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State Orientation Programme on Adoption

Chandigarh, 19th February, 2016: The State Adoption Resource Agency (SARA) under Union Territory Child Protection Society (UTCPS) under the aegis of Department of Social Welfare, Chandigarh Administration organized a One Day State Orientation Programme on Adoption 2015 and CARINGS for Chandigarh in collaboration with the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA), a statutory body under the Juvenile Justice  (care and protection of children) Act, 2015.

The Indian parliament has recently passed the newly amended Juvenile Justice (care and protection of children) Act, 2015 which has come into effect from 15th January 2015. Among other changes, a renewed focus has been put on Adoption and other forms of non institutional care services. Also, the Ministry of Women And Child Development (MWCD) has rolled out Adoption Guidelines 2015 to strengthen the capacity of all stakeholders and encourage adoption. The workshop was therefore organised to provide orientation and strengthen the capacity of all stakeholders involved in the Adoption process.

The program began with a session on New Adoption Guidelines (2015) and upgraded CARINGS by Ms Vanita Jha, Assistant Director, Supervision of Training and capacity Building, CARA who gave an overview on the guidelines to all Stakeholders and their respective role in respect to the various procedures in adoption. She highlighted how the new guidelines aim at streamlining and effective regulation of Adoption process in the country and has transferred the entire adoption process online with an aim to crackdown on illegal adoption and encourage legal adoption. This was followed by a session on the online portal “Child Adoption Resource Information and Guidance System” i.e. CARINGS BY Mr. Pradeep Kumar, State Coordinator of Punjab, Haryana, H.P, Delhi and Chandigarh for technical support to CARINGS. This was followed by a session on Preparation of Dossier for inter-country cases and other related issues. This was followed by an interactive Open House Discussion with the audience and all queries were addressed by the resource persons.


The workshop was attended by over 50 participants from stakeholders like Child Welfare Committee, Staff of Specialised Adoption agency (SAA), District Child Protection Unit (DCPU), Children Homes, Special Juvenile Police Unit (SJPU) and medical officials from Department of paediatrics from GMCH 32, GMSH-16, PGI and Civil dispensary Mani Majra and senior officers of Department of Social Welfare. 

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