OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT WELFARE OFFICER, WOMEN, CHILDREN, DISABLED & SENIOR CITIZENS DEPARTMENT – SIDDIPET

The following are the basic information of the Dept. for Women, Children, Disabled & Senior Citizens, Siddipet 

Brief about Women Development & Child Welfare Dept.,

Telangana is one of the few states where a separate Department is functioning for development and welfare of women and children. In many states, these come under the Social Welfare Department. The broad mandate of the Department is to have holistic development of Women and Children. For the holistic development of the child, the Department has been implementing the world’s largest and most unique and outreach programme of Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) providing a package of services comprising supplementary nutrition, immunization, health check up and referral services, pre-school non-formal education.

Brief about Anganwadi Centres & Activities in District :

There are 1150 Anganwadi Centers functioning in the district in 5 ICDS Projects. In which 1084 Main Centers and 66 Mini Centers. The following are the details of beneficiaries for Supplementary Nutrition (SN) i.e. Pregnant Women, Lactating mothers and children in the age group of 7 months to 6  

District	Project	Area	No.of AWC Sanctioned
			Main	Mini
SIDDIPET	CHERIAL	RURAL	185	2
SIDDIPET	DUBBAK	RURAL	210	7
SIDDIPET	GAJWEL	RURAL	250	18
SIDDIPET	HUSNABAD	RURAL	172	39
SIDDIPET	SIDDIPET	RURAL	267	0
		Total	1084	66

Project	Population		SN Preg Eligible	SN Preg Enroll	SN Preg Received	SN Nursing Eligible	SN Nursing Enroll	SN Nursing Received
	Male	Female
CHERIAL	73485	73711	976	976	803	1116	1116	863
DUBBAK	83684	85691	1430	1319	1231	1363	1300	1187
GAJWEL	110070	111125	2107	2004	1551	2050	1920	1349
HUSNABAD	79501	79263	889	889	781	1007	1007	898
SIDDIPET	118902	119295	2030	2030	1512	2003	2003	1377
	465642	469085	7432	7218	5878	7539	7346	5674

Arogya LAkshmi:

(“One Full Meal” For Pregnant  and Lactating Women At The Anganwadi Centre)

Objectives of “Arogya Laxmi programme”

• Enhance the quality and acceptability of supplementary nutrition by the Pregnant and Lactating women
• Ensure food supplied is consumed by only the Pregnant and Lactating women rather than the whole family
• Ensure that Pregnant and Lactating women consume 90+ IFA tablets.
• Improve the enrollment of mothers at Anganwadi Centers (AWCs).
• Eliminate or decrease number of Pregnant and Lactating women with anemia/ who are undernourished.
• Reduce the incidence of low birth babies and malnutrition among children.
• Ensure that Pregnant and Lactating women receive health checkups and immunization.
• Reduce the incidence of infant mortality and maternal mortality.

An implementation of ICDS has resulted in improvement of the nutritional status of women and children in the state, the desired goals have not been achieved. The percentage of low birth weight babies, underweight children (<3 years) and pregnant women who are anemic is still high. As a result, reduction of Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) and Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR)continues to be a challenge.

The State Government introduced ArogyaLaxmi Programme which involves spot feeding of “one full meal” for Pregnant and Lactating women at the Anganwadi centre along with administration of Iron & Folic Acid (IFA) tablet. The programme was started on 01.01.2013 in ICDS Projects with most adverse health and nutrition indicators.

The one full meal consists of Rice, Dal with leafy Vegetables/sambar, vegetables for a minimum of 25 days, boiled Egg and 200ml. milk for 30 days in a month.  The one full meal will meet 40-45% of the daily calorie and 40-45% of protein and calcium requirement per day of the pregnant and lactating mothers. Along with the meal, Iron Folic Acid (IFA) tablet is to be administered. For children between 7 months to 3 years are providing 16 Eggs per month where as children from 3-6 years were providing 30 Eggs per month.

Anganwadi center for Arogyalaxmi Scheme (Menu):-

Food Model for spot feeding of Pregnant & Lactating Women in One Full Meal Programme ICDS Projects (per beneficiary)

Menu of One Full Meal

Anganwadi Center for Children (menu):-

Key Note on National Nutrition Mission (Rashtriya Poshan Maah) under Poshanabhiyan & Growth Monitoring of SAM & MAM

Hon’ble Prime Minister of India has announced to celebrate September 2019 as a month of nutrition in which he laid emphasis on creating awareness to fight malnutrition among children, particularly girl child. The month of September will be celebrated as ‘Poshan Abhiyaan’ across India.

