Trust Fund for Empowerment of Persons With Disabilities
Trust Fund for Empowerment of Persons With Disabilities
- Disabilities under NTA
- Overview of Schemes
- DISHA (Early Intervention and School Readiness Scheme)
- VIKAAS (Day Care)
- SAMARTH (Respite Care)
- GHARAUNDA (Group Home for Adults)
- NIRAMAYA (Health Insurance Scheme)
- DISHA cum VIKAAS Day Care Scheme
- Samarth-cum-Gharaunda Scheme (Residential)
- BADHTE KADAM (Awareness and Community Interaction)
- Related Resources
The National Trust is an autonomous organization of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India, set up under the “National Trust for the Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities” Act (Act 44 of 1999).
The objectives of the National Trust in particular are :
- to enable and empower persons with disability to live as independently and as fully as possible within and as close to their community as possible;
- to facilitate the realisation of equal opportunities, protection of rights and full participation of persons with disability;
- to extend support to its registered organisations to provide need based services; and
- to evolve procedures for appointments of guardians and trustees for persons with disabilities.
Disabilities under NTA
The National Trust works for the welfare of persons with any of the following four disabilities
- Autism
- Cerebral Palsy
- Mental Retardation
- Multiple Disabilities
Overview of Schemes
DISHA (Early Intervention and School Readiness Scheme)
This is an early intervention and school readiness scheme for children in the age group of 0-10 years with the four disabilities covered under the National Trust Act and aims at setting up Disha Centres for early intervention for Person with Disability (PwD) through therapies, trainings and providing support to family members. Registered Organisations (RO) should provide day-care facilities to PwD for at least 4 hours in a day (between 8 am to 6 pm) along with age specific activities. There should be a Special Educator or Early Intervention Therapist, Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist and Counsellor for PwD along with Caregiver and Ayas in the centre.
Eligibility Criteria for Registered Organisations (ROs) and Persons with Disabilities (PwDs)
Funding Pattern for RO
| S. No. | Funding Head | Amount (in INR) | Frequency of funds disbursement |
| 1 | Setup Cost | 1,55,000/- | One time |
| 2 | Sustenance Cost | 4,500/- reimbursement per Differential PwD# per month | Monthly for initial 3 months |
| 3 | Monthly Recurring Cost | 4,500/- per Divyangjan BPL PwD# per month (+1000 per Divyangjan per month for transport allowance,if availed) | Monthly |
(# Differentail Divyangjan = maximum expected Divyangjan in disha center(20)-Actual Divyangjan in dish center for that month.it is clarified that the minimum Divyangjanenrolled by RO in initial months shall not be less than 4)
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VIKAAS (Day Care)
A day care scheme for persons with autism, cerebral palsy, mental retardation and multiple disabilities, above 10 years for enhancing interpersonal and vocational skills. This is a Day care scheme, primarily to expand the range of opportunities available to a person with disability for enhancing interpersonal and vocational skills as they are on a transition to higher age groups. The centre will also offer caregiving support to Person with Disability (PwD) during the time the PwD is in the Vikaas centre. In addition it also helps in supporting family members of the PwDs with disabilities covered under the National Trust Act to get some time during the day to fulfil other responsibilities. Registered Organisations (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.
Funding Pattern for RO
| S.No. | Funding Head | Amount (in INR) | Frequency of funds disbursement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Setup Cost | 1,95,000/- | One time |
| 2 | Sustenance Cost | 3,850/- reimbursement per Differential PwD# per month | Monthly for initial 3 months |
| 3 | Monthly Recurring Cost | 3,850/- reimbursement per PwD per month | Monthly |
| 4 | Setup Cost for Work centre (if availed by the RO) | Rs. 25,000 to Rs. 1,00,000/- | Case to case basis |
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SAMARTH (Respite Care)
The objective of Samarth scheme is to provide respite home for orphans or abandoned, families in crisis and also for Persons with Disabilities (PwD) from BPL & LIG families including destitute with at least one of the four disabilities covered under the National Trust Act. It also aims at creating opportunities for family members to get respite time in order to fulfil other responsibilities. This scheme aims at setting up Samarth Centres for providing 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.
Funding Pattern for RO
| S. No. | Funding Head | Amount (in INR) | Frequency of funds disbursement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Setup Cost | 2,90,000/- | One time |
| 2 | Sustenance Cost | 7,000/- reimbursement per Differential PwD# per month | Monthly for initial 3 months |
| 3 | Monthly Recurring Cost | 7,000/- per PwD per month | Monthly |
| 4 | Setup Cost for Work centre | In the range of 25,000/- to 1,00,000/-- | Case to case basis |
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GHARAUNDA (Group Home for Adults)
This scheme provides housing and care services throughout the life of the person with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities. It is to provide an assured home and minimum quality of care services throughout the life of the person with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities with adequate and quality care service with acceptable living standards including provision of basic medical care from professional doctors. Gharaunda Centre should provide vocational activities, pre-vocational activities and assistance for further training.
Funding Pattern for RO
| S. No. | Funding Head | Amount (in INR) | Frequency of funds disbursement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Setup Cost | 2,90,000/- | One time |
| 2. | Monthly Recurring Cost | 10,000/- reimbursement per PwD per month | Monthly |
| 3. | Crisis Fund | 10,00,000/- | On a need basis |
| 4. | Setup Cost for Work centre (if availed by the RO) | Rs. 25,000 to Rs. 1,00,000/- | Case to case basis |
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NIRAMAYA (Health Insurance Scheme)
The objective of Niramaya scheme is to provide affordable Health Insurance to persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities. All enrolled beneficiaries will get a health insurance cover of up to Rs. 1.0 lakh as defined in the chart OPD treatment including the medicines, pathology, diagnostic tests, etc, Regular Medical checkup for non-ailing disabled, Dental Preventive Dentistry, Surgery to prevent further aggravation of disability, Non- Surgical/ Hospitalization, Corrective Surgeries for existing Disability including congenital disability, Ongoing Therapies to reduce impact of disability and disability related complications, Alternative Medicine and Transportation costs.
Renewal and Enrollment of beneficiaries under Niramaya is open throughout the year. Kindly contact the nearest Registered Organisations.
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DISHA cum VIKAAS Day Care Scheme
For the Registered Organisations, who were implementing multiple schemes, an option for implementing merged scheme was given. Based on the consent given by the ROs and the scheme guidelines, these ROs were allotted the merged Disha-cum-Vikaas Scheme (Day Care) w.e.f. 1.4.2018.
Samarth-cum-Gharaunda Scheme (Residential)
For the Registered Organisations, who were implementing multiple schemes, an option for implementing merged scheme was given. Based on the consent given by the ROs and the scheme guidelines, these ROs were allotted the merged Samarth-cum-Gharaunda Scheme (Residential) w.e.f. 1.4.2018.
BADHTE KADAM (Awareness and Community Interaction)
This scheme shall support Registered Organisations (RO) of The National Trust to carry out activities that focus on increasing the awareness of The National Trust disabilities. Aims of scheme to create community awareness, sensitisation, social integration and mainstreaming of Persons with Disabilities. The National Trust shall sponsor a maximum of 4 events for each RO per year. Each RO should conduct at least 1 event (either for community, educational institutes or medical institutes) in a year.
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Source: The National Trust
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