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Non-institutional Family Based Care

One of the core principles of Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection) Act 2015 is that institutionalisation must be the last resort for children.  Experiences of children and research studies across the world show long term adverse impact of institutionalisation on children. Non-institutional family-based alternative care such as kinship care and foster care are considered to be the preferred options on the continuum of care as these options prevent institutionalisation of children and supports their right to grow up in a family environment.<.br> Foster care is defined as care of children in a family other than their biological family in the absence of a biological family or when care in the family or extended family is not possible. In India, foster care is practised as individual foster care and group foster care. The first variant refers to the care of a child under a foster family. Group foster care is ‘a family-like care in a fit facility for children in need of care and protection who are without parental care. 
Kinship care is defined as family-based care within the child's extended family or with close friends of the family known to the child, whether formal or informal. In India, kinship care for children without adequate parental care is the most common form of care traditionally.


RESOURCES

  • Foster Care
    Udayan Care and UNICEF, 2016

    This booklet covers the latest legal and policy framework on foster care in India. The purpose of this documentation is to make people in the field of child protection comprehend the concept of foster care in India. This booklet has been written for child care practitioners, those working in the government offices, members of District Child Protection Units, Child Welfare Committees and Juvenile Justice Boards, social workers, caregivers, staff and management at child care institutions, State agencies as well as by beginners and volunteers in the field of Alternative Care.

  • Foster Care in India: Policy Brief
    Centre for Law and Policy Research and Foster Care India, 2014

    Based on an analysis of the current provisions of foster care in India, along with the rules and schemes on foster care framed by states in India, more specifically in Delhi and Goa, this policy brief makes recommendations to fill the gaps and shortcomings to move towards a comprehensive legal framework for foster care. It also includes analyses of the best practices from other countries to support the recommendations.

  • Foster Family Renewed Hope and New Life: A study on the practice of foster care for children in India
    BOSCO, 2013

    This study is a systematic exploration in understanding foster care practices to promote and spread the concept. The research study documents the practices and initiatives are undertaken on foster care practices in nine states in India and provides an-in-depth documentation of insights, challenges and learnings and the way forward to provide an outline for foster care in India, in the backdrop of lack of a common framework.