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Sreyny Sorn, manager of the ABLE Project at Children in Families, gave a presentation at a side event at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on 5 March, 2019. The event was titled “Promoting Quality Family and Community-Based Care for Children with Disabilities.” BCN nominated Sorn to speak about the ABLE program and how they work to place children with disabilities in suitable foster or kinship homes in Cambodia by supporting children and families.
Sorn described how she and the ABLE team recruit foster families to care for children with disabilites and how the…
This blog post from Child Trends presents findings from an evaluation of three models of trauma-informed care (TIC) in the US child welfare system. These models "train staff, resource parents, and other adults in children’s lives to recognize and respond effectively to traumatic stress reactions, to integrate screening and assessment into care, and to refer children who have been exposed to trauma to evidence-based and evidence-informed treatments," says Child Trends. The blog post presents information on each of the three models (Trauma Systems Therapy, Trauma Systems Therapy-…
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America’s foster care population has swelled to 428,000 children — its largest size since 2008, according to the KIDS COUNT Data Center. More children in foster care means that more families are crossing paths with the country’s child welfare system.
It’s a system that Rafael López — the managing director of Accenture’s health and public services practice — knows extremely well. Prior to working at…
The local council of Bani Walid, Libya has committed to release, rehabilitate and reintegrate children associated with armed groups.
A press release from the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India recapped a series of new initiatives by the Ministry during 2015. The achievements relevant to children’s care are briefly described below and include the launch of the flagship programme Beti Bachao Beto Padhao for protection of the girl child; several initiatives to track, restore, and rehabilitate missing children; and adoption reforms and a new foster care system.
The Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) programme is aimed at preventing gender-biased sex selection and ensuring survival,…
This post from the Faith to Action Initiative highlights the work of the Abide Family Center in Uganda, which helps to keep families together. The post features the story of one young mother, Deborah, who was able to keep her children with her, despite the hardships she faced after the death of her husband, because of the services she participated in at the Abide Family Center.
Cet article fournit un aperçu utile des initiatives du Burundi dans le domaine de la protection des enfants, y compris le travail pour élaborer des normes minimales pour les établissements de garde d'enfants et de soutenir les enfants vivant dans les rues.
In this article in the magazine Mother Jones, Kathryn Joyce, the author of a recently published book on the issue titled The Child Catchers: Rescue, Trafficking, and the New Gospel of Adoption chronicles the rapidly growing evangelical movement for international adoption in the United States since early 2000, and its impact on children and their families, with a particular focus on Liberia. She follows the story of four children adopted by a Tennessee family from Liberia, a country that had just emerged from a 14-year civil war…
Hosted by the Permanent Mission of Brazil to the United Nations, UNICEF, the Better Care Network and the NGO Committee on UNICEF Working Group on Children without Parental Care, the launch of the handbook ‘Moving Forward: Implementing the ‘Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children’ at UNICEF House in New York on the 11th April 2013 marked a milestone in the affirmation of children’s rights.
Drafted by an international team led by the Centre for Excellence for Looked After Children in Scotland (CELCIS) with supervision from an expert steering…
Hosted by the Permanent Mission of Brazil to the United Nations, UNICEF, the Better Care Network and the NGO Committee on UNICEF Working Group on Children without Parental Care, the launch of the handbook ‘Moving Forward: Implementing the ‘Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children’ at UNICEF House in New York on the 11th April 2013 marked a milestone in the affirmation of children’s rights.
Drafted by an international team led by the Centre for Excellence for Looked After Children in Scotland (CELCIS) with…