| Effective | |
|---|---|
| Social Welfare Spending | |
| Child Welfare Spending | |
| Alternative Care Policy in line with the 2009 Guidelines |
Yes Children’s Law 2012 |
| Centralised authority on adoption |
No |
| Commitment to Deinstitutionalistion/Reforms |
Partly |
| Comprehensive child protection law |
Partly Constitution of the Republic of Liberia (1984); Children’s Law (2012); Regulations for the Appropriate Use and Conditions of Alternative Care for Children (2010); National Social Welfare Policy and Action Plan (2012); and more |
| Continuum of alternative care services available |
Limited Children’s Law, Regulations for the Appropriate Use and Conditions of Alternative Care for Children |
| Data System |
Mostly National Data Collection System |
| Existence of a regulatory body and regulatory system |
Partly Regulations for the Appropriate Use and Conditions of Alternative Care for Children |
| Gatekeeping mechanism/policy |
Partly child placement committees in six counties (Bomi, Gbarpolu, Montserrado, Bong, Margibi and Nimba) |
| Means of tracking progress with reforms |
No Data |
| Moratorium on admission into institutions for children under 3 |
No Data |
| Moratorium on new institutions |
No Data
|
| National Action Plan |
Yes Deinstitutionalization of Children and Promotion of Alternative Care Project |
| Prevention of Separation Services available |
Limited Regulations for the Appropriate Use and Conditions of Alternative Care for Children, Children’s Law, National Social Welfare Policy and the Essential Package of Social Services |
| Support for careleavers (in legislation and in practice) |
No Data |
