India Discussing Increased PostAdoption Monitoring

In response to this recent How Could You? case, the state women and child development department (WCD) is considering increasing postadoption monitoring.

“Talking about elevating the role of the non-institutional protection officer he said, “The non-institutional protection officer would also follow-up on the adopted child and the duration may be increased from the existing two years.”

Currently quarterly inspection is carried out for a period of two years as follow-up.”

A CARA workshop will be held on October 19, 2012 in which this will be discussed.

“There are currently 29 adoption agencies in the state which including recognized Indian placement agencies (RIPA) and specialised adoption agencies (SAA) he informed.

Post adoption follow-up

(1) In case of in-country adoption, half yearly progress reports in the first year and in the second year shall be prepared by the specialised adoption agency (SAA) and submitted to state adoption resource agency (SARA) or adoption coordinating agency (ACA).

(2) The special adoption agency may provide post-adoption counselling services for adoptees and adoptive parents.

(3) The follow-up measures shall continue up to a period of two years after the child acquires citizenship of the receiving country.

(4) The authorized foreign adoption agencies (AFFA) shall also provide post adoption data to CARA through CARA’s web-based management system.

(5) The AFAA shall organise annual get-together of adopted children and adoptive parents and forward a report on the event to CARA.

(6) The AFAA may conduct post-adoption counselling for adoptees and the parents.”

Govt mulling to tighten post-adoption follow-up

[The Time of India 10/3/12 by Rageshri Ganguly]

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