Mission Vatsalya
Background
- The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (JJ Act) is the primary law for care and protection of children in the country.
- As per the JJ Act, a child who does not have parents and no one is willing to take care of and protect or who is abandoned or surrendered is included as a “child in need of care and protection.”
- The Act provides a security net of service delivery structures including measures for institutional and non-institutional care to ensure comprehensive well-being of children in distress situations.
About the scheme
- Mission Vatsalya scheme is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) which is implemented through States/Union Territories (UTs) to deliver services for Children in Need of Care and Protection (CNCP) and Children in Conflict with Law (CCL) which include Institutional Care and Non-Institutional Care.
- The fund sharing pattern is in the ratio of 60:40 for all States and UTs with legislature except the North-Eastern States and Hilly States – Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand and UT of Jammu & Kashmir, where the cost of sharing is 90:10. In Union Territory without legislature, the cost is 100 % on the Central Government.
- Under the scheme, Institutional Care is provided through Child Care Institutes (CCIs), as a rehabilitative measure.
- The programmes and activities in Homes inter-alia include age-appropriate education, access to vocational training, recreation, health care, counselling etc.
- Under the Non-Institutional Care component, support is extended for Adoption, Foster Care, After Care and Sponsorship.
- Further Mission Vatsalya also provides for “After care” services after the age of 18 years to help sustain them during the transition from institutional to independent life.
- The primary responsibility of execution of the Act and implementation of Scheme lies with the States/UTs.
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