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

World Family Map 2014: Mapping Family Change and Child Well-being Outcomes
Child Trends | 01 May 2014 | 8.9 MB
The second annual edition of the World Family Map investigates how family characteristics affect children’s healthy development around the globe and includes a new essay focusing on union stability and early childhood health in developing countries. View document

An Exploration of the Differential Usage of Residential Childcare Across National Boundaries
Frank Ainsworth and June Thoburn | 31 January 2014
This important article reviews some of the language and conceptual issues that need to be addressed to be able to meaningfully compare differential usage of residential childcare services across national boundaries. View document

UN CRC Country Care Reviews: Overview
Better Care Network | 11 February 2013
In this page, country care reviews for States that have ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child are introduced and listed in order of the sessions of the Committee on the Rights of the Child. State Reports and Concluding Observations by the Committee with a particular focus on sections with recommendations for Family Environment and Alternative Care are captured and highlighted.

Education for Orphans in Africa: Predictors Impacting School Attendance
Chanel Nagaishi and Jini L. Roby | 19 April 2014 | 337 KB
This powerful chart illustrates preliminary research findings using data from Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) in 5 African countries (Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, Uganda and Zimbabwe) to better understand how orphan status affect the school attendance of children in Africa and the extent to which living in kinship care can act as a protective factor in this context. View document

Kinship Care and Poverty: Using Census Data to Examine the Extent and Nature of Kinship Care in the UK
Shailen Nandy and Julie Selwyn | 19 December 2013
The paper presents findings from the first-ever study of kinship care in the UK using census micro data. The findings presented have important implications for policy, particularly with regard to the needs of kinship carers for financial, emotional, practical and other support. 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

UN CRPD Country Care Reviews: Overview
Better Care Network | 02 September 2013
In this section, country care reviews for States that have ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities are introduced and listed in order of the sessions of the Committee. View document

Indicators of Family Care for Development for Use in Multicountry Surveys
Patricia Kariger, Edward A. Frongillo, Patrice Engle, Pia M. Rebello Britto, Sara M. Sywulka, Purnima Menon | 30 December 2012
This excellent article explains the process through which indicators of family care for (child) development were drafted and tested in several countries. View document

INDONESIA: Changing the Paradigm- Save the Children’s Work to Strengthen the Child Protection System 2005-2012
Florence Martin | 01 October 2013 | 1.8 MB
This report documents the work conducted by Save the Children in collaboration with the Indonesian Ministry of Social Affairs over a period of 7 years to strengthen the national child protection system and change the underlying paradigm for that system away from over-reliance on residential care and towards child and family centered responses. View document