11/09/2026
Some mornings remind you why the long road was worth it. ๐
Todayโs newspaper carries something that feels personal to us at CLiC.
Rajasthan High Court just directed the state to:
- Give Care Leavers 1% reservation in govt jobs, public employment & all educational institutions
- 5-year age relaxation + full fee waiver in govt selection processes
- Up to โน5 lakh financial help/interest-free loans for self-employment, startups & housing
- A Care Leaver Education & Scholarship Fund โ โน4,000โ6,000/month + hostel support
- An ID card for every child before they leave a CCI โ no child leaves without one
- A centralised digital database of every child leaving care
- A Care Leavers Secretariat, with State & Divisional Child Justice bodies to oversee it all
This isnโt just a court order. Itโs the system finally catching up to what care leavers have been asking for, for years. This didnโt happen overnight. Itโs the outcome of a slow, deliberate wind thatโs been building in Rajasthan around Aftercare,` district by district, meeting by meeting.
CLiC team has spent months on the ground training government stakeholders across districts on Aftercare policy and practice the unglamorous, patient work that rarely makes news but is exactly what moves policy from paper to practice.