Child care institutions help provide the basic needs of a child - food, shelter, clothing, education and provide a safe space for those in situations of extreme risk. While they do their best to provide family-like care, it still isn’t really family.  On this episode of Care of the State, Satyajeet Mazumdar, Head of Advocacy at Catalysts for Social Action talks to Ian Anand Forber-Pratt, the Director of Global Advocacy for Children’s Emergency Relief International, about the different kinds of care options children have, apart from institutional care. Subhadeep Adhikary, Program Manager of Child Protection at the Jharkhand Unit of the Child in Need Institute, explains the importance of strengthening communities, and Dr. Shekhar Seshadri, Psychiatrist and professor of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in NIMHANS, lists out the effects of institutionalization on the minds of vulnerable children. CREDITS: Concept and Host: Satyajeet Mazumdar Marketing & Communications: Henal Shah, Pranay Jajodia & Kinjal Mehta Creative Team: Anuja Khokhani & Shahaji Patil This is a Maed in India production. Writer & Project Manager: Vedha Susheela Mohan Production Head & Editor: Joshua Thomas Sound Mixing: Kartik Kulkarni Project Supervisor: Shaun Fanthome Voiceover by Mae Mariyam Thomas