          The Government of Telangana have decided to celebrate the month of September as National Nutrition Month (Rashtriya Poshan Maah). The line departments viz. Medical & Health, Panchayat Raj, Education, Rural Development have to play a key role for implementing various activities during the month. Mostly focus on five critical components, among others, during POSHAN Maah i.e. First 1000 days of the Child, Anemia Prevention, Diarrhea Hand Wash & Sanitation and Poshtik Aahar (Wholesome meal with diet diversity). At the grass root level Village Health Sanitation and Nutrition Day (VHSND) should be used as the platform for delivering of these messages.

This department is conducting every month Growth Monitoring of every children in the age group of 7 months to 6 years and taking special care on SAM / MAM children identified duly conducting Home visits for creating awareness among the family members and providing supplementary feeding to those children for transform them to normal category from SAM/MAM category.    

SAKHI One Stop Center (OSC)

Introduction

One Stop Centres (OSCs) is an initiation by Ministry of Women and Child development, Government of India, intended to support women affected by violence, in private and public spaces, within the family, community and at the workplace. Women facing physical, sexual, emotional, psychological and economic abuse, irrespective of age, class, caste, education status, marital status, race and culture will be facilitated with support and redressal. Aggrieved women facing any kind of violence due to attempted sexual harassment, sexual assault, domestic violence, trafficking, honour related crimes, acid attacks or witch-hunting who have

The OSCS will be integrated with 181 and other existing help lines. Women affected by violence and in need of redressal services could be referred to OSC through these help lines’.

OBJECTIVES

The objectives of the Scheme are:

(i)            To provide integrated support and assistance to women affected by violence, both in private and public spaces under one roof.

(ii)           (ii) To facilitate immediate, emergency and non-emergency access to a range of service including medical, legal, psychological and counselling support under one roof fight against any forms of violence against women.

TARGET GROUP

         The OSC will support all women including girls below 18 years of age affected by violence, irrespective of caste, class, religion, region, sexual orientation or marital status. For girls below 18 years of age, institutions and authorities established under Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 will be linked with the OSC.

Services

Sakhi One Stop Centre – Siddipet

Pragathi Women’s Welfare association a NGO institute started Sakhi Centre Siddipet on 12th of June 2019 inaugurated by MLA Mr. Harish Rao.

Address : Old MCH building, 1^st Floor,  Azam pura Colony, Siddipet-502103

Contact No: 8886108181, 08457 229108

Email ID : sakhisiddipet181@gmail.com

Sakhi OSC Support Agency : V. Swarupa Rani (Pragathi Women’s Welfare association)

Staffing

Below is a table that will represent the current staffing at Sakhi and this is as per the guidelines from the Department.

DISTRICT CHILD PROTECTION UNIT

Overview:

‘Child Protection’ is about protecting children from or against any perceived or real danger or risk to their life, their personhood and childhood. It is about reducing their vulnerability to any kind of harm and protecting them in harmful situations. It is about ensuring that no child falls out of the social security and safety net and, those who do, receive necessary care, protection and support so as to bring them back into the safety net. While protection is a right of every child, some children are more vulnerable than others and need special attention. The Government recognizes these children as ‘children in difficult circumstances’, characterized by their specific social, economic and geo-political situations. In addition to providing a safe environment for these children, it is imperative to ensure that all other children also remain protected. This is because Child protection is integrally linked to every other right of the child.

The Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS) has significantly contributed to the realization of Government/State responsibility for creating a system that will efficiently and effectively protect children. Based on cardinal principles of “protection of child rights” and “best interest of the child”, ICPS is achieving its objectives to contribute to the improvements in the well being of children in difficult circumstances, as well as to the reduction of vulnerabilities to situations and actions that lead to abuse, neglect, exploitation, abandonment and separation of children from their families

Objectives:

i) 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;

ii) To enhance capacities at all levels, of all functionaries including, administrators and service providers, members of allied systems including, local bodies, police, judiciary and other concerned departments of State Governments to undertake responsibilities under the ICPS;

 

iii)  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;

iv) Undertake research and documentation;

v) To ensure appropriate inter-sectoral response at all levels, coordinate and network with all allied systems;

vi) 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.

