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).