Data and Monitoring Tools

Monitoring and research are essential processes in ensuring the relevance and effectiveness of programs, and the scope and type of service provision. They are integral components of analysis, strategic planning, and implementation for government and non-governmental organisations seeking to effect change, support or provide services.

Monitoring is an on-going process of gathering information e.g. statistics and tracking inputs and outputs, enabling the evaluation of what is working, and providing a mechanism for accountability. Combined with research, it facilitates the planning of improved resource allocation and service delivery. Research and monitoring can also help raise awareness of the gravity of a situation, both nationally and internationally. It should help convince those who are putting time, energy and money into supporting programmes that their efforts are worthwhile and should be continued.

Results of monitoring and evaluation should be fed directly back into programmes to correct weaknesses and improve performance. The outcomes of research and monitoring should also help improve child care policies. Results can be used to inform future programme design, prompting a decision to replicate an effective intervention in other areas or to discontinue an intervention because it is expensive and not making any beneficial changes.

The literature in this section provides statistical data on vulnerable children from a wide range of sources, as well as guidance and examples of data collection, indicators, analysis, and research methods regarding issues relating to vulnerable children.

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Zulfiya Charyeva, Hasmik Ghukasyan, Armenia country core team - MEASURE Evaluation, USAID, 01 Jun 2018

This report, in Armenian, presents the findings of an assessment workshop aimed at bringing together key stakeholders—decision makers, policy developers, service providers, civil society representatives, and donors—to assess and identify the main care reform areas in which action is needed.

Evaluarea Îngrijirii Alternative a Copilului în Moldova 1

Molly Cannon, Camelia Gheorghe, Moldova country core team - MEASURE Evaluation, USAID, 01 Jun 2018

This report, in the Moldovan lanugage, presents the findings of an assessment workshop aimed at informing action planning to address priority needs identified in alternative care for children in Moldova.

Assessing Alternative Care for Children in Ghana

Mari Hickman, Bashiru Adams, Ghana country core team - MEASURE Evaluation, USAID, 01 Jun 2018

This report presents the findings of an assessment of Ghana's national alternative care system aimed at supporting the government and its partners in continuing to advance alternative care.

Evaluarea Îngrijirii Alternative a Copilului în Moldova 2

Molly Cannon, Camelia Gheorghe, Moldova country core team - MEASURE Evaluation, USAID, 01 Jun 2018

This report, in the Moldovan langauge, presents the findings of an assessment workshop aimed at informing action planning to address priority needs identified in alternative care for children in Moldova.

Assessing Alternative Care for Children in Moldova (Volume 1)

Molly Cannon, Camelia Gheorghe, Moldova country core team - MEASURE Evaluation, USAID, 01 Jun 2018

This report presents the findings of an assessment workshop aimed at informing action planning to address priority needs identified in alternative care for children in Moldova.

Utilizing predictive modeling to enhance policy and practice through improved identification of at-risk clients: Predicting permanency for foster children

Dallas J. Elgin - Children and Youth Services Review, 28 May 2018

This paper provides an illustrative case involving the development and testing of models used to predict the probability of whether U.S. foster children would achieve legal permanency.

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Using a population-based survey approach to estimate child separation after a natural disaster: findings from post-Hurricane Haiti

Lindsay Stark, Matthew MacFarlane, Beth L Rubenstein, Gary Yu, Celina Jensen, Katharine Williamson - BMJ Global Health, 17 May 2018

This study explores findings of a population-based approach to measure the prevalence of unaccompanied and separated children (UASC) during the Hurricane Matthew aftermath in Haiti.

Socio-demographic determinants of health support services among orphans and vulnerable children in Nigeria

Chima Victor - Journal of Public Health and Epidemiology , 01 May 2018

This study examined the sociodemographic determinants of child health support services provided to orphans and vulnerable children in Nigeria by employing a cross sectional research design utilizing secondary data obtained from the household recoded dataset of the 2013 Nigeria Demographic Health Survey (NDHS).

Measuring movement into residential care institutions in Haiti after Hurricane Matthew: A pilot study

Celina Jensen, Beth L. Rubenstein, Matthew MacFarlane, Lindsay Stark - Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, 16 Apr 2018

The purpose of this study was to determine the feasibility of evaluating movement of children into residential care following an emergency.

Children's Social Work Statistics 2016/17

Scottish Government, 27 Mar 2018

This report from the Scottish government presents the latest data on children and young people looked after, on the child protection register and in secure care.