Case Management and Child and Family Support Center/Pusat Dukungan Anak dan Keluarga (PDAK)

The purpose of this book is primarily to introduce the PDAK – Pusat Dukungan Anak dan Keluarga (Child and Family Support Center). The PDAK was based on the concept of providing a direct response to children and families experiencing challenges in care and protection. The interventions conducted by the PDAK seek to identify solutions other than the traditional approach of placing children in institutions. The PDAK is one of the strategies adopted by Save the Children and Indonesia’s Ministry of Social Affairs in striving to change the childcare paradigm from one that is solely focused on institutionalization towards family-based and alternative care that can be provided in the community.