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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…
In this article for Prism Magazine, a publication of Evangelicals for Social Action, the authors ask challenging questions about the active role played by the Western Church "not only in funding orphanages where they may not be needed but also encouraging "orphanage tourism" disguised in the form of short-term mission trips." They review the evidence from global research that has demonstrated the adverse impacts of residential care on the development of children and their protection rights, and ask some challenging questions: "Why are orphanages unacceptable…
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…
As debates rage on austerity measures and social spending cuts, a new report reveals the extent of child poverty and child deprivation in the world’s advanced economies. Some 13 million children in the European Union (plus Norway and Iceland) lack basic items necessary for their development. Meanwhile, 30 million children – across 35 countries with developed economies – live in poverty. To access the full article, click on the document above or use the following link: http://www.unicef.org/media/media_62521.html
AIDS has devastated the social and economic fabric of African societies and made orphans of a whole generation of children. Although donor agencies initially viewed the plight of orphans as a short term humanitarian disaster, they now acknowledge the long term social consequences of African children growing up without parental love and guidance. The potential for these children to form a large group of dysfunctional adults, which could further destabilise societies already weakened by AIDS, has increased the urgency of finding an effective solution to the orphan crisis.
In this article, members of the Data for Impact team reflect on how data and a case management information system can help caseworkers and others to better support children without parental care. Data for Impact (D4I), funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is an associate award of MEASURE Evaluation. D4I supports countries to generate and use high-quality data to improve their programs, policies, and—ultimately—health outcomes. "Many countries rely on paper-based or…
This infographic summarizes the information and recommendations provided in Better Care Network's discussion paper Violence Against Children and Care in Africa.
Violence Against Children and Care in Africa explores the interlinkages between violence against children (VAC) and children's care in the African context. The discussion paper presents the evidence from Africa about VAC within the family, highlighting how violence is a key contributing factor to family separation and placement in…
International actors and representatives from Armenia, Ghana, Moldova, and Uganda convened in London September 11-15 2017 to learn and share experiences to inform the alternative care reform process in the four countries. MEASURE Evaluation, with support and funding from USAID's Displaced Children and Orphans Fund (DCOF), facilitated a workshop for countries to review and adapt a structured tool designed to assess countries' status on implementing the UN Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children.
View the presentations from each of the four countries here:
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The foster care "hackathon" series explores how technology can be optimized to streamline child welfare systems and improve series to young people in care and their families.
A Kinship Care Grant has been proposed in South Africa due to a strained child protection system in the country.