District Level Task Force to take care of COVID-19 hit children

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Daily Excelsior
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Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 7: For providing care and protection to children infected by COVID-19 as well as children of COVID-19 infected parents in Jammu and Kashmir, the Union Territory Government today accorded sanction to constitution of District Level Task Force.
The Task Force in each District, headed by the concerned District Magistrate, shall complete details of all adults who have died due to COVID-19 and find out any children orphaned or children in need of care and protection.
It shall produce such children before the Child Welfare Committee, which shall decide their rehabilitation such as adoption, foster care, sponsorship etc and institutionalization as the last resort as per the provisions of Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection o Children) Act 2015.
The Task Force shall place such children in temporary shelters, whose parents are undergoing COVID-19treatment and are left without relative (s) or guardian to take necessary care. It shall provide psychological and counseling support to children infected/affected due to COVID-19 as well as children of COVID infected/affected parents.
Further, it shall ensure timely referral of children infected with COVID-19 to treatment centres along with ensuring their nutritional support during post treatment period. It shall identify and design one registered child care institution in each district and make arrangements for such institutions as COVID care centres exclusively for children.
The District Level Task Force shall meet every week and as and when required for providing intervention programmes for care and protection of these children. The District Collector shall be responsible for convening the meeting of the Task Force and shall submit a status report once in every 15 days to the Government.
Chief Medical Officers, Additional SP, District Social Welfare Officer, District Social Welfare Officer, Chairperson of Child Welfare Committee and an NGO running a Child Care Institution (nominated by the District Magistrate) shall be Members of the District Level Task Force while District Child Protection Officer is its Member secretary.

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