Section 2(k) of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children)
Act, 2000 [JJ Act] defines a “child” as a person who has not completed
eighteenth year of age. Children in need of care and protection,
including orphans, who have not completed eighteenth year of age, are
eligible for obtaining facilities in Children’s Homes registered under
the JJ Act.
Section 44 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 mandates the State Governments/UT Administrations to have ‘after care programmes’ for taking care of children, for a period of three years, after they leave Children’s Homes on achieving adulthood, to enable them to lead an honest, industrious and useful life. The Government, in the Ministry of Women and Child Development is implementing a Centrally Sponsored Scheme, namely Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS), under which financial assistance is provided to State Governments/UT Administrations for, inter-alia, after care services for such children including girls, to help sustain them during the transition from institutional to independent life. The services include housing facilities, vocational training, help to gain employment, counseling and stipend etc.
Section 34 (3) of the JJ Act provides for mandatory registration of all Child Care Institutions (CCIs) housing children in need of care and protection, with the intent of enforcing minimum standards of care laid down under the Act and Rules there-under for the services provided for children in these Homes. The Ministry of Women and Child Development has been strongly urging the State Governments/UT Administrations from time to time to identify and register all CCIs under the JJ Act and set up functional inspection committees, management committees and children’s committees, where not available. The Ministry of Women and Child Development is also providing financial assistance to the State Governments/UT Administrations under the Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS), for setting up, upgradation and maintenance of Homes under the JJ Act. Under ICPS, financial assistance is also being provided to Childline India Foundation (CIF), Mumbai, for providing emergency outreach service through 24-hour toll free telephone (1098) to children in distress.
This was stated by Smt. Krishna Tirath, Minister for Women and Child Development, in a written reply to the Lok Sabha today.
Section 44 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 mandates the State Governments/UT Administrations to have ‘after care programmes’ for taking care of children, for a period of three years, after they leave Children’s Homes on achieving adulthood, to enable them to lead an honest, industrious and useful life. The Government, in the Ministry of Women and Child Development is implementing a Centrally Sponsored Scheme, namely Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS), under which financial assistance is provided to State Governments/UT Administrations for, inter-alia, after care services for such children including girls, to help sustain them during the transition from institutional to independent life. The services include housing facilities, vocational training, help to gain employment, counseling and stipend etc.
Section 34 (3) of the JJ Act provides for mandatory registration of all Child Care Institutions (CCIs) housing children in need of care and protection, with the intent of enforcing minimum standards of care laid down under the Act and Rules there-under for the services provided for children in these Homes. The Ministry of Women and Child Development has been strongly urging the State Governments/UT Administrations from time to time to identify and register all CCIs under the JJ Act and set up functional inspection committees, management committees and children’s committees, where not available. The Ministry of Women and Child Development is also providing financial assistance to the State Governments/UT Administrations under the Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS), for setting up, upgradation and maintenance of Homes under the JJ Act. Under ICPS, financial assistance is also being provided to Childline India Foundation (CIF), Mumbai, for providing emergency outreach service through 24-hour toll free telephone (1098) to children in distress.
This was stated by Smt. Krishna Tirath, Minister for Women and Child Development, in a written reply to the Lok Sabha today.
