This country page features an interactive, icon-based data dashboard providing a national-level overview of the status of children’s care and care reform efforts (a “Country Care Snapshot”), along with a list of resources and organizations in the country.
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Add New DataOther Relevant Reforms
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Add New DataPrevalence and number of children living in institutional care: global, regional, and country estimates
Reglamento de la Procuraduría de la Niñez y la Adolescencia de la Procuraduría General de la Nación
Revisión del gasto público asociado al cuidado de la niñez y adolescencia en Guatemala (2015 - 2019)
Acknowledgements
Data for this country care snapshot was contributed by a consultant with Maestral International and partners at Changing the Way We Care.
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The story of Buckner Guatemala’s transition from residential care to family care is told in this recently released Faith to Action case study. The case study details their experience through three stages of transition—learning, preparation and planning, and full transition—with transparency. It addresses common challenges for transitioning organizations, as well as the strategies Buckner took to overcome them.
This learning brief was developed as part of the CTWWC 2021 annual report and shares learning from demonstration countries on how to engage and bring faith actors into care reform.
This learning brief was developed as part of the CTWWC 2021 annual report and shares learning from two demonstration countries, Moldova and Guatemala. It showcases how care reform is led by government and how to influence different government actors.
This learning brief was developed as part of the CTWWC 2021 annual report and shares learning from several contexts and is intended to share learning on how family strengthening, reunification, case management and workforce strengthening can be integrated in care reform.
This learning brief was developed as part of the CTWWC 2022 annual report and shares learning from across different contexts. It is intended to showcase how the transition of care services is happening and how it can be supported.
This learning brief was developed as part of the CTWWC 2022 annual report and shares learning from Kenya, Guatemala and Moldova. It is intended to help other practitioners understand how to bring meaningful participation of people with lived experience into care reform. By people with lived experience CTWWC considers children and youth, care leavers, parents and other care givers who are experiencing the care system in their context.
This learning brief was developed as part of Changing the Way We Care's 2022 annual report and shares learning on family-based alternative care from Guatemala, Moldova, India and Kenya and links the reader to additional CTWWC resources on the topic.
This article discusses the evolution of adoption policy and practices in Guatemala from the 1990s to 2021.
Este documento se basa en la experiencia de Cambiando la Forma en Que Cuidamos (o sus siglas en inglés, CTWWC) Guatemala en procesos de fortalecimiento familiar y comunitario en un área específica de intervención.
Este documento está diseñado para orientar a las personas u organizaciones que están apoyando un proceso de transición para pasar de proporcionar atención residencial a un modelo que promueva la atención familiar y comunitaria. El documento está diseñado en torno a las Fases de la Transición de Better Care Network. Se basa en el trabajo que Changing the Way We Care ha realizado en los últimos años para apoyar a diferentes proveedores de atención residencial, tanto religiosos como laicos, en su propio proceso de transición. Hay ejemplos y enlaces a herramientas relevantes, mensajes y actividades sugeridas que pueden utilizarse para apoyar las diferentes fases del proceso.