Factors Affecting the Effectiveness of Street Families’ Rehabilitation Programs in Nairobi City County Kenya

Abstract

Introduction: Street family rehabilitation is a major problem in Nairobi County as the numbers keep rising despite rehabilitation efforts. The current study was to assess the factors affecting the effectiveness of street families’ rehabilitation programs in Nairobi City County Kenya. Attachment theory was employed in the study.

Methodology: The concurrent triangulation study design was employed. A sample of 135 respondents was selected through simple random sampling and data collected through questionnaires. Descriptive statistics was used to analyse data and presented in tables.

Findings: The study revealed that poverty (28.2%) was the greatest demographic factor affecting the effectiveness of street family rehabilitation programs. Results also revealed that the main resource available for rehabilitating street families the County is personnel (36.4%) and funding (13.6%) were the main needed resource for rehabilitation and that resource availability (52.7%) negatively affected street family rehabilitation. Finally, financial mobilization at (37.3%) by rehabilitation personnel was the main technical expertise need for effective street family rehabilitation which further affects the effectiveness of street family rehabilitation programs in Nairobi City County. The study therefore concludes that demographic factors, resource availability as well as technical expertise negatively affect the effectiveness of street families’ rehabilitation programs in Nairobi City County Kenya.