District Child Protection Unit (DCPU) The Child Protection Services/Scheme is expected to significantly contribute to the realization of Government/State responsibility for creating a system that will efficiently and effectively protect children. It is based on cardinal principles of “protection of child rights” and “best interest of the child”. Hence, the DCPC objectives are: to contribute to the improvements in the well being of children in difficult circumstances, as well as to the reduction of vulnerabilities to situations and actions that lead to abuse, neglect, exploitation, abandonment and separation of children.

 

Functions:

The DCPU coordinate and implement all child rights and protection activities at district level. Specific functions of the DCPU are:

 

1. Contribute to effective implementation of child protection legislations, schemes and achievement of child protection goals laid out in the National Plan of Action for Children. In doing so, the DCPU will follow national and state priorities, rules and guidelines.
2. Ensure that for each child in need of care there is an individual care plan and that the plan is regularly reviewed. Monitor the implementation of the plan.
3. Identify families at risk and children in need of care and protection through effective networking and linkages with the ICDS functionaries, Specialized Adoption Agencies (SAA), NGOs dealing with child protection issues and local bodies, viz. PRIs and Urban Local Bodies, etc.;
4. Assess the number of children in difficult circumstances and create district- specific databases to monitor trends and patterns of children in difficult circumstances;
5. Map all child related service providers and services at district for creating a resource directory;
6. Identify and support credible voluntary organizations to implement program components of the ICPS;
7. Support implementation of family based non-institutional services including sponsorship, foster care, adoption and after care;
8. Ensure effective implementation of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 and its Amendment Act, 2006 at district/city levels by supporting creation of adequate infrastructure, viz. setting up JJBs, CWCs, SJPUs in each districts and homes in a cluster of districts as required;
9. Ensure setting up of District, Mandal and Village level Child Protection Committees for effective implementation of programs, as well as discharge of its functions;
10. Facilitate transfer of children at all levels for either restoration to their families or placing the child in long or short-term rehabilitation through sponsorship, kinship care, in country adoption, foster care, inter-country adoption and placement in institutions;
11. Facilitate effective implementation of other legislations for child protection in the district, viz. Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act (HAMA) 1956; Guardians and Wards Act (GAWA) 1890; Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act 1986; Child Marriage and Restraint Act 1979 and Immoral Traffic Prevention Act 1986, Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act 1994, Protection of children from Sexual Offence Act,2012, CPCRC Act,2005 etc. and any other Act that comes into force for protecting child rights;
12. Network and coordinate with all government departments to build inter-sectoral linkages on child protection issues, including Departments of Health, Education, Social Welfare, Urban Basic Services, Backward Classes & Minorities, Youth Services, Police, Judiciary, Labour, State AIDS Control Society, among others;
13. Network and coordinate with voluntary and civil society organizations working in the field of child rights and protection;
14. Develop parameters and tools for effective monitoring and supervision of ICPS in the district;
15. Supervise and monitor all institutions/agencies providing residential facilities to children in district;
16. Train and build capacity of all personnel (Government and Non-government) working under child protection system to provide effective services to children;
17. Encourage voluntary youth participation in child protection programs at district, block and community levels;
18. Organize quarterly meeting with all stakeholders at district level including Childline Services, SAA, superintendents of homes, NGOs and members of public to review the progress and achievement of child protection activities;
19. Liaison with the SCPS, SARA and DCPUs of other districts;
20. Provide secretarial support to the DCPC;
21. Maintain a database of all children in institutional care and non-institutional care at the district level. This Data Management System will ultimately be uploaded onto a comprehensive, integrated, live database for children in care and in need of care in the country- the ‘Track Child’.

STATUTORY SUPPORT SERVICES

 

Child Welfare Committee (CWC):

Child Welfare Committee as the final authority to dispose of cases for the care, protection, treatment, development and rehabilitation of children in need of care & protection and to provide for their basic needs and protection.

 

Juvenile Justice Board (JJB):

Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) is to deal with matters relating to juveniles in conflict with law. At present it is functioning from Sanagareddy Court.

