Child Protection Information Management System (CPIMS) is a web-based database for capturing, processing and managing child protection services in order to facilitate monitoring and evaluation of child protection interventions in Kenya, inform policy and evidence based decision making. CPIMS is a high-availability web-based database hosted by the Government ICT Authority, at the Government Data Center.

  CPIMS is a child-focused system designed to:

Facilitate monitoring and evaluation of child protection interventions in Kenya, inform policy and evidence based decision making.

Provide access to accurate, timely and reliable aggregate-level child protection data.

Facilitate record keeping and information management on individual cases of child protection.

Track vulnerable children longitudinally and geographically to ensure continuity of care and protection, including children in institutional care.

Facilitate appropriate information sharing between stakeholders and service providers in the best interest of the child.

Be flexible and extensible over time to cater for emerging needs in the children sector.

 

 

 Children separated from or lack adult family guardians (e.g. abandoned, street living children, trafficked, lost, orphans without family care, children with parents in prison, child headed households)

 Children in residential institutions (statutory or charitable)

Children affected by VANE: Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation – (physical abuse, sexual exploitation, sexual assault, defilement, incest, emotional abuse, neglect, female genital mutilation and other retrogressive cultural practices)

 Those that Have experienced trauma emanating from emergency situations e.g. man-made and natural disasters

 Living in risky family settings e.g. drug and substance abuse in the family, previous history of abuse or harmful practices in family

Children in vulnerable families - living with chronically sick caregiver(s), or caregivers who are elderly or disabled to an extent that affects care of children

 Children in conflict with law, child offenders

Children with severe health or disability issues (disability (mental, physical, albinism), living with HIV/AIDS, drug user)

Child marriage, pregnancy, children who have given birth

Child labour (domestic, agricultural, industrial, fishing, mining, street work)

 Children out of school due to truancy or delinquency

Children subject to custody disputes, maintenance disputes, paternity disputes

Children in need of social assistance to fulfil legal rights – birth registration, medical insurance, inheritance

Services provided

 Rescue from harm and placement in place of safety

 Alternative family care (adoption, foster care, guardianship, kinship, kafaala)

 Family reintegration, reunification

Tracking and supporting children in conflict with law through the child justice system, legal and rehabilitation processes

 Arbitration

 Supervision (with or without court orders), parental bonds , written promise, joint parental agreements

Support services (counselling, family support)