Child Care and Protection System Reforms

Social welfare sector reform is increasingly common, particularly in transitional countries in Central and Eastern Europe.  Increasing attention has been paid to the development of preventive community based child and family welfare programs that would, in coordination with health and education programs and social assistance, provide a range of support for vulnerable families.   

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Rethinking institutional care using family-based alternative child care system for orphans and vulnerable children in Nigeria
Chinwe U Nnama-Okechukwu & Uzoma O Okoye - Journal of Social Work in Developing Societies,

This paper is based on field work experience, review of relevant literature and studies on alternative child care system in Nigeria.

Programme Brief: Building the Social Service Workforce for Childcare Reform in Rwanda
National Commission for Children, UNICEF, USAID,
This programme brief describes the establishment and development of the social service workforce in Rwanda - as part of the Tubarerere Mu Murayango (TMM - Let’s Raise Children in Families) programme to enable children and young adults to live in families and communities rather than in residential facilities - and draws out lessons learnt from this process.
Evaluation of the Tubarerere Mu Muryango (Let's Raise Children in Families) Programme in Rwanda, Phase 1: Summary
National Commission for Children, UNICEF, USAID,

In collaboration with UNICEF, the government of Rwanda has established the Tubarerere Mu Muryango (TMM - Let’s Raise Children in Families) programme to ensure that all children living in institutional care in Rwanda are reunited with their families or placed in suitable forms of family-based alternative care. This report presents a summary of the findings of an evaluation of Phase 1 of this programme.

Let’s Raise Children in Families Programme Case Study: Thierry
National Commission for Children, UNICEF, USAID,

This case study profiles the reintegration experiences of one child who has participated in the Tubarerere Mu Muryango (Let’s Raise Children in Families - TMM) programme in Rwanda.

Let’s Raise Children in Families Programme Case Study: The essential roles of the Rwandan social service workforce in supporting the reintegration of children into family and community life
National Commission for Children, UNICEF, USAID,

This case study profiles the reintegration experiences of one child who has participated in the Tubarerere Mu Muryango (Let’s Raise Children in Families - TMM) programme in Rwanda.

Care Reform in Rwanda: Process and Lessons Learned 2012-2018
National Commission for Children, UNICEF, USAID,

This paper documents the care reform process and presents key lessons learnt. It is based on a review of Rwandan policy and programme documents and on interviews and focus group discussions with 65 stakeholders.

Diagnóstico sobre el progreso de Costa Rica en la implementación de las Directrices sobre las modalidades alternativas de cuidado de los niños
UNICEF Costa Rica y Patronato Nacional de la Infancia (PANI),

Este diagnóstico tiene análisis del progreso de Costa Rica en la implementación de las Directrices sobre las modalidades alternativas de cuidado de los niños.

Let’s Raise Children in Families Programme Case Study: Divine
National Commission for Children, UNICEF, USAID,

This case study profiles the reintegration experiences of one child who has participated in the Tubarerere Mu Muryango (Let’s Raise Children in Families - TMM) programme in Rwanda.

Programme Brief: Let’s Raise Children in Families
National Commission for Children, UNICEF, USAID,

This programme brief is part of a package of materials documenting successes and lessons learnt from implementation of the Tubarerere Mu Muryango (TMM) child care reform programme between 2012 and 2018.

Tubarerere Mu Muryango (TMM): Documentation of Child Care Reform Programme in Rwanda
National Commission for Children, UNICEF, USAID,

This package of materials documents successes and lessons learnt from implementation of the programme of care reform and family strengthening - called Tubarerere Mu Muryango (TMM), translated to Let’s Raise Children in Families - in Rwanda between 2012 and 2018.

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