Country Care Snapshots

Malaysia

Formal Alternative Care Arrangements
Effective
Total Formal Family-Based Care
Foster Care
591 Children
Department of Social Welfare 2019
Kinship Care
Total Formal Residential Care
50,000 Children
Malaysia Kini 2019
Larger Institutions
1,510 Children
Department of Social Welfare 2021
Small Group Homes
148 Children
Department of Social Welfare 2019
Transit Centres/Shelters
Department of Social Welfare 2021
Lancet Global Study Estimate of Children Living in Institutional Care