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The focus of this collection is the promise of public health approaches to child protection and welfare systems development and delivery, and this chapter from the book Re-Visioning Public Health Approaches for Protecting Children is a case study of what such an approach looks like in practice. It is built on the experience of a programme of action developed in the Republic of Ireland – the Programme for Prevention, Partnership and Family Support (PPFS) – that brings together a constellation of strategies that align well with a public…
This paper describes Ireland’s successful implementation of a policy of de-institutionalization of out-of-home care for children. The paper outlines the de-institutionalization process in Ireland and offers possible lessons it can offer to the international community. The paper provides a brief historical context, presents a description of Ireland’s move from institutional-based care to family care, explains how the current system operates, and highlights some of the remaining challenges and issues in the child welfare system. The paper also features some of the critical policy developments…