Background to the Assessment
Family Care First|REACT, facilitated by Save the Children, is a multi-donor supported network of organizations working together to support children in Cambodia to live in safe, nurturing family-based care. FCF|REACT works collaboratively with the government, local and international NGOs, academic institutions and UN agencies, to promote and strengthen family-based care. With approximately 60 member organizations, some of whom are funded, FCF|REACT is working to prevent children from being separated from their families and increase the number of children that are safely and successfully integrated into family care.
A key aim of FCF|REACT is to document evidence and existing knowledge of intervention impact, integrate learnings from good practice and research into interventions, and develop innovative approaches to meet FCF|REACT objectives. This “promising practices” review was undertaken to support the identification of examples of FCF|REACT program interventions and approaches that are working well, with the purpose of catalyzing discussions within FCF|REACT working groups on how to build upon these promising practices and continuously improve programming, as well as to promote the work of FCF|REACT nationally, regionally and globally.
Scope
The purpose of the review was to present an overview of (as much as possible) evidence-based promising practices in Family Strengthening interventions in Cambodia, implemented by FCF|REACT partners. The focus was on interventions and approaches aimed at:
- Preventing Separation: supporting families with children at risk of separation to stay together, and/or;
- Reintegration: promoting sustainable reintegration of children into their family or alternative family-based care.
The review does not represent an exhaustive overview in which all promising interventions within FCF|REACT are covered. Rather, the review is a selection of promising practices submitted by FCF|REACT partners, and reviewed in line with the set criteria, that took place within a certain timeframe.
