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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Institutional Care: Identification before Education

Gauri Nagpal & Dr. Supreet Kaur - IJRAR- International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews, 16 Aug 2018

This paper brings to fore the need to compile an accurate and comprehensive database for children living in institutional care in India.

The AFCARS Report

US Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Children's Bureau, 10 Aug 2018

This report from the US Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Children's Bureau presents statistics and figures on foster care in the US for 2017, including the number of children in care disaggregated by age, sex, race/ethnicity, placement type, time in care, and more.

Entendiendo las Estadísticas sobre los Huérfanos

Alianza Cristiana para los Huérfanos, 06 Aug 2018

Este informe, producido por la Alianza Cristiana para los Huérfanos, tiene objetivo de presentar las estadísticas relacionadas con los huérfanos para que "defensores cristianos de los huérfanos" logren una comunicación efectiva con humildad, credibilidad e integridad.

Nonadult Supervision of Children in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Results from 61 National Population-Based Surveys

Mónica Ruiz-Casares, José Ignacio Nazif-Muñoz, René Iwo and Youssef Oulhote - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 24 Jul 2018

Nationally representative, population-based data from rounds four and five of the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) and four to eight of the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) from 61 low- and middle-income countries were used to estimate prevalence and socio-economic factors associated with leaving children under five years old home alone or under the care of another child younger than 10 years of age.

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Webinar Series on Child Welfare Administrative Data and Program Sustainability

Children's Bureau, 06 Jul 2018

This webinar series offers technical assistance to child welfare agencies in the US on how to use data to improve outcomes for children and families.

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2018 KIDS COUNT Data Book

Annie E. Casey, 27 Jun 2018

This year’s Data Book presents current data and multiyear trends measuring child wellbeing in the US along four domains: (1) Economic Well-Being, (2) Education, (3) Health and (4) Family and Community.

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.

Assessing Alternative Care for Children in Uganda

Ismael Ddumba-Nyanzi, Michelle Li, Uganda country core team - MEASURE Evaluation, USAID, 01 Jun 2018

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

Assessing Alternative Care for Children in Moldova (Volume 2)

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.