Modelo de Cuidados Alternativos Aplicables en la República de Guatemala
2018
Guatemala
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.
demographic_data
16.35 million
Total Population
Census, 2018
6.57 million
People
Total Population Under 18
Estimate
40.19%
Population Under 18
Census, 2018
4.5
People
Mean Household Size
Census, 2018
25.1%
Prevalence of Female-Headed Households
DHS 2014-2015
Upper Middle Income Country
World Bank GNI Status
World Bank, 2019
59.3%
Living Below Poverty Line
Instituto Nacional de Estadística - Guatemala, 2014
48.3
GINI Coefficient
World Bank, 2014
0.651
Human Development Index
UNDP, 2019
childrens_living_arrangement
%
Country
NO SOURCE GIVEN
65.2%
Living with Both Parents
DHS 2014-2015
27.3%
Living with One Parent
DHS 2014-2015
7%
Living with Neither Parent
NO SOURCE GIVEN
%
Effective
NO SOURCE GIVEN
children_living_without_bio
77%
Both Parents Alive
BCN Analysis of 2014-2105 DHS Data
19%
One Parent Dead
BCN Analysis of 2014-2105 DHS Data
4%
Both Parents Dead
BCN Analysis of 2014-2105 DHS Data
54.8%
Children living below poverty line
Pobreza Multidimensional infantil y adolescente en Guatemala: PRIVACIONES A SUPERAR. 2016, ICEFI y UNICEF
5.3%
Children with Disabilities
ENDIS 2016
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age 2-17
Left Behind Children (Migration)
30,329
children
CIPRODENI, 2019
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NNA aprehendidos en la frontera sur de EEUU: 30,329
NNA Guatemaltecos retornados: 20,028
Ethnic Minority children
3.01 million
children
Census, 2018
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Mayan 2,866,111 (age 0-18 / 2018)
Garífuna 7, 280 (age 0-18 / 2018)
Xinka 123,387 (age 0-18 / 2018)
Afromestizo 12,321 (age 0-18 / 2018)
Children affected by HIV
35
children
Informe epidemiológico de VIH del MSPAS 2017
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age 0-19
Children in conflict with the law
1,131
children
Cuaderno de Debate: Adolescentes en Conflicto con la Ley Penal desde la justicia restaurativa, FLACSO, 2017
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aged 13-18
0 Families/Parents
0 Children
NO SOURCE GIVEN
0 Families/Parents
0 Children
NO SOURCE GIVEN
Total Family-Based Alternative Care
- - Families/Parents
- - Children
NO SOURCE GIVEN
Foster Care
150 Foster Families/Foster Parents
63 Children
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150 approved foster families, 63 children approved and placed in 47 families
Information provided via phone call with the Foster Care Program of the SBS, 14 April 2020
Formal Kinship Care
- - Families/Parents
- - Children
NO SOURCE GIVEN
Total Residential Care
- - Settings
- - Children
NO SOURCE GIVEN
Larger Institutions
146 Settings
3,863 Children
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146 (124 private and 22 public facilitiies) and 4,215 children
National Census of Residential Care Facilities, 2019
Transit Centres/Shelters
1 Settings
- - Children
Secretaría de Bienestar Social de la Presidencia
Lancet Global Study Estimate of Children Living in Institutional Care
10,939 Children
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Lower Bound: 10811.43
Upper Bound: 11065.58
Desmond, et al, 2020
adoption
NO DATA AVAIABLE
Country
NO SOURCE GIVEN
115
children
Domestic Adoption
Information provided via phone call with the CNA, 28 September 2020
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From Jan-Sept 2020. 53 completed and 62 in process.
0
children
Inter-country Adoption
NO SOURCE GIVEN
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Moratorium on intercountry adoption since 2008
NO DATA AVAIABLE
Effective
NO SOURCE GIVEN
94%
Children with Both Parents Alive
DHS
5.2%
Children with One Parent Alive
DHS
0.3%
Children with Both Parents Dead
DHS
Country
NO SOURCE GIVEN
Effective
NO SOURCE GIVEN
% GDP
7
Social Welfare Spending
Ministry of Finance
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Government spend on social welfare is 6.9% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
% GDP
3
Child Welfare Spending
Instituto Centroamericano de Estudios Fiscales
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Government spend on child welfare is 3.48% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
%
0
Child Protection Spending
Child Fund. Guatemala: 10 años de inversión en niñez y adolescencia
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Government spend on child protection is 0.08% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
Alternative Care Policy in Line with the 2009 Guidelines
No
NO SOURCE GIVEN
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As a “public policy” it does not exist but there are applicable legal mechanisms, such as the Adoption Law and the SBS Agreement that includes the Foster Family program. // Como “política pública” no existe pero sí existen mecanismos legales aplicables, como la Ley de Adopciones y el Acuerdo de la SBS que crea el programa de Familias de Acogimiento Temporal.
