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District Child Protection Unit.-In addition to the functions as envisaged in the Act and rules made thereunder, as well as under the Integrated Child Protection Scheme, the District Child Protection Unit shall . - (1) identify orphan, abandoned and surrendered children in the district and get them declared legally free for adoption by Child Welfare Committee; (2) ensure that the child study report and medical examination report are posted in the Child Adoption Resource Information and Guidance System by the specialised adoption agencies within seven days from the date a child is declared legally free for adoption; ¹Hkkx IIµ[k.M 3 (ii)º Hkkjr dk jkti=k % vlk/kj.k 85 (3) facilitate the linkage of children homes with specialised adoption agencies in the same or other districts to facilitate adoption; (4) track the progress of adoption of each child declared legally free for adoption and take necessary actions for expediting the case wherever required; (5) track the progress of application of each prospective adoptive parent registered in Child Adoption Resource Information and Guidance System for adopting a child or children from the district and take necessary actions for expediting the case wherever required; (6) assist State Adoption Resource Agency to maintain a panel of professional social workers for the purpose of counselling, preparing the home study report of the prospective adoptive parents and render post-adoption follow-up services; (7) supervise and monitor adoption programme in the district; (8) ensure that adoption data is being updated by specialised adoption agencies in the Child Adoption Resource Information and Guidance System on time and in correct manner ; (9) assist State Adoption Resource Agency and Central Adoption Resource Authority in all matters related to adoption; (10) assist the Child Welfare Committee in the restoration effort and in completing the process for declaring the abandoned children legally free, including publishing information of the child in the newspaper, obtaining the social investigation report from the probation officer and non-traceable report from police; (11) Upload the certificate of child welfare committee declaring children legally free for adoption.