| Effective | ||
|---|---|---|
| Social Welfare Spending |
US$ 129,297,418 |
|
| Child Welfare Spending | ||
| Alternative Care Policy in line with the 2009 Guidelines |
Yes Child and Family Welfare Policy. UNICEF, Government of Ghana, 2017 |
Mostly Children’s Act (1998); The Constitution (1992); National Standards for Residential Homes for Orphans and Vulnerable Children (2010); National Policy Guidelines on Orphans and Other Children Made Vulnerable by HIV/AIDS, 2005; National Social Protection Strategy, 2007; National Action Plan for Orphans and Vulnerable Children, 2010; and more |
| Centralised authority on adoption |
Yes Central Adoption Authority, Intersectoral Adoption Board |
No |
| Commitment to Deinstitutionalistion/Reforms |
Yes Guidelines for Deinstitutionalisation of Residential Homes for Children. Department of Social Welfare, UNICEF, 2020 |
Mostly Care Reform Initiative (CRI) within the Department of Social Welfare (DSW) |
| Comprehensive child protection law |
Yes Children's Act 1998, (560) amended in 2016 to include foster care and adoption |
Partly Child and Family Welfare Policy |
| Continuum of alternative care services available |
No Data |
Limited |
| Data System |
Limited Social Welfare Information Management System (SWIMS) |
Limited Simple case management database profiling children in residential care |
| Existence of a regulatory body and regulatory system |
Yes Children’s Act, 1998, (Act 560), Foster Care Regulation (2018), Adoption Regulation (2018). |
Limited |
| Gatekeeping mechanism/policy |
Mostly Children in Need of Care and Protection: Standard Operating Procedures. Government of Ghana, 2018 |
No |
| Means of tracking progress with reforms |
Partly DSW, 2018 |
No Data |
| Moratorium on admission into institutions for children under 3 |
No |
No Data |
| Moratorium on new institutions |
No
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No Data
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| National Action Plan |
Partly DSW, 2020 |
Yes National Plan of Action (NPA) for OVC (2010–2012, extended to 2015) |
| Prevention of Separation Services available |
Limited |
Partly National Plan of Action (NPA) for OVC (2010–2012, extended to 2015) |
| Support for careleavers (in legislation and in practice) |
Partly DSW |
Limited Standards for Residential Care provides guidance for children aging out of care (Standards 6–7) |
