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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Casa Viva

Casa Viva is a faith-based organization that exists to provide life-giving solutions for children who have been separated from their families in the developing world.

Catholic Relief Services

Catholic Relief Services is the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States. Its mission is to assist impoverished and disadvantaged people overseas, including those affected by HIV/AIDS, emergencies, and trafficking. CRS leads the 4Children Project, a 5-year, USAID-funded project improving the health and well-being of vulnerable children affected by HIV and AIDS and other adversities.

CCF Moldova

CCF Moldova – children, communities, families was founded in 2004 and has represented Hope and Homes for Children UK in Moldova since 2005. During this time, they succeeded in closing six residential institutions and returned 940 children back to their families. CCF Moldova also managed to prevent the separation of 1 350 children from their families. They have not entered into residential institutions anymore thanks to their prevention programmes.

Center for Migration and Refugee Studies Database

The Center for Migration and Refugee Studies Database is a comprehensive location where migration and refugee research material (especially, but not exclusively) on the Middle East region is compiled. This database aims to facilitate research by bringing together legal authorities (international treaties, regional agreements and national legislation), analytical sources and academic publications and statistical figures in one location to be accessed by researchers with interest in this field of study.

Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Sexual Abuse (CPTCSA)

The Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Sexual Abuse (CPTCSA) has been working for more than 20 years in the Philippines to provide therapeutic support to young perpetrators and survivors of child sexual abuse, and to train foster care providers for children who have been sexually abused.

Parents also attend weekly clinics at CPTCSA’s principle shelter and treatment centre in Manila to cement their involvement in the recovery and reintegration process.

Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University

The Center on the Developing Child’s diverse activities align around building an R&D (research and development) platform for science-based innovation, and transforming the policy and practice landscape that supports and even demands change.

Centre for Excellence for Looked After Children in Scotland (CELCIS)

CELCIS, the Centre for Excellence for Looked After Children in Scotland, based at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, strives to improve the experiences and life chances of children and young people in Scotland who are looked after, their families, and those who have left care - by working alongside the professionals who touch their lives, and the wider systems responsible for their care.

Centre for Research on Children and Families (CRCF)

CRCF is an interdisciplinary research centre at the University of East Anglia, UK, which conducts research and advocacy on vulnerable children and families, including alternative care.

Centre of Excellence in Alternative Care, India

The Centre of Excellence in Alternative Care, India is group of professionals who wish to bridge the existing gaps between policies and practices in child care system in India and ensure that every child is living in a family environment by strengthening and implementing non institutional - alternative care options in India.

Centro de Defesa dos Direitos da Criança do Adolescente – CEDECA Rio de Janeiro

CEDECA Rio de Janeiro is a non-governmental organization (NGO) created in 2009 to defend and promote the rights of children and adolescents. CEDECA's mission is to promote the prevalence and respect of human dignity through the legal and social defense of the human rights of children and adolescents, social mobilization and popular education.