This page describes the process of getting the guidelines adopted by the UN continues.

A set of standards for measurable quality in service provision for children living in homes. Outlines the rights of a child, planning and legalizing children’s care, children’s home administration, management and staffing, and safeguarding child welfare while in the home, which includes nutrition, health, education and religion.

Documents assessment of child welfare and protection of children in orphanages in Liberia.

This document presents the full policy on the alternative care of children in Cambodia.

The Committee on the Rights of the Child held a day of general discussion on 16 September on “Children without parental care”.  

Presentation on the UN Guidelines on Alternative Care of Children.

This guide is based on the standards set out in Raising the Standards (Save the Children, 2005). It presents lessons from the experiences of five agencies in implementing the childcare standards and assessing their effectiveness.

Standards for shelters and care providers responding to children who have been trafficked. It gives guidance and practice examples of intake procedures, interim and longer term care, support services, integration and reunification

An updated list of literature and bibliographies concerning children and families affected by HIV/AIDS around the world. Most of the resources are focused on sub-Saharan Africa.

A brief 2-page overview of what steps should be taken if and when a social worker or other community worker admits a child to a residential institution.