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| Paper Title: | Transitioning from orphanages to family care: the need for deinstitutionalization and foster care for orphaned children in India |
| Authors Name: | Sinchana P |
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| Published Paper Id: | IJRTI2503043 |
| Published In: | Volume 10 Issue 3, March-2025 |
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| Abstract: | There has been growing interest in the Transition of orphaned children from institutional care to family-based care in India. This can be mainly attributed to the recent revisions in the Model Foster Care Guidelines in 2024. Estimated at 30 million orphans, reliance on Child Care Institutions (CCIs) has been considered insufficient, and thus, foster care has emerged as a more viable alternative. Legal framework: This shift finds a legal footing in the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, which clearly states that the care home shall be considered an institution for admission only as a last resort. To increase the potential pool of foster parents, eligibility has been broadened under the new rules to anyone who is above 35 and less than 60 years old, irrespective of being married or unmarried2. It took five years for foster care to embrace transitions into adoption, decreased to two years in order to have a more prompt placement of children. Despite these advances, significant challenges persist in foster care, including the persistent cultural stigma against foster parenting and the requirement of reaching out to the community through education to shift attitudes toward foster parenting. To change this new trend, the Supreme Court has emphasized that all children have the right to grow up in family-like settings. The other positive efforts include programs funded by organizations such as UNICEF, which help fewer children be in institutions due to the encouragement of fostering family-based care options. New definitions of children with no visitation and those with unfit guardians in the 2024 guidelines are also emphasized to give special attention to vulnerable groups. This paper will advance the argument that fostering is beneficial not only for children in the short term but also for the long-term outcomes of their lives because they are cared for in a nourishing environment. With these reforms, India must adequately train the foster parents and have robust monitoring systems to ensure child welfare. Ultimately, fostering is a promising solution for the pressing issue of orphaned children in India. |
| Keywords: | Foster Care, Orphaned Children, Deinstitutionalization, Juvenile Justice Act 2015, Family-Based Care, India |
| Cite Article: | "Transitioning from orphanages to family care: the need for deinstitutionalization and foster care for orphaned children in India", International Journal for Research Trends and Innovation (www.ijrti.org), ISSN:2455-2631, Vol.10, Issue 3, page no.a348-a358, March-2025, Available :http://www.ijrti.org/papers/IJRTI2503043.pdf |
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