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This qualitative research aimed to develop the alternative care action plan for Thailand. The method used in this study included the analysis of documents related to the alternative care situations in Thailand and the interviews where the key informants were specifically selected so that the collected data could be used to develop the alternative care action plan.

This study examines early adulthood outcomes—incarceration and teen parenthood—among youth in Wisconsin who entered foster care in early-to-middle childhood (ages 5–10).

This research sought to improve understanding of the experiences of parents with disability of Australian child protection systems, paying particular attention to the experiences of First Nations and culturally and linguistically diverse parents with disability.

Using caregiver survey data, this study examined the following questions: (1) What is the prevalence of children or youth living apart (LA)? (2) What are the risk and protective factors at child and family levels that are associated with LA? (3) What is the nature of the relationships between family members among those who have experienced LA? This study re-purposed data from surveys of adoptive parents and guardians of children formerly in foster care in four U.S. states.

This publication evaluates the progress of implementing the 2010 Counter Trafficking in Persons Act in Kenya from its inception until now (2010-2020).

In a landmark judgement on July 25, the High Court ruled the government’s use of hotels to accommodate children that are seeking asylum in Britain and are not accompanied by an adult, as ‘unlawful.’

To ensure a significant improvement in service delivery to children and their families, and specifically to the successful reintegration of children from residential care into families and communities, a case management approach, standard operating procedures (SOPs) and tools were required to support state and non-state service providers to standardize the way they promoted family care. This short insight document describes how the case management package was developed and rolled out.

Scholar argues that criminal supervision alternatives to incarceration too often lead to family separation.

Join ECDAN for the launch of the Nurturing Care Framework Progress Report 2018-2023: Reflections and Looking Forward. This webinar will reflect on achievements (2018 to 2023) across the five strategic actions of the Framework and define areas that merit further attention going forward.

This UK-based paper presents evidence of the importance of screening looked-after children for Adverse Childhood Experiences and demonstrates that the Trauma and Adverse Life Events (TALE) is a valid and reliable tool for this purpose. Adverse and traumatic experiences were highly prevalent in this population and appeared to be closely related with children’s psychosocial wellbeing.