Cara issues instructions for structured consulting services in the adoption process to ensure emotional comfort of both children and families | Photo Credit: Itockphoto
The Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) has issued comprehensive instructions to all agencies for the adoption of the State (SARAS) to strengthen and institutionalization of structured consulting services during the adoption-preliminary adoption process, to adoption and after and after and after and after and after and after and after and after and after and after and after AD.
These instructions were issued through communication of 7 July under the Act on the Prases of Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) of 2015 (as amended by 2021) and are in accordance with the provisions laid down in accordance with adoption regulations, 2022, official statements listed on Thursday.
Cara is the legal body of the Ministry for the Development of Women and Children, which acts as nodal agencies for the adoption of Indian children, both in the country and internationally.
The aim of this latest initiative is to strengthen the framework of psychosocial support for all key stakeholders – prospective adoptive parents (PAP), adoptive children and biological parents who have given up their child for adoption.
Critical component
Cara stressed that advice is a critical part of the adoption process and is necessary to ensure emotional readiness, smooth transition and long -term well -being of children and participating families. The memorandum repeats the compulsory nature of the structured and necessary counseling services, as stipulated in accordance with various provisions of admission regulations, 2022.
The State Adoption Councils were instructed to determine or Empanel qualified counselors at the level of the district and the state.
Ideally, these experts should have a background in childhood, mental health or social work. It was mandatory to provide preliminary adoption advice to potential adoptive parents during the domestic study (HSR) process in accordance with Regulation 10 (7).
He stated that after adoptive counseling, it should be provided in specific situations, for example, when a child receives root search to monitor their origin, in cases of not representing between the child and the adoptive family, or in any situation, indicating potential disruption or dissolution of adoption.
The instructions also include the provisions of psychosocial intervention under any other circumstances, as evaluated by specialized adoption agencies (SAAS) or district units for the protection of children (DCPUS).
Published – 18 July 2025 03:37
