About the Scheme
- Respite home for orphans or abandoned, families in crisis and also for Persons with Disabilities (PwD) from BPL & LIG families including destitute
- Opportunities for family members to get respite time in order to fulfil other responsibilities.
- Group home facility for all age groups with adequate and quality care service with acceptable living standards including provision of basic medical care from professional doctors.
- Batch size 30 PwDs.
- RO should maintain a ratio of 1:1 for LIG (including BPL) and above LIG PwDs.
- Scheme will be available in the entire country except J &K.
This scheme aims at setting up Samarth Centres for providing respite and residential care of the specified categories of Persons with Disability (PwD). Samarth Centre should provide at a minimum following facilities:
- Group Home
RO should provide group home facility for all age groups with adequate and quality care service with acceptable living standards including provision of basic medical care from professional doctors.Capacity of a Samarth Centre is 30 including non LIG and non BPL PwDs.
Batch size of a Samarth centre is 30 PwDs and the maximum number of PwDs allowed is 30% extra of batch size i.e. 39 for Samarth Centres. On reaching the maximum limit of 39 PwDs, Samarth centre shall not allow anymore PwDs to enrol in the centre. ROs are encouraged to apply again if they have sufficient number of PwDs for the new Samarth Centre.
RO should maintain a ratio of 1:1 for LIG (including BPL) and above LIG PwDs (which will be paid seats for RO). Payment for the above LIG seats could be received by RO from parents, guardians, family members, RO or any other institute/ individual directly as per mutually agreed terms and conditions between RO and the other party involved (parents, guardians, family members, RO or any other institute/ individual)
As stated earlier in the document, it is to be noted that RO should bring in more PwDs to the Samarth centre who are either Non-LIGs or who are not covered in the above mentioned category, to ensure sustainability.
Source: The National Trust Website