Overview
- The measure was published in the Boletín Oficial on November 6 and places the program under the National Secretariat for Children, Adolescents and Family within the Human Capital Ministry, approved by Secretary Juan Bautista Ordoñez.
- To access funding, each province must file a Provincial Action Plan detailing concrete measures tailored to local needs, with Organismos Provinciales de Niñez coordinating an intersectoral response.
- The Subsecretariat of Family Policies will issue a Manual Operativo and complementary norms that set procedures and application criteria, marking an initiation phase before full rollout.
- The required focus areas include all forms of violence, child sexual abuse and harassment, problematic substance use and gambling, lack of parental care, family strengthening, and deinstitutionalization.
- Financing will come from existing budget lines for actions to promote and protect child rights within the Human Capital Ministry.