Vikaas-Day Care Scheme For Person with Disability Children

Vikaas is a Day care scheme, launched by the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities , Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment. Govt. of India, primarily to expand the range of opportunities available to a person with disability attaining the age of 10 years for enhancing interpersonal and vocational skills as they are on a transition to higher age groups.Registered Organisation(RO) centre will also offer caregiving support to Person with Disability(PwD) during the time the PwD is in the Vikaas centre. In addition it also helps in supporting family members of the PwDs with disabilities covered under the National Trust Act to get some time during the day to fulfil other responsibilities.

1. Day Care: RO should provide day-care facilities to PwDs for at least 6 hours in a day(between 8 am to 6 pm) along with age specific activities.1. Staffing: Interpersonal and vocational skills would be provided for the betterment of the children.1. Counselling: Counselling and guidance especially for Activities for Daily Living (ADL)must be provided to parents or guardians of PwDs. RO should provide assistance to PwDs for further training, education and employment.1. Transport Facilities (OPTIONAL): RO can also provide transportation facilities to PwDs in case it so desires. The National Trust will provide additional transport allowance to RO only for PwDs who are availing transport facilities provided by RO.

1. Beneficiary should be of the age of 10 years or more
2. Beneficiary should have one of the disabilities under the National Trust Act, 1999, which are Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilitities.1. Beneficiary should not be simultaneously enrolled under Samarth or Gharaunda scheme.

1. PwD should not be simultaneously enrolled under Samarth or Gharaunda scheme.

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Registered Organisations (ROs) Enrolment (first approval) Process:

RO enrolment process defines the steps to be followed while enrolling for Vikaas Centre for the first time. It also details the required information and documents at each step and timelines for various activities wherever applicable.
STEP 1. The NGO registered with National Trust logs in to the National Trust website.
STEP 2. The application form is available online on the National Trust website and has to be submitted online only. Application fees or enrolment in Vikaas scheme is INR 1000/-.
STEP 3. After National Trust receives the application form and the documents, these are verified. If more information is required from the RO, the RO is given generally 15 days’ time to submit the same from the date of intimation of missing documents by the National Trust.
Note that the documents related to physical verification of the RO and proposed Vikaas Centre can be submitted either at the time of enrolment for the scheme at the National Trust website or even after the online application form has been submitted. In case the RO fails to submit the same on time, the RO would be given 15 days’ time to submit the same after the RO receives the notification from National Trust.
STEP 4. The final decision on the application or proposal is taken after completing all necessary formalities and processes. Based on the Physical verification report, if the RO meets scheme criteria and requirements, the application is approved. In case there is any discrepancy, RO is accordingly informed.
STEP 5. Communication to RO by the National Trust shall be done within 45 days from the point of receipt. In case of the online form, the point of receipt is the date and time of submission of the online form along with all the required documents. However, if there is any missing information, the National Trust has to communicate to RO within 10 days from receipt of online submission.
STEP 6. In case the hardcopy of the form and other documents are not received within 15 days of online point of receipt, the National Trust has to send a communication back to RO within 10 days of the prescribed deadline (which is within 25 days from point of receipt).
STEP 7. Enrolment is completed, a scheme ID is created for the RO, and the confirmation for the same is communicated to RO.
STEP 8. A starter kit/Vikaas handbook containing the complete details of the Vikaas scheme is also handed over to the RO by the National Trust.
STEP 9. The National Trust begins the fund disbursement process for providing setup cost to the ROs.

Enrolment of PwD at the Vikaas Centre:

STEP 1. PwD comes to the centre with the required proofs.
STEP 2. The Vikaas Centre conducts an Individual Assessment Test with the help of Therapist/Counsellor. In case the child is between the age of 10-14 years:
In case the child is fit to attend school, the parents are provided guidance and counselling in terms of general care, details of special schools or regular schools, and other schemes of the National Trust that can be availed for the child. In case the parents are interested in sending the child to a regular school or special school and not to the Vikaas Centre, they can exit from the process.
In case the parents want to send the child to the Vikaas Centre (either along with going to school or not) even if he is fit to attend school, or in cases where the child is not fit to attend regular classes as per the Assessment Test, proceed to Step No. 4.
STEP 3. In case the PwD is above 14 years, proceed to the below steps.
STEP 4. In case of enrolling PwD in the Vikaas Centre, a check is made on whether the child is applicable for the LIG or BPL funding by the National Trust.
STEP 5. Parents or guardians are required to bring the Enrolment Form along with the originals and photocopies of the following documents. The documents and records for each PwD are to be maintained in separate files.
STEP 6. In case of successful verification of all the above furnished documents, the PwD is enrolled at the Vikaas Centre – a confirmation Enrolment ID card/receipt is handed over to the PwDs parents or guardians, along with a starter kit. Further details about the schedule of the Centre, starting date, rules and regulations etc. are to be mentioned by the Vikaas representatives.
STEP 7. Also, the beneficiary should be given a detailed insight into the Niramaya health insurance scheme by the Vikaas representatives, in case the former has not yet availed the same. The latter can help with the registration of the beneficiary under the Niramaya scheme, in case the beneficiary is interested in the same.