Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS) Open Shelter Home Need in Urban & Semi urban area's supported by Ministry of Women and Child

Open Shelter Home For children in need in Urban & Semi urban area , under Integrated Child Protection Scheme, The Ministry of Women and Child Development.

We are running open Shelter for 25 Girls. This was inaugurated on 30th January 2018. ICPS objectives and aim of the scheme is to provide integrated community based institutional basic services for the care, protection and development of destitute children such as any vulnerable child in need of care and protection, particularly beggars, street and working children, rag pickers, small vendors, street performers, orphaned, deserted, trafficked and run-away children in the age group of 6-18 years.

The scheme focuses on improving the well being of the children as well as reduction of vulnerabilities to the situations and actions that leads to neglect, abuse and exploitation providing rehabilitation through counseling & psychological support, skill development to mainstream the children in society and other support services

These open shelters, run by NGOs and State governments both are not meant to provide permanent residential facilities for children but will complement the existing institutional care facilities.
The objectives of these open shelters include:

To institutionalize essential services and strengthen structures for emergency outreach, institutional care, family and community based care, counselling and support services at the national, regional, state and district levels.

To create database and knowledge base for child protection services, including MIS and child tracking system in the country for effective implementation and monitoring of child protection services;

To raise public awareness, educate public on child rights and protection on situation and vulnerabilities of children and families, on available child protection services, schemes and structures at all levels.

To strengthen child protection at family and community level, create and promote preventive measures to protect children from situations of vulnerability, risk and abuse:

To provide opportunities for education and develop their potential and talent.