KARNA PRAYAG TRUST
No.10, Raja Krishna Road
Teynampet, Chennai 18.
WHY CARINGS
 The adoption process aims at a loving home for
every child
 The e-governance initiative of CARA simplifies
the process and procedures and makes
information available online for all stakeholders parents, NGOs, State Government etc.
WHAT IS CARINGS
 A web based management information system.
CARINGS is based on the principles of
convenience and comfort:
Care
 Simple to handle and User-friendly Information Access
 Improved communication between all stakeholders - CARA,
SARA/ACA), RIPA, LAPA, SAA and Enlisted Foreign Adoption
Agencies (EFAA), Parents .
 Online Monitoring
 Ensuring transparency in the adoption process
 Making Database available for research & analysis, for policy
making
Karna Prayag Trust –
 using the system since it was installed.
 Initial hiccups were overcome with the support of
the CARA help desk
 Our data has been regularised
 The dash board correlates with children at our
centre.
 We have been helping the other adoption
agencies in Tamilnadu in CARINGS updation.
DATA ENTERED FOR ALL CHILDREN
 Registration
 Photograph
 For Special Needs - MER and CSR Report
 For Older Children - School details.
 CWC Clearence
IN-COUNTRY ADOPTION
 All the PAPS are directed to register Online with CARINGS. If
needed, we help them with the registration by giving them
computer access.
 On receipt of information from CARINGS, PAPS are requested to
apply & register with the necessary documents.
 After verification of the documents, they are included in the
waiting list category online.
 When the child is matched the data entered online, they move
into ‘under process’ category.
 On completion of legalization, the information is entered.
 In short, at every step data is updated in CARINGS.
DATA ENTERED FOR
IN – COUNTRY ADOPTION
 Registration
 Check list and Home Study acceptance
 Child Matching
 Pre-adoption foster care
 Adoption Order
INTER COUNTRY ADOPTION
 When CARA allots an approved Home study report to our agency, we
can view online and download the HSR
 The EFAA sends us the dossier with all documents except article 17.
 Once dossier is checked and updated by us in CARINGS, the file
goes into the PAPS waiting list category.
 Next the details of the child selected by us, are emailed to the EFAA
 On acceptance of the child by the PAP, the file is updated and it goes
into ‘under process’ category.
 At every stage, up to the completion of the process, the file in
CARINGS is updated.
DATA ENTERED FOR
INTER – COUNTRY ADOPTION
 Parents Registration with EFAA
 Home Study
 Child Matching
 Issue of No-Objection Certificate (NOC) by CARA
 Adoption Order
 Passport and Visa
 Child travels with adoptive parents
 Post Adoption follow up Inter-Country
KARNA PRAYAG
SUCCEESSFUL MATCHING’S
Inter country files received through CARINGS since January
2012 to February 2013
Adoption completed [Spl needs =2, older child =1,
dark complexion = 1 ]
Under process ( Spl. Needs = 6, normal =1 )
19
Referred
3
PAP withdrawn
3
To be referred
2
Total
19
4
7
SOFTWARE FOR DATA PROCESSING
AT KARNA PRAYAG TRUST
 We use a customised data base maintenance system, using software, specially
designed for us.
 The system is used to update the details of all the children. The data is updated
since inception, 30 years back to date.
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All background documents are scanned into the files such as :
Surrendered deed or Child Welfare Committee clearance order for each child,
Court order for the adoptions
Photograph of the child and the PAP.
 All statistical information about the adoptions, details of the children, on
surrender and abandonment etc. can be easily compiled and printed from the
system.
 Our data base system is a great help for us for updating CARINGS.
DATA AVAILABLE
In-country adoptions
 Registration
 Check list and Home
Study acceptance
 Child Matching
 Pre-adoption foster
care
 Adoption Order
Inter – Country Adoption
 Parents Registration
with EFAA
 Home Study
 Child Matching
 Issue of NOC by CARA
 Adoption Order
 Passport and Visa
 Child travels with
adoptive parents
 Post Adoption follow up
CARINGS – ADVANTAGES
 LAPAS are able to process inter-country placements
through the linkage with RIPAS, without physically moving
the child from the LAPAS.
 It is simpler for EFAAs to update online
 Follow up updates of children can be viewed through
CARINGS.
 The help desk is very useful, when we have difficulties to be
rectified.
 Still there is long way to go.
Glitches / difficulties
Action required from
CARA
1
LAPAs are not able to make their entries as they are not able to
open with the id given
Operational IDs for LAPAS
2
Linkage between RIPA and LAPA is not getting connected for
referral on special needs children
Procedure to be simplified for the
system to work
3
For Special needs children - EFAA should block only if they have
suitable families to accept such a child.
EFAAs to be instructed
4
When the PAPs who have registered online do not respond, what
should the agency do?
Clear guidelines required
5
Frequent interruption and time out when updating data online.
To be corrected
6
Dash board does not show under process category children as
children in the home in inter-country adoptions
This has to be done
7
When a PAP or Child ‘s file is rejected / withdrawn/ transferred , it
is not removed from the list.
Prompt up-dation needed
Thank you