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Immigrant Legal Resource Center,

This report from the Immigrant Legal Resource Center of the United States highlights the connections between US immigration policy and the child welfare system, particularly the criminalization of undocumented immigrants and its impact on foster care in the US.

ChildFund Alliance, Save the Children, SOS Children’s Villages International, World Vision International, and Development Initiatives,

This report is the result of an investigation into the amount of official development assistance (ODA) that is targeted at ending violence against children, either as the main focus or as part of a broader programme. 

Marco Catarci, Matilde Rocchi - Education Sciences & Society,

The article explores the inclusion of unaccompanied migrant children reaching Italy without their parents or a legal guardian.

Dinithi Wijedasa - Hadley Centre for Adoption & Foster Care Studies, University of Bristol ,

This briefing paper, which is the third in a series, provides a brief overview of the characteristics of the children growing up with relatives in Scotland.

Lucy Jamieson, Lizette Berry & Lori Lake - Children’s Institute, University of Cape Town,

The South African Child Gauge® is published annually by the Children’s Institute, University of Cape Town, to monitor progress towards realising children’s rights. This issue focuses on children and the Sustainable Development Goals. 

Child Welfare Information Gateway,

This publication from the Child Welfare Information Gateway presents an overview of US state laws that designate the officials and entities that may have access to the confidential records of child abuse and neglect reports and investigations, the circumstances under which information may be disclosed, and the appropriate use of confidential information. 

Lizette Berry & Elmarie Malek - South African Child Gauge 2017,

In this essay from South African Child Gauge 2017, the authors seek to respond to the following questions: Why are caring relationships important for children’s development? What do we know about systems of care for children in South Africa? What are the factors that can compromise care? What are the interventions that can improve the quality of caring relationships?

National Child Welfare Workforce Institute,

This video from the National Child Welfare Workforce Institute explains how the state of Missouri in the US reformed its child welfare system by strengthening the social service workforce. 

Andy Hancock and Juliet Hancock - International Journal of Child, Youth and Family Studies,

This article gives weight to children’s perspectives, and reports on the views of looked after children aged 7 to 10 in Scotland during the Letterbox Club project.

Gloudien Spies, Rina Delport and Liana (M.P.) le Roux - Acta Criminologica: Southern African Journal of Criminology,

This article provides a discussion of the theoretical basis underpinning safety and risk assessment in child protection, and further describes the empirical research process involved in the development of safety and risk assessment tools and training materials for social workers in the South African child protection field.