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Children need stable and safe relationships with caring adults to thrive, and such relationships are far more likely to be created in a family environment. Those growing up in alternative care have very often experienced significant trauma before being placed in care. Residential care, in particular, can expose them to all the risks associated with social exclusion if it is not equipped to give them the tailored support they need.
That is why it is important to know the proportion of children placed in residential care compared to those in placed in formal family-based care. This would…
Eurochild and UNICEF carried out the DataCare project to map alternative care data systems across the 27 Member States of the European Union (EU-27) and the United Kingdom (UK). They found that despite differing national definitions and categorisations of alternative care across the region, enough data being published at national level can be used at an aggregate level to establish comparable indicators on the number of children in residential care and three other relevant and interlinked indicators.
As the European Union does not currently have comparable and Europe-wide data to gauge the…
This report maps current practice in philanthropic support for child- and youth-led work at the community level and offers strategic advice to donors on how to strengthen their funding modalities to achieve greater impact. It was developed with youth co-researchers through literature review, key informant interviews, focus groups, and online surveys with funders, child- and youth-led community rooted groups, and non-funders.
In April 2019, the Better Care Network, on behalf of ReThink Orphanages USA, commissioned the U.S.-based policy consultancy, ChildFocus, to begin documenting the ways in which the United States supports and perpetuates overseas orphanages. The following report lays out the results of this preliminary mapping exercise based on: an analysis of existing data; a literature review of U.S government publications and investments; a review of non-profit organizations and foundation activities; an analysis of key supply chains and stakeholders; and the identification of existing data gaps. The…
Abstract: The social and political transformation that occurred in Poland following the fall of the communist system has resulted in an intensive development of non-governmental organizations, including those offering services for children and families. Social policy began to be perceived as a tool that allows for investing in the future of the youngest members of society (children and youth) rather than as a system of care services. Hence, the aim of this paper is to indicate threats and possibilities as regards the functioning of the foster care system and the process of adult care…
This report on Aftercare is based on research on “Current Aftercare Practices” (CAP), with regard to Children in Need of Care and Protection (CNCP), under the Juvenile Justice (JJ) Act, 2015, conducted in five states of India: Delhi, Gujarat, Karnataka, Rajasthan and Maharashtra. It is about the status of Aftercare youth, or Care Leavers (CLs), who as wards of the state in the child protection system, while they were below the age of eighteen, were entitled to care, protection, treatment, development, rehabilitation and re-integration by the state – as explicitly stated in the…
“Current Aftercare Practices” (CAP) is a documentation exercise conducted in the State of Rajasthan and is part of a multi-state research and documentation conducted in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat, and Delhi. Udayan Care has undertaken the CAP documentation in Rajasthan in partnership with Child Resource Centre, Department of Child Rights with support from UNICEF…
“Current Aftercare Practices” (CAP) is a research study conducted in the State of Maharashtra, and is part of a multi-state study conducted in Karnataka, Rajasthan, Gujarat, and Delhi. The CAP study is an Udayan Care initiative, supported and funded by UNICEF, Tata Trusts and other partners; and is based on the premise that every child who leaves an Alternative Care setting…
“Current Aftercare Practices” (CAP) is a research study conducted in the State of Karnataka, and is part of a multi-state study, conducted in five States, including Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Gujarat, and Delhi. This study is an initiative of Udayan Care, supported and funded by UNICEF, Tata Trusts and other partners, and is based on the premise that every child, who leaves an…
“Current Aftercare Practices” (CAP) is a documentation exercise conducted in the State of Gujarat and is part of a multi-state documentation conducted in Karnataka, Rajasthan, Gujarat, and Delhi. Udayan Care has undertaken the CAP documentation in partnership with Gujarat State Child Protection Society and is supported and funded by UNICEF Gujarat. Implemented by Deepak…