Outlines problems and issues in providing appropriate out-of-home care solutions. Advocates for development of more comprehensive international standards for out-of-home care.

A paper outlining the use of formal and informal kinship care, child headed households and cross border kinship care. It discusses the advantages and limitations of each, including welfare costs, and argues for international standard setting.

Outlines the minimum standards for child welfare case management in Romania.

Standards and criteria for the development of residential services for children in the Monteserrat, Turks and Caicos, and the British Virgin Islands.

Brief summary of the role of informal, institutional and child-headed households as a result of the AIDS epidemic. Includes general standards by which to implement good practices in child care.

These Standards are based on the relevant legislation, regulation and guidance and best practice derived from evidence based research and professional experience from Ireland and abroad.

Minimum standards for counseling center and child hotline responding to abuse, exploitation and neglect in Romania.

Practical guidance, case examples, and tools to assess, monitor, and evaluate child protection services and facilitate reform away from institutionalization of children.

Through a review of orphanages in St. Petersburg, Russia, this study examines the causal roles of consistency in caregivers and appropriate caregiving behaviors in the social, emotional, and development of young children.

Contains practical tools and policy guidance for family and child welfare policy makers and practitioners. Relevant topics include gatekeeping, redirecting resources into preventive and family based services, and standards of care.