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BAL SANGOPAN YOJANA (BSY)

The Child Welfare League defines foster care as “A Child Welfare Service that provides substitute family care for a planned period for a child, when his/her own family cannot care for him/her, for a temporary or extended period.”

Indian society is known for its strong family ties and its togetherness at all times. However, today industrialization and urbanization have led to the subsequent disintegration of the joint family system. The security and sense of belonging once provided by the extended family is absent in the nuclear family. Disturbed homes, maternal deprivation or physical neglect by

parent/s are common. These factors in the child’s growing years seriously hamper his/her normal personality development. Thus to have a family which is as close as possible to the child’s ethnic, socio-cultural and economic background is essential. This facilitates the process of adjustment and transition from the natural home to the foster home and vice-versa.

In India, The Central Social Welfare Board initiated the foster-care programme in the year 1964 as a pilot-project in the Third Five Year Plan for the welfare of the family and child. Family Service Centre was also one of the pioneers who initiated the Foster Care Scheme. In 1994, Government of Maharashtra took over the scheme from the Centre and renamed it Bal Sangopan Yojana (BSY).

BSY recognizes that the best rehabilitation for children is not possible in an institution rather in a family. Presently, Maharashtra is the only state implementing BSY in the country. A unit of 50 children is covered under the scheme By FSC. The Government has allocated a sum of Rs. 500/- per month per child. This grant covers maintenance stipend to parents, a percentage of the salaries of the social worker and office assistant and administrative expenses incurred.

The specific objectives of BSY Programme are:

•	Rehabilitation of the child in a family set-up by offering an alternative to direct institutionalisation of the child
•	Provision of a support system to a family in crisis and aid them in the process of rehabilitation
•	Promotion of values of social responsibility and service within the community.

Annual Report

2007 - 2008

2008 - 2009

Family Service centre
Eucharistic Congress
Building III, 5-Convent Street,
Near Holy Name High School,
Mumbai – 400 001. India.
Telefax: 91-22-2282 8862
Tel.: 91-22-2202 1432
director@fscmumbai.org;
director.fscmumbai@gmail.com
www.fscmumbai.org

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