The Child Welfare Society of Kenya (CWSK) is mandated with the care, protection, welfare and control of children. It is the National Welfare Society for Kenya, the National Emergency Response and Rescue Organization for children and the National Adoption Society. 

The agency was established and registered as a society under the Societies Ordinance 1952. It is an exempt society with permanent trustees of public nature and governed by an irrevocable Trust Deed of 1955.

The National Council for Children’s Service (NCCS) is aState Corporation  under the Ministry of Gender, Culture and Children Services. It i s established under Section 41 of the Children Act 2022 to regulate, coordinate and oversight children's services. The Council is also mandated to advise the Government on all matters relating to children in Kenya.

The Street Families’ Rehabilitation Trust Fund was established on 11th March 2003 by the Local Government Act CAP 265 through a Legal Gazette Notice No.  1558 to address the concerns of all homeless, destitute and vulnerable persons in urban areas. It was registered as a body corporate in August 2010 under the Trustees (Perpetual Succession) CAP 164 Laws of Kenya (LoK). The Executive Order No. 1 of 2018 (Revised) on organization of Government of the Republic of Kenya, June 2018, assigned the Street Families Rehabilitation Trust Fund (SFRTF) to the State Department of Social Protection, Ministry of Labour and Social Protection.