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A Presentation by National Informatics Centre In Collaboration with Child Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) Ministry of Women & Child Development Government of India Structure of Presentation Overview of Existing System Objectives of ICT for Child Adoption Process About CARINGS Benefits of CARINGS Major Modules Special Needs Children Module Status Tracking Issues of Existing System Details of PAPs registered with RIPAs are not available with CARA Long Waiting periods for PAPs due to nonavailability of online information Longer duration for the adoption of Children with Special Needs Post-Adoption Monitoring Reports were not available No standard Formats for Home Study Reports (HSR) of PAPs Objectives of ICT for Child Adoption • Entry of children available for adoption in various homes • Access by AFAAs through secured userids and passwords issued by CARA • Online registration of Prospective Adoptive Parents through AFAAs • Tracking and monitoring of adoptions with specific timelines • Monitoring of Child’s Post-Adoption Development & Progress Benefits of CARINGS • A centralized web based management information system for Accessing on 24 x 7 basis Facilitating expeditious adoption process Ensuring transparency Creation of network of stakeholders Maintaining Integrated holistic Database Provision of Role based Access as per the functionalities of various stakeholders Major Stakeholders of CARINGs Access through Secured User-Ids and Passwords AFAA / CA RIPA/SAA CARINGs S/W SARA CARA - HQ PAPs MWCD How CARINGS Facilitates AFAAs? Online PAPs’ registration through AFAAs Uploading of Home Study Reports as per CARA requirements Uploading of courier details relating to dispatch of PAPs’ dossiers View Adoptive Children View the Adoptive Child Study Report & Medical Examination Report Match the Adoptive Children details with PAPs’ requirements Track the status of Adoption by registered PAPs Request for closure/withdrawal from Adoption Upload Child’s Citizenship & Arrival Details Upload Post-Adoption Monitoring Reports View Circulars/Notices issued by CARA PAP’s Registration Form Role of CARA in Inter-Country Adoption Verification of the parents details sent through Home Study Report The approval by designated committee as per CARA Guidelines In case registration details differ from HSR details, then CARA may reject the case Forwarding the approved dossier to appropriate agency matching the PAPs’ requirements Issue of NOC and Conformity Certificate Role of SARA in Inter-Country Adoption Supervise, monitor and adoption processes in State implement the Monitor the status of Children available with different agencies for adoption Recognize the agencies, recommend to State Govt. and CARA for issue of Inter-Country Adoption Licenses Track the applications registered by PAPs Assist in Investigations and inspections Issue Adoption Recommendation Certificate (ARC) for inter-country Adoption Role of RIPAs in Inter-Country Adoption Receive the dossiers forwarded by CARA Verify the required documents and home study reports Match the suitable child to the PAP Provide the Child Study Report (CSR) & Medical Examination Report (MER) to AFAA Apply for NOC to CARA after receiving acceptance from parents Apply for Court Order Final Handover of Child to PAP Adoption Process for Inter-Country Adoption Rejected Registration of PAPs By AFAA Child Arrival, citizenship & Post Adoption Follow-Up Dossier Recd. At CARA Child Adoption CARA put the case in scrutiny committee Conformity Certificate by CARA No Yes Dossier Forwarded to RIPA Petition filled at court by RIPA Home Study & Document Checked by RIPA Forwarded to CARA for NOC Suitable Child Matched with PAP’s Recd. Acceptance From PAP’s Children with Special Needs Module for AFAA • At a time 24 Children with Special Needs are shown to each AFAA • AFAA can reserve 3 Children at a time • AFAA can view the Child Study Report (CSR) and Medical Examination Report (MER) • If required contact respective RIPA for more details • AFAA can match these children with registered PAPs • In case AFAA failed to find a family for the child, the child gets automatically released after 60 days • After Matching with PAPs’ dossiers, CARA forwards the cases to respective agencies for the adoption process Flow for Adoption of Children with Special Needs 24 Special Need Randomly selected Children Shown to each AFAA Released Child again made available AFAA Child get automatically released after 60 days RIPA Reserve 3 children Per Cycle and view their CSR & MER Try to Find Family For them After approval from approval committee forward to RIPA No Yes Match Parents With Reserved Child CARA Status Track of PAP’s Status of Actions taken on PAPs Registered By AFAAs (2012) Total PAPs Registered 1473 PAPs Cases Rejected 300 Cases forwarded to Agencies 1059 Cases Pending with AFAA) 152 Cases Complete 155 Cases under Process at various stages 421 NOCs issued Inter-Country Adoptions completed 89 242