Problem Statement

The programmatic conditions in institutional child care lack the nurturing and stimulating environment destitute children need for a healthy psychological development. According to studies done by the department of psychiatry at Tulane University, 53% of children who have been placed in institutions were diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder at 54 months.

 

The environment in which one grows up is a big factor in their development and institutions are not the ideal environment for a child. Institutional homes are not only secluded from residential or urban spaces creating a boundary between the community and the children in those facilities. The spaces in the facility often have program dysfunction. The spaces are overcrowded, children are placed in massive rooms with rows of beds, there is no privacy, or signs of a home environment.