thenationaltrust.gov.in Samarth Respite Care Scheme : The National Trust

Organisation : Government of India The National Trust
Scheme Name : Samarth Respite Care Scheme
Applicable For : All India except J &K.
Website : http://thenationaltrust.gov.in/content/scheme/samarth.php

Samarth Scheme :

** Respite home for orphans or abandoned, families in crisis and also for Persons with Disabilities (PwD) from BPL & LIG families including destitute

Related : The National Trust GHARAUNDA Group Home for Adult Scheme : www.statusin.in/26416.html

** 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.

Scheme Description :
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.

Eligibility Criteria for Registered Organisations (ROs) and Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) :
Filter criteria for applying under the new schemes is as under :
** Must be Registered with the National Trust.
** Must be Registered under the PwD Act.

** Must not have been blacklisted by the State / Central Govt. / Other Govt.
** RO should have minimum 2 years of experience of working with PwDs with at least one year in one of the four disabilities under the National Trust Act

** Bank Account details of the Registered Organisation.
** E-mail ID and contact details of the Registered Organisation.

Note : Unless the Registered Organisation fulfil the above criteria, he / she can not apply under the scheme
** Criteria for Registered Organisation (RO)
** Criteria for Persons with Disabilities (PwDs)

Criteria for Registered Organisation (RO) :
** Requesting organization should be registered with National Trust.
** The group home land should either be owned by RO or should have lease of at least 5 years with provision of renewal.

** RO should have minimum 2 years of experience of working with PwD with at least one year experience in one of the four disabilities under National Trust Act.

** NGO should not be blacklisted by National Trust/any other government organization, at the time of enrolment for the scheme.