B. Children temporarily separated from their parents by non-criminal court rulings

Figure 18

Population catered for in centres and shelters of ISNA and NGOs

53. 
    Children not living with their families benefit from various programmes and services. ISNA’s goal in this context is to ensure that any child or adolescent whose rights have been violated is offered immediate and full protection as required, and involved in a process of restitution of rights, giving priority to the family alternative. They are offered all services, notably education, health, board and lodging.
    
54. 
    Measures adopted to mitigate the loss of the children’s family environment include the use of foster homes, where an average of 66 children are placed each year; these are subject to periodic monitoring by ISNA. An average of 20 per cent of children leave the ISNA shelters, an average of 739 a year out of 3,695 institutionalized children.
    
55. 
    Regarding the policy of reducing the number of children in public and private institutions, and reducing the length of their stay, ISNA has established a measure to handle them in no more than 30 days. In terms of policy, the decentralization of ISNA services lays more emphasis on the community, where community networks mobilize resources through the three regional branches and 10 local offices.