This article highlights a major milestone in child protection reform in the Nisporeni district, where no children under the age of six are now living in residential care institutions. This achievement follows several years of coordinated efforts by UNICEF, the Moldovan government, and partners to deinstitutionalize young children and expand family-based and community care alternatives. The article emphasizes that, just a few years ago, Nisporeni had high rates of institutionalization, but through strengthened social services, foster care, and family support, all young children have been transitioned into family environments. It underscores the importance of early childhood development in nurturing, stable family settings and frames this progress as part of broader national efforts to ensure every child grows up in a safe, supportive home rather than in institutional care.