Children in Families (CIF) is a local Cambodian NGO, registered with the Ministry of the Interior since 2009, dedicated to providing high-quality family-based care for orphans and vulnerable children in Cambodia. CIF advocates locally and globally for the belief that the best place for a child to grow up is in a loving family. CIF offers three streams of family care programming: short-term Emergency Care, Kinship Care and Foster Care.
They also provide specific care to children with disabilities and chronic illness through their ABLE program, and engage with the wider community through their Outreach and Church Partnerships Programs. CIF provides technical support for other organizations wanting to improve their social work practice through the OSCaR case management program.
CIF also offers study tours for schools and churches who are interested in being advocates for family-based care through their Rok Kern program.
CIF is a member of Family Care First
Where they operate
Headquarters Location
Cambodia
Organization Type
Main Areas of Work
What They Do
Children in Families (CIF) is a local Cambodian NGO, registered with the Ministry of the Interior since 2009, dedicated to providing high-quality family-based care for orphans and vulnerable children in Cambodia. CIF advocates locally and globally for the belief that the best place for a child to grow up is in a loving family. CIF offers three streams of family care programming: short-term Emergency Care, Kinship Care and Foster Care.
They also provide specific care to children with disabilities and chronic illness through their ABLE program, and engage with the wider community through their Outreach and Church Partnerships Programs. CIF provides technical support for other organizations wanting to improve their social work practice through the OSCaR case management program.
CIF also offers study tours for schools and churches who are interested in being advocates for family-based care through their Rok Kern program.
CIF is a member of Family Care First
Residential Care Service Transition Support
Supports they have offered, or plan to offer, include:
- Introducing the importance of family care and reintegration to leaders in the organization
- Strategy and planning for the transition
- Donor and board engagement
- Community awareness raising and engagement
- Partnerships
- Government engagement and linking to systems reforms
- Assessments of children and families
- Family tracing
- Preparing children and families for transition
- Social work or case management training or support
- Staffing adjustments or training
- Use of buildings and other assets
- Developing new programs, including:
- Family and community strengthening
- Alternative family care (including kinship care, foster care, adoption)
- Advocacy
- General coaching or consultation
- Onsite training
- Onsite visits/meetings
- Phone calls/video conference
- Provision of standards and written guidance or tools for transitioning
- Connecting with others or building a network
We plan to support transitioning in Cambodia, but we have provided technical support and training to groups in other countries as well
Organization Resources
One of our partner organisations and creator of the orphanage volunteering alternative Rok Kern programme, Children in Families was invited to speak about volunteering at an International School in Phnom Penh.