 

Special Juvenile Police Unit (SJPU):

Special Juvenile Police Units is to coordinate and upgrade the police interface with children. All the police officers, designated as juvenile/child welfare officers in the district are members of the SJPU.  CPS provides for two paid social workers in each SJPU for supporting the unit.

 

INSTITUTIONAL CARE SERVICES

Child Care Institutions:

A large number of children in need of care and protection who enter the juvenile justice system through the Child Welfare Committees (CWCs) are in need of residential care and protection during the pendency of any inquiry and subsequently for their long- term care, treatment, education, training, development and rehabilitation. Homes shall serve as a home away from home and provide comprehensive child care facilities to children for ensuring their all-round development.

 

Registration and Monitoring of Child Care Institutions (CCIs):

 

In Siddipet District there are 4 Child Care Institutions run by Volunteer Organizations and 1 Children Home for Girls run by Government. All Homes are registered Under Section 41 of The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection) Act 2015. The details of the CCIs are as follows:

 

NON INSTITUTIONAL SERVICES

 

Foster Care:

Fostering is an arrangement whereby a child lives, usually on a temporary basis, with an extended or unrelated family member. Such an arrangement ensures that the birth parents do not lose any of their parental rights or responsibilities. This arrangement shall cater to children who are not legally free for adoption, and whose parents are unable to care for them due to illness, death, desertion by one parent or any other crisis. The aim is to eventually re-unite the child with his/her own family when the family circumstances improve, and thus prevent institutionalization of children in difficult circumstances

Sponsorship:

Reasons for Sponsorship: The sponsorship support shall be provided for the following reasons:

 

i) Preventive: Sponsorship support will be provided to a family to enable a child to continue to remain in the family, continue his/her education. This is an effort towards preventing children from becoming destitute / vulnerable, running away, forced into child marriage, forced into child work etc. The DCPU with the help of its social workers, outreach workers, volunteers as well as the Village Child Protection Committees shall identify vulnerable families or children for sponsorship support.

ii) Rehabilitative: Children within institutions can also be restored to families with sponsorship assistance. On the basis of the Individual Care Plan, an institution shall approach the CWC/JJB to recommend a suitable case to DCPU for rehabilitation through the sponsorship fund. Cases will be reviewed by CWC/JJB before recommending to the DCPU for sanction of sponsorship fund.

Adoption:

Adoption is a process through which a child who is permanently separated from biological parents because her/his parents have died, or have abandoned or surrendered her/ him, becomes a legitimate child of a new set of parent(s) referred to as adoptive parents with all the rights, privileges and responsibilities that are attached to this relationship.

Aftercare:

After Care Program for children without family or other support who leave institutional care after they attain 18 years of age to sustain themselves during the transition from institutional to independent life. The objective of this after care program is to enable such children to adapt to the society and to encourage them to move away from an institution based life.

Specialized Services for Children with Special Needs:

A significant number of children are affected/infected by HIV/AIDS. Many children are affected by substance abuse or are mentally or physically challenged. Such children are in need of long term care because of abandonment, death of one or both parents or inability of parents/guardians to take care of them. Such children are especially vulnerable as they are least likely to have family care alternatives and hence require specialized institutional care and treatment including medical, nutritional, and psychological support.

FORMATION OF CHILD PROTECTION COMMITTEES

District Child Protection Committee:

District Child Protection Committee headed by the District Collector has been setup as mentioned below. This committee met once in three months and discussed the issues related to Children and its meeting results are sent to the Children’s Protection Committee.

Mandal Level Child Protection Committee:

Every Mandal shall have a Child Protection Committee under the Chairmanship of the Mandal level elected representative (Head of the M

andal Committee) with the Mandal Development Officers as the Member Secretary to recommend and monitor the implementation of Child Protection Services at mandal level.

Village Level Child Protection Committee:

Every panchayat shall have a Child Protection Committee under the Chairmanship of the Village level elected representative (Head of the Gram Panchayat) to recommend and monitor the implementation of Child Protection  services at the village level.

OTHER ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN:

Operation Smile/Muskaan:  Aims to rescue and rehabilitate the missing children. The major objective of the Operation is to reunite and rehabilitate the missing and destitute children with their parents and to ensure the best interest of the child. The campaign also intends to prevent child trafficking, child labour, forced/bonded labour and rescue children from people who engage them in begging, human trafficking and other antisocial activities. Every year Operation Smile conducts in January and Operation Muskaan in July month.

