Original Article ISSN (Online): 2350-0530 ISSN (Print): 2394-3629 International Journal of Research - GRANTHAALAYAH April 2023 11(4), 33–50 How to cite this article (APA): Solong, A., Rahman, M., Aras, D., and Alim, A. (2023). Street Child Management Policy at Social Office of Makassar City, Indonesia. International Journal of Research - GRANTHAALAYAH, 11(4), 33–50. doi: 10.29121/granthaalayah.v11.i4.2023.5128 33 STREET CHILD MANAGEMENT POLICY AT SOCIAL OFFICE OF MAKASSAR CITY, INDONESIA Aras Solong 1 , Mariati Rahman 1 , Dzulqarnain Aras 2 , Andi Alim 3 1 Department of Public Administration, University of Makassar Islamic, Makassar City, Indonesia 2 Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Muhammadiyah Bulukumba, Indonesia 3 Department of Public Health, University of Pejuang Republic Indonesia, Makassar City, Indonesia ABSTRACT The purpose of this research is to find out the policies implemented by the government and to identify what factors are inhibiting and encouraging the government in carrying out policies to deal with the problem of street children in the city of Makassar. Research method the research conducted in this research is qualitative. This study uses a descriptive qualitative approach. The reason for using qualitative is the experience of researchers where this method can be used to find and understand the meaning of a phenomenon that is sometimes difficult to understand. Descriptive qualitative research seeks to describe, record, analyze, and interpret current conditions. The results of this study are road-based coaching; The purpose of this service is to prevent street children in the category of children working on the street from falling into the trap of becoming criminals. Efforts are made for them to live decent lives. Community-based coaching; Social services for street children are focused on the community environment, based on where they live. This service involves all families and street children, as well as all members of the community. In this service, the aim is to prevent children from poor families who have a high risk of becoming street children. So that they don't have the opportunity to take to the streets and be sure to be returned to their families. Centre- based coaching; Children caught in raids will be recorded and then rehabilitated. This service aims to heal them from the physical, psychological, and social injuries they have experienced, after recovering from the influence of street children's lives, then they can return to their families. They are given guidance and facilities during their rehabilitation. Received 23 March 2023 Accepted 24 April 2023 Published 09 May 2023 Corresponding Author Aras Solong, arassolong.dpk@uim- makassar.ac.id DOI 10.29121/granthaalayah.v11.i4.2023 .5128 Funding: This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors. Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. With the license CC-BY, authors retain the copyright, allowing anyone to download, reuse, re-print, modify, distribute, and/or copy their contribution. The work must be properly attributed to its author. Keywords: Policy, Empowerment, Development of Street Children 1. INTRODUCTION According to the Ministry of Social Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia (2001), street children are children who spend part of their time earning a living or roaming the streets or other public places. Their ages ranged from 6 years to 18 years. In addition, the Directorate of Child Welfare, Family and Elderly Departemen Sosial RI. (2001), explained that street children are children who spend most of their time earning a livin g or roaming the streets or other public places, their age ranges