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procedures in the CCIs. Families that are fostering children are directed to ensure safety and follow up health and psychosocial wellbeing status of children under their care. National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) issued advisory to District Child Protection Officer to ensure all CCIs to be equipped with enough academic and recreation material for children, maintain social distancing and disallow outsiders to enter into CCI premises, ensure therapeutic counselling services and medical facility for children with HIV/AIDS etc. The advisory relates to vulnerable children with migrant families or those living on streets. Child Welfare Police Officer (CWPO) are to identify all such children in their jurisdiction and collect details from the child, provide appropriate shelter to families if the children are with families, arrange medival check ups for all children. CWCs are ensure appropriate CCI facilities are arranged – nearby government/private schools, registered NGOs, community centers may be converted into such facilities. Adequate food, water, clothing, sanitation, hygiene and basic medical care have to be ensured in the facility. In case of a girl child, they should be sent to an appropriate shelter or facility meant exclusively for girls. In case girl child is alleged to have been trafficked, food, shelter, toiletries, clothing,counselling, etc be provided under MWCD’s Ujjwala scheme in the interim. In the case of children of families involved in seasonal labour, adequate arrangements of food, shelter, and medical facilities be provided. Same with children of migrant families walking back to their homes. Children in conflict with the law placed in observation homes and special homes maybe granted parole or interim bail. The advisory from NCPCR instructed Child Welfare Police Officers (CWPOs) to identify atrisk children, orphaned, abandoned, or without shelter; those alone to be moved to a CWC facility, those with families to be provided shelter; medical check-ups to be carried out. NHRC in the month of September directed to ensure health and nutrient supplement to adolescent girls through regular supply of iron supplements are CH services and menstrual hygiene products. The advisory to include without parental care, living in institutions, affected by natural disaster, and children connected with street. The advisory instruct State commission for protection of Child rights, child welfare committees under the JJ board, civil society organisations to trace, track and register all children living in an extremely vulnerable situations to ensure that the nutrient health and protection needs are being fully met through the state institutions as identified above including ICDS school MDMS, state food commissions etc.
Interventions by State Governments in the Study States
This section documents state governments’ policy measures related food, child nutrition, education, child protection, income relief, health measures, measures for poor, women,
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