USAID Mission [www.usaid.gov/in/] Indian Ministry of Health & Family Welfare [http://mohfw.nic.in/] CARE India [www.careindia.org] Indian Ministry of Women & Child Development [http://wcd.nic.in/]

India

See Also: Food Aid; Food Security; Infant and Child Nutrition; Women's and Adolescents' Nutrition

FANTA provides support to USAID/India in the design of a sustainable exit strategy for Title II programs and in the replication, scaling up and phasing over of effective approaches into the Government of India's Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) program. Key to this support have been a desk review of exit strategies, a study of the food aid transition in CARE Title II areas, assessments of specific program approaches developed by CARE, the creation of a National Advisory Panel (NAP) and ongoing technical assistance supporting replication of effective approaches that CARE has developed with the ICDS program.

Desk Review of Graduation and Exit Strategies in Title II Programs: The results of FANTA's desk review, Program Strategies and Exit Strategies: Title II Program Experiences and Related Research, lays out a framework of approaches used in program exit and discusses key implementation steps, exit criteria, and monitoring and evaluation requirements.

Study of Food Aid Transition in CARE Title II Areas: FANTA and its subcontractor, IFPRI, conducted a study of the progress and outcomes of the transition from Title II-donated food to state government-procured food. The study, Food Aid Transition in India's Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Program in CARE-Supported Areas, seeks to assess state-wide variations in the transition process, help CARE strengthen the transition and draw lessons for changes to enhance ICDS and other social safety nets.

Assessments of Program Approaches: FANTA conducted an assessment of a set of program tools and approaches developed by CARE and used in the ICDS program. Assessment of CARE India's Integrated Nutrition and Health Project Tools and Change Agents recommends steps to improve the effectiveness of tools such as a home visit diary, a supervisor's checklist, guidelines on facilitating sector-level meetings, and of community volunteers called Change Agents. FANTA also assessed local food models in which local women's groups procure and package food used in ICDS. Assessment of Decentralized Food Models in India's ICDS Program examined the financial and operational viability of such models and scope for scale-up.

Replication and Scale-Up of Effective Programming Approaches: FANTA is working with CARE and USAID/India to help the Government of India to replicate and scale up effective approaches from CARE-supported program areas. The replication process aims to extend the successes of the Title II program to a larger group of beneficiaries in ICDS program areas that CARE is not directly supporting. FANTA completed operational guidelines to support states and districts in replication activities and worked with the Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) and CARE to form a national advisory panel to provide guidance and oversight of the replication activity.

USAID Country Profile
[http://www.usaid.gov/locations/asia_near_east/countries/
india/]

PEPFAR Country Profile
[http://www.pepfar.gov/press/75916.htm]

UNICEF Country Profile
[http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/
india_india_background.html]

WFP Country Profile
[http://www.wfp.org/country_brief/indexcountry.asp? region=5§ion=9&sub_section=5&country=356]

Demographic and Health Surveys Country Survey
[http://www.measuredhs.com/countries/country_main.cfm?
ctry_id=57]

FAO Country Food Security Statistics
[http://www.fao.org/faostat/foodsecurity/Countries/EN/
India_e.pdf]

World Bank Country Data Profile
[http://devdata.worldbank.org/external/ CPProfile.asp?PTYPE=CP&CCODE=IND]

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