Standards of Care

Standards of care are approved criteria for measuring and monitoring the management, provision and quality of child care services and their outcomes. Such standards are required for all child care provision, including day care, kinship, foster and institutional care.

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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.

International Social Service,

This article seeks to share a few examples of the implementation of the principle of the child’s right to participate from a recent desktop review conducted by ISS/IRC around the world.

Better Care Network and UNICEF Headquarters ,

The information collection tools from the Manual for the Measurement of Indicators for Children in Formal Care - a manual to assist countries in strengthening their information system around children in formal care through data collection around 15 global indicators.

African Child Policy Forum,

Assessment of individual African government's performance in regards to child welfare.

Council of Europe,

This report provides an assessment of the current situation with regards to rights of children in institutions in 42 Council of Europe member states.

UNICEF,

Mapping of existing facilities caring for children in residential capacity for use in developing child protection standards

Terre des Hommes Foundation and UNICEF,

Evaluates the need for reform within Nepal's intercountry adoption programming and the broader needs within the child protection and alternative care arenas nationally.

Examines the capacity of childcare institutions and the monitoring and reintegration meausures necessary to ensure child safety in such.

UNICEF,

Outlines how to strengthen social protection, legal protection, and alternative care for children at country level. Contains specific actions that governments and NGO's can take to decrease the vulnerability of children affected by AIDS and respond to instances of abuse, exploitation and neglect.

International Social Service,

Evaluates country level implementation of principles set forth in Guidelines.