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“Deinstitutionalization of Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Uganda” (DOVCU) was a three-year project (2014-2017) that aimed to keep and reintegrate children into the care of families. ChildFund International led the consortium of project partners, including Transcultural Psychosocial Organization (TPO Uganda), Child’s i Foundation (CiF) and Retrak. Together, DOVCU project partners delivered an integrated package of interventions with the aim of decreasing household vulnerabilities for 1) households at risk of child separation, and 2) households with children reintegrating from CCIs. The…
“Deinstitutionalization of Orphans and Vulnerable Children Project in Uganda” (DOVCU) was a three-year project (2014-2017) that aimed to keep and reintegrate children into the care of families. ChildFund International led the consortium of project partners, including Transcultural Psychosocial Organization (TPO Uganda), Child’s i Foundation (CiF) and Retrak. Together, the DOVCU project partners delivered an integrated package of interventions with the aim of decreasing household vulnerabilities for: 1) households at risk of child separation, and 2) households with children reintegrating from…
This is the Follow-On Coaching Guide developed for Para-Social Workers (PSWs) working under the Economic Strengthening to Keep and Reintegrate Children into Families (ESFAM) project. The ESFAM project supports the prevention of unnecessary separation of children and families at risk and reintegration and permanency of children with family. Coaching is one of several approaches that ESFAM Para-Social Workers use during home visits to vulnerable children and families, to reinforce ESFAM interventions in the areas of 1) economic strengthening, 2) responsive parenting, 3) psychosocial support,…
This country care review includes the Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child and the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The Committees' recommendations on the issue of Family Environment and Alternative Care, and other care relevant issues, are highlighted.
Introduction
Through the ASPIRES project, USAID’s Displaced Children and Orphans Fund (DCOF) seeks to generate evidence and learning related to the role that household-level economic strengthening (ES) interventions can play in keeping families at risk of separation together and returning children to family care. Based on this learning, ASPIRES will develop guidance to help…
This brief brings together the critical mass of evidence emerging from recent rigorous impact evaluations of government-run cash transfer programmes in seven countries in sub-Saharan Africa. These assessments have been developed under the PtoP initiative, led by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and UNICEF in partnership with national governments and research organizations. The brief includes assessments of those cash transfer programmes designed to support households caring for orphans and vulnerable children (OVC), such as Kenya's Cash Transfers for…
The Childonomics project has developed an instrument that can help to reflect on the long-term social and economic return of investing in children and families. The instrument provides an approach to economic modelling that can be used in a number of ways to inform decision-making. It enables consideration of the different types of costs of services and approaches that support children and families (particularly those in vulnerable situations) and links them to the expected outcomes of using these services.
The…
Ending Violence in Childhood is a report from the Know Violence Initiative addressing childhood violence around the world. The report compiles information from a series of global research papers commissioned by Know Violence, presenting the scale and scope of the issue globally. Examples of preventative efforts from governments, communities, and organizations are provided to illustrate the feasibility of preventing violence on local and national levels. This report underlines that childhood violence comes at a cost to not only the children experiencing it, but also for their…
In this case study, Coordinating Comprehensive Care of Children (4Children) documents and evaluates the work of Pact's Yekokeb Berhan Program for Highly Vulnerable Children (HVC) in Ethiopia. The case study is one of three case studies developed by 4Children at the request of the Office of HIV and AIDS at USAID to share and promote learning from OVC programs which have implemented successful interventions to increase HIV testing and services (HTS) for children.
This case study includes a background on Ethiopia and the context of its health and social welfare services,…
Home visiting is a useful and cost-effective practice utilized all over the world to support parents and families in nurturing their children's growth and development by providing parenting skills, education, household economic strengthening and referrals to needed services. The 2017 Home Visiting Yearbook examines the scope of home visiting in the United States and identifies the gaps by examining and analyzing national and state-wide data.
Executive Summary
The 2017 Home Visiting Yearbook compiles key data on early childhood home…