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Learning briefs are short resources that share more about how Changing the Way We Care undertakes a certain aspect of the care reform work and what some of the main lessons are. This learning brief was developed as part of the initiative's 2022 annual report and shares learning on family-based alternative care from Guatemala, Moldova, India and Kenya and links the reader to additional CTWWC resources on the topic.
Changing The Way We CareSM (CTWWC) is a global initiative designed to promote safe, nurturing family care for children. This includes reforming national…
Tara Garcia came to Honduras in 2004 as a teacher in her twenties and immediately witnessed the widespread disparities in private residential care (“orphanage care”) throughout the country. She saw firsthand how some orphanages provided bilingual learning services or closets of supplies to providing shoes for impoverished children. This disparity spurred Tara to create and direct a ministry that sought to fill in the gaps in care for children without parental care; one that aimed to focus on family. In 2010, Tara moved to Honduras full-time to run this ministry and fulfill its mission.…
Este informe de Changing the Way We Care revisa las opciones existentes de cuidado familiar alternativo en Guatemala y ofrece recomendaciones para otras modalidades y prácticas.
El informe identifica que, a la presente fecha, el Sistema de Protección de Niñez y Adolescencia de Guatemala no cuenta con un abanico de opciones de cuidado alternativo para NNA que se encuentren sin cuidado parental o separados de su familia, actualmente se maneja -solo familia ampliada, sustituta y acogimiento residencial-, por lo que el presente estudio recomienda analizar, diseñar e implementar…
This report from Changing the Way We Care reviews the range of available alternative care options in Guatemala and offers recommendations for additional alternative care modalities as well as deinstitutionalization and family preservation practices.
The report finds that, to this date, the Guatemalan System for the Protection of Children and Adolescents does not have a range of alternative care options for children who are without parental care or separated from their families. Currently, the only options are extended or foster families and residential care; therefore, this study…
Este Manual desarrolla de manera genérica el marco conceptual y los diferentes procesos que constituyen un programa de un programa de acogimiento familiar para niños, niñas y adolescentes, de forma que resulta aplicable y adaptable a todos los contextos legales-políticos-institucionales que conviven en México.
En ese sentido, el Manual está dirigido a los equipos técnicos interdisciplinarios de las PPNNA y de los Sistemas DIF de las entidades federativas y cualquier otro actor que tenga algún rol que desempeñar en la adecuación de los cuidados alternativos y en el desarrollo de…
In this webinar presented by RISE Learning Network, Omattie Madray and Zenainda Rosales presented an extensive study recently carried out which analyzed over 100 documents and conducted over 20 interviews to gain insights on practices of organizations supporting and caring for boys affected by sexual violence in their recovery process. They looked into how social norms around gender influence care for boys affected and discussed what is needed to ensure quality alternative care.
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Utilizing the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children, this paper from Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development Volume 76, Issue 4 examines critical components and current characteristics of alternative care for children in low‐resource countries. It begins by exploring the role of values within policy and practice related to child welfare. Then a brief examination comparing alternative care in high‐ versus low‐resource countries is presented. Alternative care includes…
Este evento paralelo del Consejo de Derechos Humanos fue patronicinado por las Misiones Permanentes de Kenya, Portugal, Uruguay y Vietnam, African Child Policy Forum, ATD 4th World, Better Care Network, CELCIS, Family for Every Child, For Our Children Foundation, Hope and Homes for Children, International Federation of Social Workers, International Foster Care Organisation, International Social Service, RELAF, Save the Children, SOS Children’s Villages International y UNICEF. El evento paralelo el evento se llevó a cabo el 22 de septiembre 2015 y asistieron más de 40…
This is the French version. This Human Rights Council Side event was co-sponsored by Permanent Missions of Kenya, Portugal, Uruguay and Viet Nam, African Child Policy Forum, ATD 4th World, Better Care Network, CELCIS, Family for Every Child, For Our Children Foundation, Hope and Homes for Children, International Federation of Social Workers, International Foster Care Organisation, International Social Service, RELAF, Save the Children, SOS Children’s Villages International and UNICEF. The side event was held on 22 September 2015 and was attended by over 40 participants from different Missions…
This Human Rights Council Side event was co-sponsored by Permanent Missions of Kenya, Portugal, Uruguay and Viet Nam, African Child Policy Forum, ATD 4th World, Better Care Network, CELCIS, Family for Every Child, For Our Children Foundation, Hope and Homes for Children, International Federation of Social Workers, International Foster Care Organisation, International Social Service, RELAF, Save the Children, SOS Children’s Villages International and UNICEF. The side event was held on 22 September 2015 and was attended by over 40 participants from different Missions including USA, Canada,…