These are services that ensure that no child goes without shelter, clothing, access to clean safe water or basic personal hygiene and that children have at least one adult who provides them love and support. Services include:
1) Child level:
· Transitional care in the Chombo cha Upendo rescue centre which has a capacity of 64 children
· Support of child-headed households whenever we identify any;
Reintegration of children in institutional care,
2) caregiver/family level:
· Assisting with reunification to take children off streets,
· Referral to programs that provide incentives for adoption,
Foster care for children whose home situation is not safe and protective as we link our children with people in the community who can support them emotionally..
3) Community level:
Support of family-based care with home visits and other strategies,
Developing innovative community alternatives when family-based care is not an option; and
4) System level: education, anti-stigma efforts, and monitoring of institutional care when needed.
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