Co-Ordination with NGO’s:- DCPU listed Non-Government Organizations (NGO’s), services provided by them. We have been visiting and explaining about Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS) and convincing them to furnish the individual child data who are residing in the organizations.

Oriented NGO’s regarding registration of Child Care Institutions (CCIs) as per JJ Act, 2015 and convinced to register the residential institutions as per the act and also explaining the process of on-line registration.

Media Cell Cases – DCPU is furnishing monthly media cell reports as per the prescribed format forwarded by the Directorate, WD & CW, T.S. Hyderabad. DCPU is enquiring about the cases in the SP office about their status, co-ordinating with Child Welfare Committee (CWC) & all line departments whose action is required as per the issue. As a part of follow-up of media cell cases, the required necessary actions for rehabilitation of children in need of care and protection has been carried out.

Awareness Programmes Conducted to:

• Anganawadi Teachers, Supervisors during ICDS sector meetings & Project meetings.
• Village Child Protection Committees & Mandal child protection Committees.
• Non – Governmental Organizations (NGO’s).
• NSS Volunteers
• Girls of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas
• Students of Upper primary and High school
• Para legal volunteers.
• Mandal Educational Officers (MEOs) & Cluster Resource Persons (CRPs)
• Health Department Officials.
• Empower YUVA Programmes conducted at High School level in Collaboration with Pediatric Association of Telangana.
• All Surpanches i.e., PRI’s at gross root level during their training programmes conducted at District level.

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SCHEMES PROGRAMS IMPLEMENTING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

Marriage Incentive Award

Cash incentive award of Rs.1,00,000/- can be given to either of the spouse with disability if a normal person marries a Person with Disability. Either of spouse should have not availed the incentive award under this scheme. To register for this incentive award through the website, https://telanganaepass.cgg.gov.in.

Economic Rehabilitation Scheme:

Financial Assistance scheme for Persons with Disabilities under Economic Rehabilitation Scheme to provide livelihood opportunities. The procedure of application for financial assistance under economic Rehabilitation Scheme to Persons with Disabilities through the website, www.tsobmms.cgg.gov.in

Age Group : 21 to 55 years

Disability 40% and above are eligible

Income limit for Rural areas – 1,50,000/-

For urban areas – 2,00,000/-

The following are rates of Subsidy:

Pre Metric Scholarships:

The objective of the Scheme is to provide Financial Assistance to the Disabled students studying at Pre-matric Courses from Class I to X to enable them to complete their education. To register for this incentive award through the website, https://telanganaepass.cgg.gov.in

Pre Metric Scholarships:

Post-matric Scholarships and Reimbursement of Tuition Fees to the eligible OC differently able students for various courses. To register for this incentive award through the website, https://telanganaepass.cgg.gov.in

For differently abled eligible students belonging to SC/ST/BC Minority the applications of candidates shall be processed and amount sanctioned and reimbursed by those departments concerned.

Brief Notes on the implementation of the Provisions of Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Rules, 2011:

• Maintenance & Welfare of Parents of Senior Citizens Act has enacted in 2007.
• The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents Act, 2007 has came into force in Andhra Pradesh from 28-04-2008 vide G.O.Ms.No.10 of WD CW (DW) Dept., dated:22-04-2008. 
• In the month of December – 2011 Govt. have issued rules for implementation of Maintenance & Welfare of Parents of Senior Citizens Act, 2007 and has been published Gazette in month of January,2012 as “THE TELANGANA MAINTENANCE AND WELFARE OF PARENTS AND SENIOR CITIZENS RULES, 2011.”
• As per the G.o.Ms.No.27 & 28 of WD CW (DW) Dept., dated: 19-08-2008 Maintenance Tribunals and Appellate Tribunals under section 15(1) & 7(1) of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents & Senior Citizens Act, 2007 have been constituted both at District and Sub Divisional Level for taking up of petitions of maintenance cases from the neglected parents and disposal of petitions of Senior Citizens.
• The District Committee has been constituted under Chapter VII Rule 23 of A.P. Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Rules, 2011. The Committee shall meet once in three months to review and monitor the cases of Maintenance Tribunals and Welfare programme being implemented in the District.