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Street children constitute a highly vulnerable population who spend most of their time in public spaces working in the informal sector and are at increased risk of engaging in deviant behaviours. Social support and resilience are recognised as key protective factors that may enable street children to adapt to adversity. This quantitative study employed a cross-sectional correlational design to examine the association between social support and resilience among street children in Semarang City, Indonesia. A total of 42 street children were recruited using accidental sampling. Data were collected using modified Likert-type questionnaires measuring social support (social embeddedness, enacted support, and perceived support) and resilience (emotion regulation, impulse control, causal analysis, self-efficacy, realistic optimism, empathy, and reaching out). Data were analysed using univariate statistics and Spearman’s rank correlation test. Most respondents reported moderate levels of social support (90.48%) and resilience (66.67%). Spearman’s test indicated a significant, positive, yet low correlation between social support and resilience (p = 0.014; r = 0.228). These findings suggest that higher social support is associated with greater resilience, although other internal and external factors are likely to contribute to resilience among street children.

The process of socializing self-reliance services for street children at PSBR Taruna Jaya 2 has several guidance activities such as social guidance which provides physical and mental guidance and skills guidance. This research was conducted at the Taruna Jaya 2 DKI Jakarta Youth Development Social Institution (PSBR Taruna Jaya 2) among street children who received skills guidance. The method used is qualitative with data collection techniques of observation, interviews and documentation. The informants interviewed were social workers, institutional managers, instructors and street children. The results of the research show that the condition of street children before receiving guidance at PSBR Taruna Jaya 2 did not have special skills to make a living, they were young men aged 18 to 30 years. They were caught in control operations by the authorities, living on the streets acting as street children (anjal), homeless people and beggars (gepeng), silver people, street singers, clown singers and punks. Education is low and some cannot read, write and count. Participated in coaching at PSBR Taruna Jaya 2 for 6 months. Implementation of skills guidance programs in the form of welding, car or motorbike repair, electronics, air conditioning and screen printing. The implementation of the program is funded by the Regional Government of DKI Jakarta and involves social workers, institutional managers, psychologists and instructors. Monitoring and evaluating training guidance with internships at collaborating companies. The independence of street children means that by terminating street children, they become aware of the law, return to their families and live in the community, some have even gotten jobs and opened their own businesses so they can cover their own needs without depending on other people.

 Street children are not a pleasant choice because they are in a state of uncertainty about their future, and their existence is not a "problem" for many, etc. future, and their existence is not a "problem" for many parties, and others. The research objectives in conducting this research is to find out what strategies the Social Service uses to deal with street children in Tanjungpinang City. Tanjungpinang City to deal with street children in Tanjungpinang City. Seeing the conditions that street children conditions experienced by street children, the Tanjungpinang City Government, especially the Tanjungpinang City Social Service, made a Tanjungpinang makes handling street children with real handling will create a programme strategy to alleviate street children in Tanjungpinang City. create a programme strategy to alleviate the problem of street children by using the theory of Jack Kooten (2002). using the theory of Jack Kooten (1991: 81). This research method is explained by using a qualitative approach. Literature Study, Field Observation, Interview and Documentation. The results Research that has been conducted by researchers, namely (1) Organisational Strategy obtained by the Social Service to carry out development within the Internal Service to carry out and help street children in Tanjungpinang City, (2) Programme Strategy, as for the programmes offered by the City of Tanjungpinang Social Service, namely Tanjungpinang is a Support Group that functions to foster street children. street children. (3) Resource Support Strategy, has not run optimally. Although there are already several supporting resources such as 2 street children, but they cannot cover all street children. and finally (4) Institutional Strategy, in the institutional structure in the Social Service has a vision and mission that is adjusted to the vision and mission of the street children. Social Service has a vision and mission that is adjusted to the Strategic Plan (RENSTRA) of the Social Service. (RENSTRA) of the Tanjungpinang City Social Service. It can be concluded that the strategies contained in the implementation of the Social Service in handling street children in Tanjungpinang City has not run optimally.