CRG had initiated the process of drafting the Scheme involving other NGOs and professionals and submitted the draft to the Directorate of Women and Child Development. On 1st July 2013 the scheme was notified by the Goa government.
The Goa Government's Foster Care Scheme, Vatsalya, notified on 11 July 2013, proposing non-institutional forms of child care as an option for children: CRG coordinated the drafting of the Scheme and submitted the draft to the Department of Women and Child Development (DWCD).