Foster Care

The term “foster care” is used in a variety of ways, and, consequently, it often causes confusion and miscommunication. In the industrialized world it is generally used to refer to formal, temporary placements made by the State with families that are trained, monitored and compensated at some level. In many developing countries, however, fostering is kinship care or other placement with a family, the objective(s) of which may include the care of the child, the child’s access to education, and/or the child’s doing some type of work for the foster family.

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This fact sheet highlights Austria’s process in transforming institutional care towards community-based and family-based systems.

K. Bhuvaneswari & Sibnath Deb - Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care,

This paper aims to understand the functioning of institution in protecting the rights of children who are in need of care and protection and highlight measures for revamping the institutional care and revolutionizing family care.

Shanna N. Felix - Georgia Southern University Jack N. Averitt College of Graduate Studies,

This thesis study evaluates the fidelity of a rural Court-Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) program in Georgia, USA. The CASA program trains volunteers to serve as special legal representation for children in the court system who have been abused or neglected.

Opening Doors for Europe's Children,

This Country Fact Sheet discusses Poland’s recent reforms to its institutional care system. 

Opening Doors for Europe's Children,

According to this Country Fact Sheet focusing Greece, there is no database holding data on children in alternative care in Greece.

Marvin Shaffer, Lynell Anderson, Allison Nelson - Fostering Change,

The purpose of this phase 1 report is to document what is known about the resulting educational attainment, economic, social and wellness outcomes for youth aging out of care as compared to the general population in British Columbia, Canada.

CELCIS,

This volume of the Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care includes a collections of articles, reflections and reviews covering a wide range of subjects from taking a fresh look at leaving care interactions, to exploring the role of storytelling in social care practice.

Cati Coe - Affective Circuits: African Migrations to Europe and the Pursuit of Social…,

This chapter discusses the practice of child circulation in Ghana.  

Martin James Foundation,

As part of phase one of the development of the Martin James Foundation's Asia Care Network, comprehensive studies of the care system in each country were conducted to highlight the need for developing alternative care systems across South-East Asia. This case study highlights the relevant data from the Philippines.

Prison Reform Trust,

This review was established to examine the reasons for, and how best to tackle, the over representation of children in care, or with experience of care, in the criminal justice system in England and Wales.