Aftercare Outreach Program – Intervention for Youth Leaving Care in India
Challenges and experiences of Care Leavers, and more so in COVID-19 times, encouraged Udayan Care to start an intervention for providing extended support to Care Leavers from other CCIs too, who may not have access to support and are expected to survive on their own upon reaching adult hood. Based on concerns, evidence, and years of experience as practitioners, Udayan Care started a program, the Aftercare Outreach Program (AOP), to support financially as well as by close hand-holding and mentoring support for educational and vocational skills attainment, housing, and basic needs, employability skills, leading to gainful employment.
Tracing the Evolution of Alternative Care for Children in India in the Last Decade and the Way Forward
This paper intends to capture the landscape of alternative care and its evolution in India, drawing from the review of the legal and policy framework, existing literature, and detailed discussions with CSOs and State functionaries. It brings out the role of stakeholders, good practices and challenge s in implementing alternative care over the last decade, and provides recommendations for achieving a safe and nurturing family environment for children in vulnerable situations.
Assessment of Strategies to develop Resilience in Children in a Residential Child Care Model of India
This study investigates a longitudinal 5-year sample of 121 children without parental care, living in group residential homes, Udayan Ghars, established by Udayan Care, a non-profit organisation based in India. The participant population, like most children without parental care, has experienced tre mendous adversities, ranging from death in the family and abuse to extreme financial and social insecurity.
Reinstating Hope: Insights from CINI’s Model of Family Reunification
The CINI Method has been distilled out of nearly 50 years of practice with deprived communities, within the framework of international forward-looking thinking. It provides a methodological model to promote the adoption of a child rights-based approach to programming for children involving primary d uty-bearers in the government, service provision and the family. Through this unique methodology, CINI provides preventive and participatory responses integrating interventions in the core areas of health, nutrition, education and child protection.
Transitioning Children from Institutional Care towards Family-Based Care
The present study looks into the nature of transition across three childcare institutions (CCI) in India. Children in these CCIs were taken through a systematic case management process. The case management process referred to JJA tools of the individual care plan (ICP), social investigation report ( SIR) complemented with Thrive Scale™, the THRIVE methodology. It is important to note that this was the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, which made it challenging to implement the standard case management process and allowed Miracle Foundation India to evolve the approach of expedited case management to meet the requisite goal of safe and permanent reintegration of children.
Tools for Working with Children in Institutional Care
PSYCHOSOCIAL FIRST AID(PFA)FOR CHILDREN AFFECTED BY COVID-19
COVID, Its Impact on the Mental Health of Caregivers in Childcare Institutions of South Asian Countries and Their Coping Techniques: Analysis of the Caregivers in Childcare Institutions Using Data from Seven South Asian Countries
Aftercare Assessment form – Form – I
Aftercare Plan Tool – Form – II
