| Effective | |
|---|---|
| Social Welfare Spending |
% GDP 7 Ministry of Finance
|
| Child Welfare Spending |
% GDP 3 Instituto Centroamericano de Estudios Fiscales
|
| Alternative Care Policy in line with the 2009 Guidelines |
No |
| Centralised authority on adoption |
Yes Consejo Nacional de Adopciones |
| Commitment to Deinstitutionalistion/Reforms |
Partly Consejo Nacional de Adopciones (CNA), 2018; Child Frontiers, 2012 |
| Comprehensive child protection law |
Yes Ley de Protección Integral de la Niñez y Adolescencia, 2003 |
| Continuum of alternative care services available |
Partly |
| Data System |
Limited |
| Existence of a regulatory body and regulatory system |
Partly |
| Gatekeeping mechanism/policy |
Partly Reglamento de la Procuraduría de Niñez y Adolescencia 56-2018 |
| Means of tracking progress with reforms |
Yes Care System Assessment completed in 2020 and will be used as a baseline |
| Moratorium on admission into institutions for children under 3 |
No |
| Moratorium on new institutions |
No
|
| National Action Plan |
No |
| Prevention of Separation Services available |
No |
| Support for careleavers (in legislation and in practice) |
No |
