Organizations Working on Children's Care

This page offers a Directory of Organizations working on children’s care issues around the world, at a local, national, regional, and/or global level. The Directory is provided to encourage information sharing and communication between actors working in this sector.

Please note that the inclusion or exclusion of organizations in this Directory does not necessarily entail any judgement or endorsement on the part of BCN or its advisory group on the quality of their programs or services. In line with BCN's Mission, criteria for adding an organization to the Directory include evidence of relevant work in the areas of family strengthening, prevention of separation, alternative care, reintegration and transition from care, care reform, and other relevant areas. We are continuing to expand our directory and welcome suggestions of additional organizations to highlight.

Note: Choosing 'Global' from the drop-down menu below will produce a list of organizations that work at the global level (not a list of all organizations).

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Expert Group on Children at Risk

The Children’s Unit at the Council of the Baltic Sea States Secretariat (CBSS) aims to create safe and secure environment for children in the Baltic Sea Region by initiating projects and cooperation on child rights and child protection issues, including out of home care for children, in the Baltic Sea Region and beyond.

Fairstart Foundation

Fairstart Foundation provides online instructor courses educating people to train caregivers working in foster and group care systems. Their ambition is to improve the professional competencies of caregivers globally and thereby support development of vulnerable children. They offer user-friendly, research-based educations that show consideration for local cultures and allow instructors as well as caregivers to be co-creators of their own development and learning processes.

Faith to Action Initiative

In 2006, members of the Better Care Network formed the FBO outreach committee in order to promote better practice within the faith-based orphan care community. This committee formalized in 2008 and is now known as the Faith to Action Initiative.

FAMadagascar

FAMadagascar is a not for profit organisation which aims to both protect and advocate for a child's right to be part of a loving family as stipulated in the United Nations Convention on the rights of the child. FAMadagascar seeks to advocate for true justice for families and children by helping families in crisis in order to prevent child abandonment. FAMadagascar also facilitates in-country kinship care or foster care for children at risk, empowering local Malagasy communities to be the answer.

Family Advocacy Program (FAP)

The Family Advocacy Program (FAP), a division of the Department of Pediatrics at the North Bronx Healthcare Network, is a nationally recognized Child Advocacy Center dedicated to the identification, assessment and treatment of children and adolescents who have been sexually abused or physically abused and/or neglected.

Family Care First React

In 2014, USAID launched Family Care First, a global initiative that seeks to uncover and advance transformational solutions that considerably reduce the number of children growing up outside of safe, nurturing, family-based care. In 2015, Cambodia was selected as the first site to pilot this approach. Today, Family Care First is an ever-growing partnership, comprised of global and community partners from all sectors committed to increasing the percentage of children living in safe, nurturing and family based care.

Family Child Youth Association

The Association, since its foundation in 1993, has been supporting the rights, welfare, and protection of children and family strengthening, helping professionals, raising awareness, conducting research and publishing materials accordingly. Participating in several EU and domestic projects, providing training, adapting good practices, translating and publishing materials in different related areas.

Family Finding

The Family Finding model, developed by Kevin A. Campbell, offers methods and strategies to locate and engage relatives of children currently living in out-of-home care. The goal of Family Finding is to connect each child with a family, so that every child may benefit from the lifelong connections that only a family provides.

Family for Every Child

Family for Every Child is a global network of local and national civil society organisations working together to improve the lives of vulnerable children around the world and supporting children to grow up in caring families, safe from exploitation and abuse.

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Farm Orphan Support Trust (FOST)

FOST was born in 1997 as a response to the increase in orphaned children on farms in Zimbabwe largely due to the devastating impact of HIV and AIDS. It is a registered Private Voluntary Organization (PVO), which solicits and facilitates support for orphans and vulnerable children in farm communities in Zimbabwe.