1. Integrated Child Development Services Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh

2. Potential Good Practices Uttar Pradesh

3. Present Status Total Districts75 Total Sanctioned Projects897 Total Operational Projects897 Total Sanctioned Anganwadi Centres (AWCs)1,88,259 Total Operational Anganwadi Centres (AWCs)1,87,997 Total No. of Anganwadi Workers1,79,438 Total No. of Anganwadi Helper1,56,571

4. Status ICDS Buildings16552 Primary Schools122932 Panchayat Buildings25061 Rented Buildings23352 Residential remises of AWWs100 Infrastructural Status AWCs operational in

5. Supplementary Nutrition (SNP) as Take home ration (THR) Beneficiaries Supplementary Nutrition Non Mission mod Mission mod Children (6 months–3 yrs) Weaning Food (125 gm per beneficiary per day) Weaning Food (120 gm per beneficiary per day) Severely malnourished Children (6 months–3 yrs) Weaning Food (200 gm per beneficiary per day) Weaning Food (200 gm per beneficiary per day) Children (3-6 years)Amylase rich Energy Food (50 gm) or locally available fruits/ laie- Chana as morning snack followed by Hot cooked Food Severely malnourished Children (3-6 years) 75 gm extra THR per beneficiary per week in addition to above Pregnant/Lactating Women/Adolescent Girls Amylase Rich Energy Food (150 gm per beneficiary per day) Amylase Rich Energy Food (140 gm per beneficiary per day)

6. Beneficiary Coverage GroupEnrolled B enefited Percentage w.r.t. surveyed Children 06 months to 03 years 128.66108.0083.94% Children 03 years to 06 years 121.6284.9569.84% Pregnant/ Nursing women 55.4547.9586.47% Adolescent Girls (under SABLA) 22.2718.9385.00% Total 328.00259.83 Number in Lakhs

7. Innovative /Good Approaches 1. Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS)  Mobile phone based IVRS for daily monitoring of Hot Cooked Food served to children at AWCs implemented  This systems provides daily attendance of 03-06 years children at AWCs  Computerized IVRS calls sent to mobile phones of the AWWs who respond by sending through mobile the number of children served Hot Cooked Food Cont.

8.  DPOs, CDPOs & MSs conducting regular inspections for ensuring proper functioning of the systems & cross checking the data received through IVRS  Web-enabled software for this monitoring system already implemented  Monitoring committees at district, project & AWC levels formed

9. Growth Monitoring and Promotion through setting up of demonstration units Start Year- August 2013 Geographic coverage- 8970 AWCs across the states(10AWC/project) Need  Contrary to various state/national survey, the reporting of undernutrition prevalence by districts extremely low  Suboptimal use of weighing scales and new WHO growth registers by AWW for growth monitoring and promotion activities Objective – Set up demonstration AWC centres in each block where growth promotion activities are undertaken in a quality manner and on a regular basis Methodology  Identify ten AWC per project  CDPOs to delegate ICDS Supervisors of the selected AWC to personally supervise and observe the growth monitoring process at AWC.  AWW to prepare the list of undernourished children  Formats designed for recording information at AWC, Sector and at District level.  Districts to report on children weighed/total target and % prevalence of underweight in the three categories Convergence and Coordination - With ASHAs and ANM of the selected AWCs Progress- Process of identification of AWCs completed

10. Establishing model AWCs Start Year- June 2013 Geographic coverage- 4207 AWCs across the states(1AWC/sector) Need  Greater focus by AWW on the SNP component and neglection of of other ICDS services.  Absence of centres of excellence which can be used as examples for influencing learning Objective –  In line with the recommendations of ICDS Mission, in a phased manner create AWCs as centres for converging health and nutrition promotion activities and encouraging holistic growth and development of a child.  Make model AWCs as demonstration sites for other AWCs in the sector/project  Model AWCs to be created as units where service delivery system and community comes together for improving the development indicators of children Methodology  Identify one AWC per Sector Supervisor  Sector Supervisor to preferably identify an AWC operational in the govt building as the model centre  Towards ensuring community participation, feedback from caregivers and community influencers to be sought

11. Toll free number for addressing complaints Start Year- July 2013 Geographic coverage- Across the entire state Rationale  Address complaints from districts in a timely and effective manner Objective – Introduce a toll free number for registering complaints without the fear of punitive action and increasing accountability of the management Methodology  18001805599 number introduced  Complaints received at the state level. Depending on the nature, the complaint put into the necessary category for each districts  The list shared with the DPO with the instructions to address the issues. Convergence and Coordination – With the directorate and district adm Progress-  …………. Complaints registered  ……………..complaints addressed Monitoring- By the office of Hon’ble Minsiter Department of Women and Child Development and the ICDS Department Details on THR bags/ 1 KG packets (project/AWC codeing) IEC thru FM Radio