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.

Displaying 1811 - 1820 of 2231

RELAF y UNICEF,

Esta Guía reúne una serie de programas, prácticas y políticas públicas que resultaron en la garantía del derecho a la convivencia familiar y comunitaria de niñas y niños en su primera infancia. En particular, se caracterizan por ser innovadoras o por haber obtenido buenos resultados en la protección y la restitución de este derecho. Las experiencias recopiladas abarcan programas, proyectos e iniciativas públicas, privadas o mixtas de fortalecimiento familiar, provisión de cuidados alternativos, y de reintegración familiar. 

Terry V. Shaw, Charlotte Lyn Bright, Tanya L. Sharpe - Child Abuse & Neglect ,

This study examines the outcomes for children in the U.S. foster care system who have been placed into care due to parental death and parental incarceration.

Antonio R. Garcia, Kirk O’Brien, Minseop Kim, Peter J. Pecora, Tracy Harachi and Eugene Aisenberg - Journal of Child and Family Studies,

This study examines the influence of a subset of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), placement instability, and childhood disability in uniquely predicting mental health outcomes among racially diverse foster care alumni from a private foster care agency in the US.

Hadley Centre for Adoption and Foster Care Studies & Coram Voice ,

This literature review highlights the voices of looked after children in the UK from existing research, on their journey through the care system.

Sandrina de Finney, Lara di Tomasso - The First Peoples Child and Family Review Vol 10, No 1 (2015) ,

This paper calls for creative pathways of engagement that delineate places of belonging for and with Indigenous youth in care.

Ghazal Keshavarzian, Family for Every Child ,

This report from Family for Every Child explores rising concerns about the expansion of foster care services in low and middle income countries, it begins to fill the gap in understanding, and aims to assist in both states’ and NGOs’ decisions on whether to invest in foster care, and in the kinds of supportive services needed to make foster care safe and effective.

Faith to Action Initiative,

This six-part study series from the Faith to Action Initiative, Caring for Orphans and Vulnerable Children: A Study Guide for Journeys of Faith, is designed to support small faith group study accompanying ‘Journeys of Faith: A Resource Guide for Orphan Care Ministries Helping Children in Africa & Beyond.’ 

Dr. Joseph J. McDowall - Create Foundation,

This research report analyzes the contributing factors in children and youth’s ability to be placed in care alongside siblings, as well as how caseworkers view sibling placements in Australia’s child welfare system.

Children’s Advocacy Institute of the University of San Diego School of Law ,

This study, produced by the Children’s Advocacy Institute at the San Diego School of Law, examines the activities of the federal government of the United States in regards to enacting and enforcing child welfare laws and ensuring that individual states are complying with minimum federal standards for child protection.

Georgette Mulheir - Lumos,

According to this report from Lumos, in 2010 there were more than 6,700 children living in institutions in Bulgaria.