Country Care Snapshots

Thailand

Formal Alternative Care Arrangements
Effective
Total Formal Family-Based Care
5,250 Children
Review of Alternative Care in Thailand: Policy to Implementation with Special Focus on Children Affected by HIV/AIDS (UNICEF, 2015)
Foster Care
250 Children
Review of Alternative Care in Thailand: Policy to Implementation with Special Focus on Children Affected by HIV/AIDS (UNICEF, 2015)
Kinship Care
5,000 Children
Review of Alternative Care in Thailand: Policy to Implementation with Special Focus on Children Affected by HIV/AIDS (UNICEF, 2015)
Total Formal Residential Care
44,750 Children
Review of Alternative Care in Thailand: Policy to Implementation with Special Focus on Children Affected by HIV/AIDS (UNICEF, 2015)
Larger Institutions
Small Group Homes
Transit Centres/Shelters
Lancet Global Study Estimate of Children Living in Institutional Care
74,850 Children
Prevalence and number of children living in institutional care: global, regional, and country estimates (Desmond, et al, 2020)