NEW DELHI: As the second wave of the novel coronavirus snatched many lives in the capital and left many children without parents, State Child Protection Society of Delhi has opened up applications for families to foster children.
A slew of eligibility criteria have been issued for families that would like to apply.
In a notice, tate Child Protection Society of Delhi, which comes under the department of women and child development of the Delhi government, mentions that every child has the right to live and grow in a family.
The society has invited applications from ‘responsible citizen’ to provide care in a family environment to kids in child care institutions, orphans or children separated from family.
According to the notice, the eligibility condition includes couples who are both of 35 years of age or above, possess the competency to own the responsibility of a child to temporarily receive and foster care and protection.
Both spouses should be willing to foster the same child.
Both spouses have to be Indian citizens, residents of the national capital and also have their own house in the city.
Both of them have to be in good physical, emotional and mental health.
All the other members of the family also have to be medically fit.
The family ordinarily should have enough income to meet the needs of the child and have adequate space and basic facilities at their home.
Those people who meet the eligibility criterion, the notice states, are encouraged to send their willingness, explaining their socio-cultural background, family composition and their financial capacity to the member secretary of the society.
The duration of short-time foster care is not more than one year.
Ultimately, a Child Welfare Committee concerned or Juvenile Justice Board will decide on whether a family is fit to foster a child.
Children whose parents have died due to Covid-19 are also being provided Rs.
2,500 per month by Delhi government till they attain the age of 25 years as part of the Mukhyamantri Covid-19 Pariwar Aarthik Sahayata Yojana.