The Odisha Government has extended the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) for children growing with incarcerated parents in the State.
Taking the socio-emotional development needs of children of incarcerated parents into account, the State government has come up with guidelines asking District Collectors to identify one nodal anganwadi centre (AWC) nearest to each prison for the extension of these facilities.
“In case more children are housed in any prison, temporary AWCs as per jail manual will be set up. A worker from an existing AWC in the neighbourhood with lesser children will be considered for attending to the temporary AWC,” says the guideline.
