How to Support Kinship Care: Lessons Learnt from Around the World (Summary)

Family for Every Child

This guidance explains why supporting kinship care is so important and provides principles of good practice and lessons learnt from across the world.

The guidance is aimed at policymakers and programme managers working to improve the care of children. It was developed from a review of the literature, 28 key informant interviews, online and face-to face workshops with policymakers and practitioners in multiple countries, and consultations with 215 kinship carers and 196 children across seven countries.

This is a summary of a more detailed version of the guidance, which also includes over 40 examples of promising practice from across the world.

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