Special Shelter

ASHA BHAVAN

There are institutions meant for the care and protection of mentally cured patients having nobody to look after. Those seeking admission should produce a certificate from a Medical Officer. There are 3 such institutions. Asha Bhavan at Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikkode shall accommodate women above the age of 13 years and Asha Bhavan at Thrissur shall admit men above 15 years.

Those who are seeking admission shall submit a certificate from the Medical Officer showing that they are mentally cured patients. Those who are released from an institution should produce a certificate or recommendation letter from the head of the institution.

MAHILAMANDIRAM

Widows, deserted women, divorced women & destitute women who have nobody to look after and if they are above 13 years they can seek the help of mahilamandiram. Children coming with mothers are allowed to stay with them up to the age of 6 years. After that they will be admitted in some other welfare institution for children and will be provided protection and education. Each such institution is runned by social welfare department in every district except at Idukki and Wayanad with a capacity of 25 inmates.

Those seeking admission shall apply in a white paper showing the reason for getting admission directly to the Superintendent of the Institution. Women shall also be admitted with a recommendation letter of District Probation Officer.

RESCUE HOMES

Rescue Homes are meant to provide care and protection to women who are indulged in immoral traffic and to rehabilitate those women who are prone to moral danger inorder to bring them to the main stream of society.

Women under the following category can seek help from rescue homes:

• Women arrested under Immoral Traffic Prevention Act.

• Those who are rescued from moral danger by the Police or a persons coming with a recommendation letter of an agency registered under societies Registration Act.

• Women who come for admission voluntarily who are under fear of moral danger.

• Women in the first category are admitted in Rescue Homes, which are declared as Protective Homes.
  

Services rendered by rescue homes are Care Services, Medical Services, Educational Services, Counseling Services and Psychiatric Counselling.

AFTER CARE HOMES

Those women released from the correctional institutions under Social Welfare Department such as Balamandir, Poor Home, other Rescue Homes, Orphanages etc. are rehabilitated in after care homes.

Girls between the age of 14 and 21 years and Boys between the age of 18 and 23 years are eligible for admission. The inmates shall continue their education or shall trained in any vocation aimed at their early rehabilitation.

There are two such institutions with a capacity of 100 inmates each. All expenses for the maintenance of the inmates shall be met by the Government.

Conditions for eligibility
Those who seek admission shall produce a recommendation letter from the Superintendent of the Institution from where they were released or a recommendation letter from District Probation Officer. Application should be given to the Superintendent of the concerned institution.

SHORT STAY HOMES

These institutions are maintained for the temporary shelter and rehabilitation of women and girls who have no social support system due to broken families, mental strains, social ostracism, exploitation or those who are under the fear of moral danger. The women can be admitted voluntarily. In the institution they can continue their education or can engage in vocational training for their earlier rehabilitation. They shall be released with their relatives or removed to some other institutions if longer stay is needed.

Women and girls (age between15-35 years) with their small children who have no social support system can avail the help of these homes.

For getting sanction to new homes proposal in the prescribed format should be submitted through the State Government with their recommendations.

ONE DAY HOMES

These institutions are meant for girls belonging to 13 years and above and is run by the social welfare department of government of Kerala. Women who are coming from other places to city for various purposes viz. attend Test /Interviews/ Meetings etc can stay at one day home, for a short period.The rent for one day has been foxed as Rs.50/-, inclusive of food.

Two such institutions at Trivandrum & Ernakulam are functioning under the department.