This article examines how children in Nepal are migrating either within the country or across borders—sometimes alone and other times with families—driven by a range of factors including lack of parental care, poverty, limited access to education and health services, abuse, exploitation, and disa

This article reports how the Tanzanian government has committed to strengthening alternative care services and the management of children’s homes nationwide to ensure they meet required standards and better support child welfare and protection.

This article describes how Mission Vatsalya’s policy framework is being translated into practice through convergence—coordinated action across ministries, departments, local governance bodies, and civil society—to strengthen family‑based care and child protection systems in India.

This article reports how Los Angeles County’s foster care population has dropped sharply — about 46 % over the past five years, a sharper decline than statewide and national trends — driven largely by deliberate changes in practice and policy that aim to keep families intact rather than remove ch

This blog, from Hope and Homes for Children, argues that the new Netflix documentary Masaka Kids: A Rhythm Within—produced with the involvement of Harry and Meghan and set in a Ugandan orphanage—presents a superficially heartwarming story that risks reinforcing harmful perceptions about institutional care at a time when global leaders, including the UK, are advocating for family-based care and ending orphanages.

This article describes how thousands of adults who grew up in the UK care system continue to struggle to access their childhood care records — files that often hold the only written account of their early lives and decisions made about them.

The article reports on a key event held on 2 December 2025 at the Eurochild–hosted session at the European Parliament, marking the end of a three-year national effort in Bulgaria to shift from institutional care toward family- and community-based child protection.

This article reports on the introduction of the Global Child Thrive Reauthorization Act of 2025, a bipartisan bill in the U.S. Congress designed to expand and deepen early childhood development efforts in some of the world’s poorest countries.

This article notes how Ofsted’s annual report reveals that nine in ten councils in England are placing children in unregistered care homes, some charging up to £30,000 per week, due to a lack of available registered placements despite a record 4,010 children’s homes nationwide.

This article highlights a pilot program in Wisconsin Department of Children and Families called Wisconsin Family Keys, which provided modest financial assistance for rent and housing support to families at risk of losing their children due to housing instability, and as a result successfully kept