Acolhimento: as duas faces da intervenção estatal na guarda transitória de crianças e adolescentes.

Abstract

The validity of the Statute of the Child and Adolescent (SCA) brought a priority to children and adolescents, above all, in compliance with the rights for Integral Protection. Reception is a measure provided for in the ECA that aims at the protection of boys and girls when it is necessary to leave the family of origin, on an interim and exceptional basis. In the current context, we see an increase in the discussion about the effectiveness of the host, whose present work aims to contribute, developing a study about this institution, as well as about the service entities that render said service. The deductive method of approach is used, the evolutionary and monographic historical procedure, and as bibliographic research technique. To do so, a legal analysis is made of the new host arrangement, with the reorganization of the institute in the face of the former shelter entities. In this vein, it seeks to demonstrate the protection of children in Brazilian law and the State's action to promote Integral Protection. Also, as a consequence of this exercise, the allocation of legal effects on the negative and positive aspects of the reception services, and the challenges to justice, are also addressed. It was clear the progress in regulating the institution of the host. However, taking into account the late attention for this institution, the evolutionary journey drawn to that measure remains a goal. It was found that there are still children and adolescents at the mercy of institutions with an overload of children, which significantly interferes with the effectiveness of the measure, leading to greater State action in the transitional guarding of boys and girls in order to guarantee the excellence of the reception services.