Moving Forward: Implementing the 'Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children'
Centre for Excellence for Looked After Children in Scotland (CELCIS) | 07 March 2013 | 2.4MB
This new handbook, Moving Forward: Implementation of the ‘Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children,’ is aimed at legislators, policy-makers and decision-makers, as well as professionals and care providers, to support the implementation of the Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children, endorsed by the United Nations General Assembly in 2009. It explains the key thrusts of the Guidelines, outlines the kind of policy responses required, and describes ‘promising’ examples of efforts already made to apply them in diverse communities, countries, regions and cultures. View document

Child Welfare Policies, Services And Their Aptitude For Care And Protection Of Vulnerable Children And Their Families
Project EDU-CARE | 2014
The Technical Team under the Project “EDU-CARE: Social Operators Active in the Protection of the Children and in the Promotion of the Children’s Rights in Nepal” reports on the child care practices, policies, and programs currently in effect in the country. View document

SOS Children’s Villages Assessment of a State’s Implementation of the UN Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children
SOS Children’s Villages International | 01 December 2012
In 2011, SOS Children’s Villages International developed an assessment tool to measure a state’s implementation of the UN Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children. This tool was used as a basis for conducting research by countries participating in the SOS Children’s Villages global advocacy campaign: Care for ME! Quality Care for Every Child. Country snapshots were produced for 7 countries. They include statistical data reporting the geographical prevalence of formal care institutions, number of children in these facilities, and more. View document

Why Measuring Child Level Impacts can Help Achieve Lasting Economic Change
Myka Reinsch Sinclair, Jennine Carmichael, Obed Diener, Diana Rutherford | 01 December 2013
A report on the evidence of children’s wellbeing relating economic strengthening programs and the need for expanded monitoring and evaluations. View document

Alternative Care in Emergencies (ACE) Toolkit: Extended Guidance
Louise Melville Fulford | 23 August 2013
The tools and guidance in this resource are designed to facilitate the process of planning for and implementing interim care and related services for children separated from or unable to live with their families during an emergency. The tools in this document provide guidance on how to prevent separation, support families to care for children, and facilitate reunification of separated children. View document

Predicting the cost and impact of cash transfer programmes: the power of microsimulation tools
Oxford Policy Management | 01 February 2013
Cash transfers to households are becoming an increasingly common policy instrument for reducing poverty in some countries of sub-Saharan Africa. This Briefing Note describes a simple ex-ante ‘microsimulation’ tool to determine whether launching a cash transfer programme will have an affordable impact on poverty. View document

TransMonEE 2012 - key features
TransMonEE (Transformative Monitoring for Enhanced Equity) | 2012 | 2,725 KB
TransMonEE is a database that captures a vast range of data on social and economic issues relevant to the situation and wellbeing of children, adolescents and women in 28 countries of Central and Eastern Europe, Commonwealth of Independent States and the European Union. This document includes inter-country comparisons of data on several issues related to children’s care. View document

Evaluation Outcomes: Retrak’s Use of the Child Status Index to measure wellbeing of street-connected children
Su Corcoran and Joanna Wakia | 01 April 2013 | 1.1 MB
Retrak is an organization that works with street children in Africa. This report offers an evaluation of the impact of Retrak's programs in Ethiopia and Uganda in its pilot period (2011 and 2012) and the progress of the children involved in the programs using the Child Status Index (CSI), as a measurement of child wellbeing and a tool for tracking children’s progress as they transition from the street to family homes. View document

Someone that Matters: The Quality of Care in Childcare Institutions in Indonesia
Florence Martin and Tata Sudrajat | 07 January 2008 | 4.06 MB
Comprehensive evaluation of national responses and level of care standards for children without parental care in Indonesia. View document

The Cost Effectiveness of Six Models of Care for Orphan and Vulnerable Children in South Africa
Chris Desmond and Jeff Gow | 2001 | 231 KB
A cost-analysis study using two effectiveness measures of six different models of OVC care that currently exist in South Africa. The study does a comparative analysis of all six models and is directed toward policy makers but also provides valuable information to NGOs and other community organizations working in the field. View document