LOCAL GOVERNMENT SUPPORT FOR HANDLING STREET CHILDREN IN BANDUNG CITY

Abstract

Local government support in handling street children is a form of government responsibility for handling street children towards free street children". The purpose of this study is to describe and analyse local government support for handling street children in Bandung City, which includes: 1) data and description of street children owned by the local government; 2) local readiness in handling street children in order to achieve "Free-street children"; 3) policies or local regulations related to handling street children and their implementation; 4) stakeholder involvement in handling street children; 5) community participation, LKSA, NGOs in handling street children; and 6) Human resources (HR) owned by the region in handling street children. The method used in this research is a descriptive survey method with questionnaire data collection techniques, observation, document studies, and FGDs. Data sources are primary and secondary data sources, and the sampling technique used is purposive sampling. The validity test of the measuring instrument used was the validity test with the Spearman rank correlation technique. In contrast, the reliability test used internal consistency analysis with the Cronbach Alpha coefficient test technique. The analysis techniques used are quantitative. The results showed that local government support for handling street children in Bandung City has not shown the achievement of goals, even though many policies and handling programmes have been launched.