The CAFO Summit 2026 is a major annual gathering hosted by the Christian Alliance for Orphans (CAFO), scheduled for September 23–25, 2026 at First Baptist Atlanta in Georgia.

This webinar—hosted by the Transitioning Residential Care Working Group under the Transforming Children's Care Collaborative—brought together practitioners from Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Eastern and Southern Africa to explore how social norms shape efforts to transition away from residential care and how they can be effectively addressed.

This article highlights the importance of kinship care and explains how placing children with relatives or fictive kin can reduce trauma, preserve family and community connections, and improve long‑term well‑being outcomes.

This study finds that adolescents in residential care in Chile report lower levels of subjective well-being than their peers in the general population, with notable gender differences in how well-being is experienced. The findings highlight the need for more targeted policies and interventions that address both emotional and cognitive aspects of well-being for young people in care.

This article explores how out-of-home care systems across five countries (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, and the United States) approach cultural care for children, examining the organisational structures, leadership, and practices that support or hinder children’s connections to their culture, family, and community. Drawing on interviews with service providers, it highlights key drivers of effective practice and offers practical tools and insights for strengthening culturally responsive, system-wide approaches to safeguarding children’s identity and wellbeing.

This article reports on a new analysis by the Brookings Institution estimating that over 100,000 children—most of them U.S.

Desarrollada por el Grupo de Trabajo sobre Separación Familiar en colaboración con organizaciones nacionales e internacionales de confianza que trabajan directamente con familias afectadas, esta guía informativa orienta a padres, madres, cuidadores y las personas que les ayudan a comprender mejor sus derechos, conocer las opciones disponibles para la reunificación e identificar recursos que puedan contribuir a encontrar la mejor solución para cada niño, niña, adolescente y su familia.

Developed through the Family Separation Working Group in partnership with trusted national and international organizations on the front lines of supporting families, this practical guide helps parents, caregivers, and those assisting them understand their rights, learn about reunification options, and identify resources that may support them in finding the best solution for their child and family.

This Guardian investigation reveals that the Trump administration arrested the parents of at least 27,000 children in its first seven months in 2025, dramatically increasing deportations and raising concerns about widespread family separation. The report highlights how these policies have disrupted families and warns of long-term emotional, financial, and legal consequences for those affected.

This Guardian article reports that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) awarded a contract to private security firm MVM Inc.—a company previously accused in lawsuits of “torture,” “enforced disappearance,” and mistreatment of migrant children—to help locate undocumented children who entered the U.S. alone. While ICE describes the effort as “safety and wellness checks” to ensure children’s well-being, internal documents and critics suggest the program is actually intended to facilitate deportations or legal action against the children or their sponsors, raising fears of renewed “backdoor family separation.”