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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Oxford Policy Management,

Analysis of policy and service model used to identify barriers in the delivery of alternative care services for children.

European Union Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) ,

Outlines the development of a common set of indicators for EU member states to measure children's rights and collect data.

Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Government of the Republic of Liberia,

This Social Welfare Policy is intended to provide direction for reforming the social welfare sector in Liberia.

Joint Learning Initiative on Children and HIV/AIDS,

Evaluates a number of fundamental misperceptions that have undermined the global response to children affected by the epidemic, and sets out evidence on how to better respond to their needs.

UNICEF Regional Office for West and Central Africa,

Focuses on children’s vulnerabilities and risks related to an absence of protection from violence, abuse and neglect, and the ways in which measures to address such vulnerabilities and risks can be more effectively integrated into social protection policy frameworks in the West and Central Africa region.

Rebecca Davis for USAID ,

This document informs stakeholders about the opportunities for and constraints on building the social work workforce within the child welfare sector in Africa.

Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development,

This document is the seventh, and final, chapter of Doing Better for Children: The Way Forward, produced by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The aim of this chapter is to contribute to the policy debate on child well-being, synthesising the previous chapters and drawing on the existing research and policy literature.

ARC,

This module provides practical information, guidelines, examples and tools to support  organisations and key actors to undertake advocacy to bring about positive change for  children in humanitarian contexts.

Kevin Browne,

Analysis of the impact of institutionalization on young children with core recommendation for policy and practice to ensure children's right to family is upheld.

The Indian Ministry of Women and Child Development ,

In 2006 the Indian Ministry of Women and Child Development proposed the adoption of an Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS), which was adopted and launched by the central government in 2009-2010. Recognizing chronic under funding of child protection services in the country and major gaps in the system, the ICPS was expected to significantly contribute to the realization of Government/State responsibility by creating a system that would effectively and efficiently protect children.