Paraguay Protege Familias (PPF) is a volunteer movement (led by a group of children's homes, foster care agencies and other organizations, churches and pastoral networks, professionals, and business leaders) that seeks to support families and ensure that all children that cannot remain with their birth families are placed in the care of safe and loving families. This is achieved by mobilizing every segment of society, along with connecting with decision-makers and those who work directly with Paraguay's vulnerable children and families. Among others, PPF works very closely with government, as well as NGOs and international entities. Its main work is to raise awareness within the national church and society as a whole, provide training for practitioners and caregivers, as well as to influence and improve public policies and laws.
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As a movement, in 2017 PPF spearheaded an 8-month postgraduate training course on alternative care for children, together with Government and specialist local NGOs and Casa Viva (Costa Rica) through the Evangelical University of Paraguay. 8 residential care facilities participated in this training by way of their professionals (social workers, psychologists and/or lawyers), or their carers. This course focused on practical application of standards for alternative care for children and support required, family based care and how to develop foster care program, professional assessment work with biological family and family reunification efforts etc. During this course, theory was given and practice was supervised, in order to transition to family-based care. Since, PPF has participated in different arenas to both adjust/implement current policies, improve practices (Government casework as well as the care providing) and influence law reform. Meanwhile, organizations that are part of the PPF driving group continue to transition, both by doing family reunification efforts as well as transitioning to smaller group homes and even to develop new foster care programs (almost non existent in Paraguay, due to lack of funding).