Brief

Children Homes, Specialized Adoption Agencies, Open Shelters, Observation Homes, Special Homes, Places of Safety. In the Children Home, a unit for providing specialized services to children with special needs (disabled children, children affected by HIV/AIDS, children affected by substance abuse etc) has also been created under the scheme. Separate Children Homes based on age, gender or special needs of children could be established/ supported by the State/District and shall have similar facilities in terms of infrastructure and services. The CCIs could be either for fifty (50) children or twenty-five (25) children, depending upon the need of children in a particular area.