Commitment to Deinstitutionalistion
Partly
Consejo Nacional de Adopciones (CNA), 2018; Child Frontiers, 2012
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1. Pilot plan for deinstitutionalization in Chimaltenago // Plan piloto de desinstitucionalización (DI) en Chimaltenago
2. National Commission of Deinstitutionalization // Comisión Nacional de DI (Plan de DI OJ y PGN)
3. Buckner, with DCOF funds, had a deinstitutionalization (DI) project focused on children under three years of age.
4. Holt International had a DI program in 2008-10 with GHR funds.
Comprehensive Child Protection Law
Yes
Ley de Protección Integral de la Niñez y Adolescencia, 2003
Continuum of Alternative Care Services Available
Partly
NO SOURCE GIVEN
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Kinship care readily used but informally, foster care exists but very limited
Data System
Limited
NO SOURCE GIVEN
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Each government body has some type of data collection system but nothing centralized. Changing the Way We Care (CTWWC) has done an internal report on this.
Existence of a Regulatory Body and Regulatory System
Partly
NO SOURCE GIVEN
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CNA has oversight and responsibility to register private residential care facilities. Four different government bodies have mandates for different roles and responsibilities of the child protection system: Judiciary, Attorney General, Secretariat for Social Welfare and National Adoption Council.
Gatekeeping Mechanism/Policy
Partly
Reglamento de la Procuraduría de Niñez y Adolescencia 56-2018
Means of Tracking Progress with Reforms
Yes
Care System Assessment completed in 2020 and will be used as a baseline
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Using the Care System Assessment, to be finalized
Moratorium on Admission into Institutions for Children Under 3
No
NO SOURCE GIVEN
Moratorium on New Institutions
No
NO SOURCE GIVEN
National Action Plan to Guide Reforms
No
NO SOURCE GIVEN
National Standards of Care
Limited
Standards for Residential Care, Consejo Nacional de Adopciones (CNA)
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There are 15 standards in CNA
Prevention of Separation Services Available
No
NO SOURCE GIVEN
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Programa de Madres en Conflicto con su Maternidad del Consejo Nacional de Adopciones
Support for Careleavers (in Legislation and in Practice)
No
NO SOURCE GIVEN
Legislation Governing Children's Care
Yes
Ley de Protección Integral de la Niñez y Adolescencia, Decreto 27-2003; Ley de Adopciones 77-2007
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Key Stakeholders
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Government
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Formulación, coordinación y ejecución de las Políticas Públicas de Protección Integral de la Niñez y Adolescencia // Formulate, coordinate and execute public policy as it relates to child protection
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Representar legalmente a los NNA Ley de Protección de Niñez y Adolescencia, Decreto 27-2003. Artículo 108 // Legal representative of children and adolescents as per Decree 27-2003, Article 108
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Garantiza los derechos de los NNA en el Proceso de Protección Ley de Protección de Niñez y Adolescencia, Decreto 27-2003. Artículo 103 // Guarantor of children's rights in child protection cases as per Decree 27-2003, Article 103
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Responsable de reestablecer los derechos de NNA a desarrollarse integralmente en un ambiente permanente a través de la preservación en su familia biológica o la integración en una familia adoptiva Ley de Adopciones, Decreto 77.2017 // Responsible for all matters concerning adoption and oversight of private residential care homes as per the Adoption Law.
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Responsable de dotar de servicios básicos orientados a mejorar las condiciones de vida de los NNA // Responsible for the provision of basic services to children with the aim of improving life conditions.
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Facilitar que los estudiantes construyan aprendizajes pertinentes a su contexto sociocultural y relevantes al desarrollo psicobiosocial. // Responsible for the provision of education to all children.
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Le corresponde formular las políticas y hacer cumplir el régimen jurídico relativo a la salud // Responsible for formulating and executing public policy related to public health
Civil Society Organisations
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Christian-based network of protection homes
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Private NGO serving female victims of trafficking,. Strong advocacy presence
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Network for the articulation of efforts of 11 Non-Governmental Organizations committed to the defense, promotion and protection of the Rights of Girls, Boys and Adolescents
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Non-profit association dedicated to the care, protection and guarantee of the human rights of children and adolescents.
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Faith based organization providing temporary care for young women but also providing reintegration services
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Provider of residential care
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Faith-based provider of care.
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Global NGO expert on child health, education and protection
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Other Relevant Reforms
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Child Protection
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Iniciativa de Ley No. 52-85 Congreso de la República de Guatemala
Source: Congreso de la República de Guatemala
Decentralisation
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Iniciativa de Ley No. 52-85 Congreso de la República de Guatemala
Source: Congreso de la República de Guatemala
Migration
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Código de Migración, Decreto 44-2006
Source: Congreso de la República de Guatemala
Education
Source: MINEDUC
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Ley de Educación Especial 59-2007
drivers_of_institutionalisation
Drivers of Institutionaliziation
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Push Factors
"Riesgo Social"
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From the National Census of Residential Care Facilities, 2019. These are the top ten reasons for placement found in the children's files. "Riesgo social" is open to interpretation but often is a "catch all" for poverty or violence.
