[1]

A Marriage grant of Rs.3,000/- is sanctioned to the girls as a method of
Rehabilitation. A sum of Rs.2000/- is also paid towards marriage day
expenses.

[2]

Tamil Nadu Social Defence Welfare Fund for Women and Children Rules 2002  was created to provide infrastructural facilities to the institutions, education assistance to the total orphan/destitute children/to provide financial assistance not exceeding Rs.5000/- (or) material assistance not exceeding Rs.10,000/- to the discharged inmates under Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of children) Act, 2000 and provisions under Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 petty repairs and construction works in the existing buildings not exceeding Rs.20,000/- per annum in an institution, providing sports and recreational materials to the institutions, and other expenses to the best interest of the children. The fund is administered by the Governing Boards, consisting the Secretary to Government, Social Welfare and Nutritious Meal Programme Department as Chairperson, the Commissioner of Social Defence as Member Secretary and the Deputy Secretary/Additional Secretary to Government, Finance Department as Member. The women and girls discharged from the Vigilance / Protective Homes are provided with financial assistance under self-employment scheme from the Tamil Nadu Social Defence Welfare Fund for Women and Children. A sum of Rs.5000/- is provided to each discharged women / girls to start trades on their own such as petty shops, tailoring shops and to rear cattle or goats. So far 153 ex-inmates have been benefited with financial assistance.

[3]

 Lump-sum grant is also provided for the purchase of tools and equipments, to the trained children in respective vocational trades when they go out of the Children/Special Homes so as to facilitate them to start trades on their own.