Kinship Care

Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children - English
International Social Services and UNICEF in collaboration with NGO Working Group on Children without Parental Care | 2007 | 208 KB
Welcomed international guidelines seeking to ensure that children do not find themselves in out-of-home care unnecessarily and that out-of-home care provided is of a type and quality that corresponds to children's rights and needs. Designed to promote, facilitate and guide the progressive implementation of the CRC. View document

UNICEF Terms of Reference: Consultancy for Discussion Paper on Informal Care and its Role in Child Protection Systems
UNICEF Headquarters | 27 April 2010
Terms of Reference for UNICEF consultancy. Deadline is 7 May 2010

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Regulations for the Appropriate Use and Conditions of Residential Care
Government of Liberia, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare | 01 February 2010 | 106KB
Regulations and tools designed to create the basis for reforming welfare institutions for the safe and appropriate administration of alternative care. View document

Conference Declarations and Recommendations: First International Conference in Africa on Family Based Care for Children
ANPPCAN | 30 September 2009
Summary of conference declarations and recommendations prepared by over 400 conference participants emphasizing the crucial importance of family based care for children without parental care. View document

Because We Care: Programming Guidance for Children Deprived of Parental Care
Elizabeth Oswald | 30 November 2009
Provides recommendations for World Vision and partner agencies on general alternative care principles and analysis of alternative care models. View document

Keeping Children Out of Harmful Institutions
Corinna Csaky, Save the Children UK | 24 November 2009
Examines the latest evidence of the harm institutional care can cause to children. It explores why governments and donors continue to prioritize institutional care, despite the harm it can cause. View document

Institutions vs. Foster Homes: The Empirical Base for a Century of Action
Richard P. Barth | 2002 | 289 KB
A review of institutional care and family-centered care with a discussion of both positive and negative aspects of group care. This review paper is primarily focused on showing the inefficacy of group care and recommending other forms of care such as kinship care and even foster care as options that are more cost effective and better for children’s development. View document

The First International Conference in Africa on Family Based for Children: Conference Programme
ANPPCAN | 30 October 2009 | 411 KB
Programme of presentations and activities View document

The First International Conference in Africa on Family Based for Children: Book of Abstracts
ANPPCAN | 30 October 2009 | 1683 KB
Collection of abstracts from conference presentations View document

The First International Conference in Africa on Family Based Care: Conference Declarations and Recommendations
ANPPCAN and Conference Delegates | 30 October 2009 | 25KB
Summary of conference delegates' declarations and recommendations View document