Neglect
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From the National Census of Residential Care Facilities, 2019. These are the top ten reasons for placement found in the children's files.
Sexual Abuse
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From the National Census of Residential Care Facilities, 2019. These are the top ten reasons for placement found in the children's files.
Abandonment
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From the National Census of Residential Care Facilities, 2019. These are the top ten reasons for placement found in the children's files.
Family and Economic Situation
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From the National Census of Residential Care Facilities, 2019. These are the top ten reasons for placement found in the children's files.
Violation of Rights
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From the National Census of Residential Care Facilities, 2019. These are the top ten reasons for placement found in the children's files.
Orphanhood
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From the National Census of Residential Care Facilities, 2019. These are the top ten reasons for placement found in the children's files.
Maltreatment
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From the National Census of Residential Care Facilities, 2019. These are the top ten reasons for placement found in the children's files.
Violence
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From the National Census of Residential Care Facilities, 2019. These are the top ten reasons for placement found in the children's files.
"Convenio"
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From the National Census of Residential Care Facilities, 2019. These are the top ten reasons for placement found in the children's files.
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key_research_and_information
Key Data Sources
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Prevalence and number of children living in institutional care: global, regional, and country estimates
06 Mar 2020
Reglamento de la Procuraduría de la Niñez y la Adolescencia de la Procuraduría General de la Nación
08 May 2018
Revisión del gasto público asociado al cuidado de la niñez y adolescencia en Guatemala (2015 - 2019)
01 Jul 2020
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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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In 2021 Changing the Way We Care (CTWWC) completed a household survey of children and caregivers, in demonstration countries Kenya and Guatemala, to understand their experience of CTWWC services, the protective factors in their families, and the status of child well-being. Part of CTWWC’s year-three evaluation, these resulting four reports are meant to help CTWWC partners, and other care reform actors within Guatemala and Kenya, better understand CTWWC’s impact through the end of the initiative’s third year.
This report contains the complete Kenya and Guatemala Household Survey results.
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Este gráfico está destinado a los profesionales que trabajan en los organismos gubernamentales y las organizaciones no gubernamentales que participan en diferentes aspectos del sistema de protección y atención, pero específicamente en el apoyo a la reunificación, y detalla las funciones y responsabilidades específicas de quienes participan en este proceso en Guatemala y cómo deben coordinarse.
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This graphic is intended for use by professionals working within government agencies and non-governmental organizations in Guatemala engaged in different aspects of the protection and care system but specifically in support of reunification. It details specific roles and responsibilities of those engaged in this process in Guatemala and how they should coordinate.
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This two-pager highlights 2018-2020 results of the The Changing the Way We Care℠ (CTWWC) initiative for decision makers, government officials, media, other institutions or organizations working with children and adolescents, and private and public counterparts. CTWWC was formed in 2018 to transform care systems and demonstrate sustainable change at scale in 5 to 7 countries, including Guatemala, Kenya, Moldova, India, and Haiti. In Guatemala and around the world, more than 80-90% of children and adolescents living in orphanages (referred to as “protection homes” in Guatemala) have at least one living parent.
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Esta ruta fue aprobada por la Secretaría de Bienestar Social para ser utilizada en Zacapa por los trabajadores sociales y psicólogas que están involucrados en el proceso de manejo de caso para la reintegración de los niños y niñas del cuidado residencial hacia el cuidado familiar. Esta diseñada para apoyar la celeridad de los procesos y atención a casos.
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Case Management Procedures for Reunification and Reintegration of Children and Adolescents into Family and Community-based Care was developed together with Secretary of Social Welfare (SBS), the Office of the Child and Youth Advocate (PNA), Guatemala’s Attorney General (PGN), the Judicial Branch (OJ), the National Council of Adoptions (CNA), ASOCRIGUA and Hogar Aldeas de Esperanza. It was informed by Changing the Way We Care’s work in Kenya on the Caseworker’s Guidebook: Case Management for Reintegration of Children into Family or Community-Based Care, adapted to the Guatemalan context.
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This report describes the process used for designing and facilitating focus group discussions with children and young adults, that informed the household survey design.
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The report is aimed at professionals in social work, psychology and pedagogy who work directly with children who are in the process of reintegration into a family and community environment. The document contemplates the process carried out for the closure of cases approached from a case management methodology. The report captures the experience that was had in Zacapa, Guatemala, and it reflects on the importance of reintegration through a planned process of case management and close accompaniment to families and caregivers.
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El documento “Cierre de casos de niños, niñas y adolescentes reintegrados a un entorno familiar y comunitario en área de demostración” es un documento dirigido a profesionales de trabajo social, psicología y pedagogía que trabajan directamente en la atención a NNA que están en proceso de reintegración a un entorno familiar y comunitario, el documento contempla el proceso realizado para el cierre de casos abordado desde una metodología de gestión de casos, dentro del documento también se narra la experiencia que se tuvo en Zacapa, Guatemala y se reflexiona sobre la importancia de la reintegración a través de un proceso planificado de gestión de casos y de acompañamiento cercano a las familias y cuidadores.
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