This document provides a review of outcome research on family foster care services in Australia, Italy, United Kingdom, and United States of America. Further research directions to improve family foster care are suggested.

This article examines the foster care of Aboriginal children in Australia. It discusses the Aboriginal Child Placement Principle (ACPP), the role of indigenous kinship care and the self-determination of Aboriginal people.

This presentation was given at the Alternative Care Workshop in Bangkok in November 2005.

This presentation was given at the Alternative Care Workshop in Bangkok in November 2005. It provides an overview of the situation of children without parental care, or primary caregivers, in Fiji and the child welfare system in the country.

The aim of this report was to examine the recruitment, retention, training, assessment and support of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people caring for children removed from their parents.

This paper is a national snapshot of Australian statutory child protection services.

A brief overview of foster care practice in the UK, Australia, South Africa, Uganda, and Tanzania. It includes information and lessons learnt on how caregivers are recruited and trained in these countries, how a child is placed, and how family support services are offered.

Upwards of, and possibly more than 500 000 Australians experienced care in an orphanage, Home or other form of out-of-home care during the last century. This report shares their stories.

Discusses the value of the UK Children in Need assessment framework for use by Victorian Family Services (Australia).

First published in 1999, this work draws together a multi-national collection of papers, and aims to stimulate the development of policy and practice in this often neglected area.