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Moldova’s National Program for Child Protection (2022-2026) articulates the commitment of the Government of Moldova and its partners to dramatically reducing the number children in institutions and to a child protection system anchored in securing safe and nurturing family care for all children. The Program includes the introduction of a moratorium on the placement of children under the age of three in residential care. The age was expanded to include children aged between 0-6 years to reflect the age range of children cared for in residential institutions. Despite notable achievements in…
This book presents the results of this research on more than 52,000 children placed in public care in Romania (in special protection) who receive family or residential-type protection services, as shown in Intrograph Chart 1, as well as on the children at risk of separation from their families from the source communities. In order to fulfill the research objectives, various quantitative and qualitative data were collected by means of: (i) a survey of households with children in public care in rural source communities; (ii) case studies in urban source communities; (iii) an analysis…
This report, prepared for the Social Transition Team of the USAID Bureau for Europe and Eurasia (E&E), is the result of a study of promising practices in community-based care for vulnerable groups conducted in five countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Romania, and Russia) in the E&E Region between September 2004 and March 2005. Of particular interest is how these countries are moving from residential care to family-focused, community care models utilizing internationally recognized standards for children and youth, elderly, disabled, and minority groups (with an emphasis on Roma…
Case management, applied in the child welfare sector, represents a coordination method of all social work and special protection activities developed in the best interest of the child by professionals from various private and public services/institutions.
The standards are grouped on the following areas of interest:
Use of method
- Conditions for using the method
- Stages in case management
- Initial assessment
- Detailed/complex assessment…
The reforms undertaken during the transition to a market economy have had an uneven and divergent social impact on the countries within the Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region. It is now recognized by governments in many parts of the region that the policy of using institutional care for children with welfare needs is both ineffective and expensive. Despite reforms, the quality of care within institutions and in the new community- based services is still inconsistent and in many cases does not meet the requirements of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
The…
This paper summarizes a workshop focused on separated childen in Europe. The main objectives of the workshop were twofold:
1.) To facilitate competence-building and to strengthen capacities on separated children related to age assessment and identification; and 2) To promote cross-border cooperation and a common understanding of the issues across borders.
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