Organisation : Government of India The National Trust
Scheme Name : Vikaas Day Care Scheme
Applicable For : All India except J &K.
Website : http://thenationaltrust.gov.in/content/scheme/vikaas.php
Vikaas Scheme :
** Day care scheme, primarily for enhancing interpersonal and vocational skills.
** Provision of caregiving support to PwD is in centre.
Related : The National Trust Samarth Respite Care Scheme : www.statusin.in/26422.html
** Helps in supporting family members of the PwDs to get some time during the day to fulfil other responsibilities.
** Day-care facilities to PwDs for at least 6 hours in a day along with age specific activities.
** RO should maintain a ratio of 1:1 for LIG (including BPL) and above LIG PwDs.
** Batch size 30 PwDs.
** Scheme will be available in the entire country except J &K.
Scheme Description :
This scheme aims at setting up Vikaas Centres for welfare of PwDs. Registered Organization (RO) should provide at a minimum following facilities in their Vikaas Centre
II. Day Care :
RO should provide day-care facilities to PwDs for at least 6 hours in a day (between 8 am to 6 pm) along with age specific activities. Day care should be open for at least 21 days in a month.
Expected batch size of a Vikaas centre is 30 PwDs. The minimum attendance required for a PwD in the Vikaas centre is 15 days per month for National Trust to fund the PwD.
Batch size of a Vikaas centre is 30 PwDs with a maximum number of PwDs allowed is 30% extra of batch size i.e. 39 for Vikaas Centres. On reaching the maximum limit of 39 PwDs, Vikaas 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 Vikaas 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 mutual agreed terms and conditions between RO and the other party involved (parents, guardians, family members, RO or any other institute/ individual)
The ROs should also get in touch with paediatricians or experts in similar field to seek help in getting more PwD enrolled in the Vikaas centre.
Funding Pattern :
The National Trust will provide funding to the Vikaas Centre under following three heads :
I. Setup Cost :
This is a non-recurring one-time cost that would be provided to RO initially to setup Vikaas Centre. In addition to the grant from the National Trust, RO is free to arrange grant from other sources to improve the infrastructure.
It shall be prerogative of RO to buy the quality and quantity of set up from the places of their choice. In fact it is desirable for the viability of the centre. However, the National Trust will not deduct its set up cost if extra funds arranged by RO.
II. Sustenance Cost :
Sustenance Cost shall be provided by National Trust to Vikaas Centre for maximum 3 months after the set up period. This has been provisioned considering the fact that the RO would find it difficult to enrol 30 PwDs in the first month.
Sustenance cost shall be given in order to ensure that all staff and facilities are available and functional from the first day of operation of the centre, irrespective of the number of PwDs enrolled.
The advantage of providing sustenance cost is that the RO would be able to run the centre without any difficulty and also we believe that it would be able to become stable within the sustenance period.
Qualification criteria for sustenance :
The National Trust shall provide sustenance cost to the centre only if the minimum number of PwDs in a Vikaas centre in initial 3 months is at least 20% of the expected batch size in each month (in this case 6). The centre can be made operational only when minimum 6 PwDs are enrolled.
Calculation of sustenance :
Sustenance Cost shall be calculated on pro-rata basis based on difference in total expected PwDs and number of actual PwDs in the centre during the 3 months.
For example, If RO has 6 PwDs in the first month of its operation, then sustenance cost will be paid for 30- 6 = 24 PwDs. However, for the 6 PwDs already enrolled, monthly recurring cost shall be paid as per the scheme.
Validity of sustenance :
The provision of sustenance cost is conditional upon the timely start of operation of the Vikaas centre. The Vikaas centre is expected to start operations within 1 month from the release of set up cost.
In case the start of operations exceeds this deadline by more than a month (that means operations have not started even within 2 months from release of setup cost), the overall period for which sustenance cost would be provided would be reduced by the duration of delay.
For example, if the Vikaas centre starts the operation three months after the set up cost has been provided, sustenance cost shall only be provided for 2 months.
Similarly, if the Vikaas centre starts the operation four months after the set up cost has been provided, sustenance cost shall only be provided for 1 month.
In case Vikaas centre is closed down within one year of start of operations, sustenance amount that was given to concerned RO for the Vikaas Centre shall be taken back from that RO by the National Trust.
III. Monthly Recurring Cost :
National Trust shall pay monthly recurring cost for all PwDs at Vikaas Centre which are eligible to be funded by the National Trust starting from first month of operations.
The National Trust shall fund the Centre only if the minimum number of PwD in a Vikaas centre in the months is 30% of the expected batch size (i.e. in this case9)
National Trust shall fund the PwDs as per the following conditions :
** The National Trust shall fund PwDs in a Vikaas Centre in 1:1 ratio provided there are equal numbers of LIG (including BPL) and above LIG PwDs. LIG shall be defined as follows : LIG = BPL limit set by the state + additional 50% of BPL Limit of that state
** If number of LIG (including BPL) PwDs is more than number of above LIG PwDs, funds shall be provided for only those LIG for which 1:1 ratio is maintained ( LIG including BPL : Above LIG category). In this scenario, BPLs shall be given preference for funding.
** If number of LIG (including BPL) PwDs is less than number of above LIG, the National Trust shall fund total number of LIG (including BPL).
** Apart from this, the National Trust will fund 100% BPL in Vikaas Centre as per the scheme irrespective of ratio, but same is not true for LIG
** Transport Allowance (optional) shall be given to RO only in case the PwD has availed transport facility from RO after submitting required document proofs from the parents/ guardians of PwD.