

Foster Care

(Bal Sangopan Scheme )D.V.Desavale

Deputy Commissioner (Child Development)

Women and Child Development

Maharashtra State Pune

Need

Child should have right to live.grow and

develop in family .Emotional needs are fulfilled in

family. Child developed in a family instead

of Institution

Aims and objects Placement of Destitute, homeless children in their own families or alternate families to provide them family atmosphere for development and to concentrate on prevention of disorientation and break up of families

Main features

Non Institutional Scheme Started in 1972 Guidelines framed in 1975Revised the guidelines in 2005 Renamed as Bal Sangopan Scheme – Non institutional Services

Norms for selection of child Orphanage child whose parents are not traced or could not go for adoption Child of One parentChild of a Death, Divorce or break up family Child of a Parents suffering form serious disease Child of a Leprosy affected Parents Child of a Parent undergoing life imprisonmentTortured or neglected child Child labour not attending school Child in need of care and protection admitted in the Institution

Eligibility for Parent Married Couple or one Person (woman)Closed Relatives, Neighbor or Known Person

Biological Parent (father or mother )

Family atmosphere matched with natural, Cultural and Social atmosphere of the child

Non Eligibility for Parent Aged couple who in non eligible

for adoption Suffering from Serious disease Accused person

Grant Administrative Expenses Rs. 75/- per child per month to NGO Rs. 425/- per child per month to foster care family Placement order through District women and child development officer

Norms for NGO 3 years experience in the field of Women

and children Registered under charitable trustAct1950

and Society Registration Act1860Capacity to provide Institutional and non

institutional services.

Responsibilities of the NGO

Implement the scheme, Identified the child Identified foster care familyCounseling to families Follow up and submit report to the department

Analysis of the beneficiaries

Total childbenefited

10139

Children with one parent7141

Children with both parents

2114

Orphanchild 884

Classification

81%

19% Same fimily 8228

Alternative family1911

Classification of the children

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

Orphan 3324

Child in conflictwith law 7

illigitimate child 25

Child Labour -117

Non cure deases 266

Child of Farmlabourer and other4178

Ngo recognition

2%

17%

10%

7%

24%

40%

Mumbai -2

Pune -21

Nashik 12

Amravati 9

Nagpur 29

Aurangabad 49

Child sanctioned strength

4%

18%

12%

7%

22%

37%

Mumbai 500

Pune 2204

Nashik 1384

Amravati 862

Nagpur 2593

Aurangabad 4486