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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Too Hard? Highly Vulnerable Teens in Tasmania
Catherine Robinson - Anglicare Tasmania,

This report presents the findings of an investigation on a cohort of highly vulnerable teens (aged 10-17 years) whose needs for care have fallen outside families, between government agencies and between non-government services. The report identifies the gaps in care received by this cohort and offers key recommendations for how these gaps might be filled. 

Country Care Review: Antigua and Barbuda
Better Care Network ,

This country care review includes the care-related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of the Child during the seventy-fifth session (15 May 2017 - 2 Jun 2017) of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Child Rights in the Global Compacts: Recommendations for protecting, promoting and implementing the human rights of children on the move in the proposed Global Compacts
Jacqueline Bhabha and Mike Dottridge - Initiative for Child Rights in the Global Compacts,

This working document by the Initiative for Child Rights in the Global Compacts, a multilateral initiative supported by 26 organizations, provides goals, targets and indicators with respect to six priority issues involving refugee and migrant children. 

Strengthening the Social Welfare Workforce to address Violence against Children in care
Jonna Karlsson - UNICEF,

This UNICEF presentation describes the need for social service workforce strengthening in East and Southern Africa and presents recommendations based on a case example from Rwanda. 

Country Care Review: Lebanon
Better Care Network ,

This country care review includes the care-related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of the Child during the seventy-fifth session (15 May 2017 - 2 Jun 2017) of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Official Opening Remarks by the Director of Children's Services in Kenya at the Africa Expert Consultation on Violence against Children in All Care Settings
Noah Sanganyi - Department of Children's Services, Kenya,

This document includes the opening remarks given at the Africa Expert Consultation on Violence against Children (VAC) in All Care Settings by Mr. Noah Sanganyi, the Director of Kenya's Department of Children's Services. 

Care Reform within Ghana’s Child Protection system
Emelia Allan - UNICEF ,

This presentation provides an overview of child protection issues and care reform in Ghana. 

Keynote Address by Ruth Wacuka of the Kenya Society of Careleavers at the Africa Expert Consultation on Violence against Children in All Care Settings
Ruth Wacuka - Kenya Society of Careleavers,

This document includes the keynote address given on the first day of the Africa Expert Consultation on Violence against Children (VAC) in All Care Settings by Ruth Wacuka, Kenya Society of Careleavers. 

VAC in Residential Care in Africa
Kelley Bunkers - Maestral International; input from Delia Pop - Hope and Homes for Children,

This presentation provides an overview of violence against children in residential care facilities in Africa. 

Community-based and family-focused alternatives to incarceration: A quasi-experimental evaluation of interventions for delinquent youth
Stephanie Bontrager Ryon, Kristin Winokur Early, & Anna E Kosloski - Journal of Criminal Justice,

This study investigated the efficacy of a pilot project of Parenting with Love and Limits® (PLL), a community-based and family-focused approach to treating juvenile offenders.

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