This small pilot project was conducted to start to understand and compare the situation of grandmothers caring for children in a diverse range of countries when their parents are in prison.

The government of Trinidad and Tobago has completed its draft National Child Policy, according to this article from Newsday.

According to this article from Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, the Children Authority in Tobago plans to regularize foster care and promote kinship care in the country.

A multitude of complaints against Trinidad's Children's Authority spurs investigation.  

The foster care system in Trinidad and Tobago may soon see a significant change, according to this article from the Guardian of Trinidad and Tobago.

The American Convention on Human Rights in an international human rights instrument adopted in San Jose, Costa Rica in November 1969.