The Department of Women and Child Development, Haryana is getting implemented scheme for Short Stay Home for women and girls with the monitoring of Haryana State Social Welfare Board and field functionaries of this department. 

                                        The Department of Women & Child Development through Central Social Welfare Board is giving grant-in-aid to voluntary organizations to establish and run Short Stay Homes for women & girls, with a view to protect and rehabilitate those women & girls who are facing social, economic and emotional problems due to family problems, mental strains, social ostracism, exploitation or other causes or are being forced into prostitution and are in moral danger.

   Categories of Women /Girls/Children to be Benefited

         Under this scheme the categories of women/girls/children are to be benefited  those are being forced into prostitution, those who, as a result of family tension or discard, are made to leave their homes without any means of subsistence and have no social protection from exploitation and are facing litigation on account of marital disputes, those who have been sexually assaulted and are facing the problem of re-adjustment in the family or society, victims of mental maladjustment, emotional disturbances and social ostracism,  those who escape from their homes due to family problems, mental/physical torture and need shelter, psychiatric treatment and counseling for their rehabilitation and re-adjustment in family/society.
                                                    In addition to above the girls between the age of 15 to 35 years/SC/ST/Minority/disabled are to be given prefernce.Children accompanying the mother or born in the Home are also permitted to stay in the Home only up to the age of 7 years, after which they may be transferred to children’s institutions or provided foster care facilities. Temporary accommodation can be given to women who have come to the town to attend court cases or other legal matters.

   Type of Voluntary Organisation Eligible for Assistance

            The following are the eligibility criteria for sanction of grant for a Short Stay Home:

                     a)      The voluntary organization should have been registered as a legal entity for a period
                of at least 2 years on the date of application.

                     b)         Its financial position should be sound,

                     c)         The voluntary organization should be engaged in some full time women/community
                 related activities,

                     d)         Location of the Short Stay Home should be at District/ Block Headquarters or a
                town having population not less than 50000 according to 1991 census.

e)                                                                             Proposals from districts where 2 or more Short Stay Homes are running may not be considered.  ‘A’ Class and ‘A’-I Class cities are exempted from this stipulation.  Preference will be given to areas with concentration of SC/ST/OBC/minority communities.

Short Stay Homes in Haryana

                        At present 2 Short Stay Homes are running in Haryana at Rohtak and Hansi by the voluntary organizations viz. Bharat Vikas Sangh, Rohtak and Royal Foundation of India Hans,i Distt. Hissar.  Since this is a centralized programme of CSWB, grant is released directly to the institutions by the Central Social Welfare Board under intimation to the State Social Welfare Advisory Board for monitoring.

  Procedure for Submission of application

          For further details of the Scheme, the website www.wcd.nic.in of Women & Child Development Department, Government of India may be visited.  However application form, the proposal, list of documents to be enclosed, checklist for the State Govt., Proforma for Pre sanction Appraisal Report, form of Recommendations by the State Government are given.

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