Throughout the year, the BCN Secretariat disseminates the latest research, tools, news, videos, opportunities and events, and other resources related to children's care around the globe through its monthly newsletter. The newsletter membership has expanded from just over 300 participants in 2003 to over 5,200 across 67 countries in 2024.
Special Issues of the newsletter are also published, often in partnership with key actors in the sector, focusing on a particular theme, country or region to draw attention to the growing body of knowledge developing on the issue or context and to help busy practitioners keep abreast of learning and changes. If you want to share a resource or propose a theme for a special issue, please contact us at contact@bettercarenetwork.org
This issue of the BCN Newsletter focuses on child and youth participation and perspectives, highlighting research and other resources that include the voices and experiences of children and youth in care or who have been in care, as well as those resources that examine the participation of children and youth in the alternative care system or offer guidance on how to engage children and youth and facilitate their participation in decision-making.
This issue of the BCN Newsletter focuses on the criminalization of children and young people with experience of alternative care, highlighting research and other resources that point to the higher likelihood of involvement in the criminal justice system among care-experienced young people in several countries.
This issue of the BCN newsletter focuses on children with disabilities, highlighting presentations from the UN Human Rights Council Side Event on Promoting Quality Alternative Care for Children with Disabilities, reports from the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, and the UN Human Rights Council Resolution on "empowering children with disabilities for the enjoyment of their human rights," among other resources related to children with disabilities and care.
This issue of the BCN Newsletter, produced in collaboration with Dr Meredith Kiraly, is focused on kinship care.
To coincide with Universal Children’s Day today, 20th November, Better Care Network is launching a pilot campaign in the USA, UK and Australia to reduce orphanage volunteering.
This issue of the BCN newsletter focuses on transnational families, with particular emphasis on scholarly articles related to parental migration, "left-behind" children, and transnational family experiences.
This issue of the BCN newsletter highlights recent learning from deinstitutionalization and household economic strengthening projects in Uganda, studies on alternative care practices in Cambodia, and other relevant resources on children's care from around the world. It also features relevant news, events, videos, and job postings.
This issue of the BCN newsletter focuses on family separation at the U.S.-Mexico border, including articles highlighting the impacts of the trauma of family separation, statements and recommendations issued by national and international organizations in response to the family separation policy, and other news and resources related to the separation of immigrant and refugee families.
This issue of the Better Care Network newsletter is published jointly with Coordinating Comprehensive Care for Children, or 4Children, and focuses on family strengthening.
