This Country Fact Sheet from Belgium contains short facts on care and institutionalization in Belgium. Institutional care is the primary form of care for children in Belgium without parental support. Currently, there is no deinstitutionalization strategy in place.
As of 2013, there were over 5,000 children in institutional care in the French community of Belgium. There were over 7,000 children in institutional care in the Flanders community of Belgium as of 2015. Both had a high proportion of children with disabilities in institutional care.
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