Country Care Snapshots

Bulgaria

Formal Alternative Care Arrangements
Effective
Total Formal Family-Based Care
6,496 Children
Foster Care
1,948 Children
Agency for Social Assistance, 2019
Kinship Care
4,548 Children
Agency for Social Assistance, 2019
Total Formal Residential Care
Larger Institutions
979 Children
Opening Doors for Europe's Children Factsheet, 2018
Small Group Homes
3,095 Children
Agency for Social Assistance, 2019
Transit Centres/Shelters
Lancet Global Study Estimate of Children Living in Institutional Care