{"id":5915,"date":"2026-03-26T11:45:55","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T11:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/give.do\/givegrants\/?p=5915"},"modified":"2026-06-12T20:43:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T20:43:28","slug":"state-of-careleavers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/give.do\/givegrants\/state-of-careleavers\/","title":{"rendered":"Life After 18: The State of Care Leavers in India"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5915\" class=\"elementor elementor-5915\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5c4043 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a5c4043\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6f2872 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d6f2872\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"613\" src=\"https:\/\/give.do\/givegrants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/CareLeavers-Research-Banner-scaled.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-4938\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/give.do\/givegrants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/CareLeavers-Research-Banner-scaled.png 2560w, https:\/\/give.do\/givegrants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/CareLeavers-Research-Banner-300x72.png 300w, https:\/\/give.do\/givegrants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/CareLeavers-Research-Banner-1024x245.png 1024w, https:\/\/give.do\/givegrants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/CareLeavers-Research-Banner-768x184.png 768w, https:\/\/give.do\/givegrants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/CareLeavers-Research-Banner-1536x368.png 1536w, https:\/\/give.do\/givegrants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/CareLeavers-Research-Banner-2048x491.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b028b9d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b028b9d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9bb5891 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9bb5891\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Every year, approximately 50,000 young adults walk out of India\u2019s Child Care Institutions. On that day, the state\u2019s responsibility ends. No housing, no income, no identity documents, no family to fall back on. For care leavers in India, turning 18 is not a milestone. It is a cliff edge.<br \/><br \/><\/p><p>This report maps what happens next \u2014 the gap between what the law promises and what young people actually experience when they leave care. It draws on over a decade of research, policy analysis, and ground-level evidence to examine why that gap has remained this wide, and what it will take to close it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ecd6c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4ecd6c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Scale of the Crisis<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2e3839 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f2e3839\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>India has 9,600 Child Care Institutions and the third-largest institutionalised child population in the world. Yet 67% of care leavers don\u2019t know they are legally entitled to aftercare support. Nearly half remain financially dependent after leaving care. Among those who do find work, 93% earn between \u20b97,500 and \u20b98,500 a month \u2014 a wage that falls below subsistence level in any Indian city.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5112079 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5112079\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A System That Fails at the Threshold<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42b1adf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"42b1adf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 mandates aftercare support for all CCI exits. Mission Vatsalya promises a monthly stipend of \u20b94,000 for young adults aged 18 to 21. In practice, most care leavers never access either \u2014 because they lack the foundational documents needed to claim them. Two in three exit without a voter card or PAN card. The catch-22 is stark: to get Aadhaar, you need a permanent address. To get an address, you need Aadhaar.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36554df elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"36554df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Gender Dimension<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a43fbd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2a43fbd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The disadvantages compound for young women. 63% of female care leavers have no independent income after leaving care, compared to 36% of male care leavers. In most states, the system\u2019s default response to a girl leaving a CCI is not opportunity \u2014 it is early marriage or placement in a destitute home. Of the five states studied, only two had dedicated aftercare housing for women.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e851df elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3e851df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ground-Up Solutions and the Road Ahead<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4579d15 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4579d15\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The most promising responses to this crisis are not coming from government ministries. They are being built by people who have lived through the cliff edge themselves. CLiC \u2014 founded by a care leaver in Jaipur \u2014 built Rajasthan\u2019s first verified care leaver database in partnership with UNICEF. Udayan Care\u2019s Aftercare Outreach Programme has placed over 200 young people in employment across five states. These are not pilots. They are proof of what targeted, community-rooted support can do.<br \/><br \/><\/p><p>The report sets out eight evidence-backed steps \u2014 from securing legal identity documents inside CCIs before a young person turns 17, to formally recognising \u2018care leaver\u2019 as a distinct vulnerable category in national policy.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-973a866 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"973a866\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The cliff edge is not inevitable. It is a policy choice. 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