Examined the eight countries in which USAID supported significant child welfare reform programs: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Georgia, Romania, Russia, and Ukraine. The paper discusses population issues, the current system of child welfare, USAID-funded activities, lessons learned, and best practices.
 

Analysis of policy and service model used to identify barriers in the delivery of alternative care services for children.

This paper outlines a vision for the network of services, policies, and programmes necessary to protect children at risk and enable them to reach their full potential, free from violence, exploitation, and abuse.

This study aims to compare perceived life improvement and life satisfaction among double orphans in 3 main care arrangements (group home, AIDS orphanage, kinship care) in 2 rural Chinese counties.

This situation analysis focuses on the current conditions that affect children in Cambodia and their capacity to enjoy all their rights as recognized in the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

This study assesses the development, social integration and post-return reintegration issues facing child victims of trafficking and migration related exploitation in shelters and orphanages in Cambodia.  

This law lays out the principles, conditions, procedures and regulations for inter-country adoption in Cambodia.

Ce rapport est basé sur une évaluation indépendante du SSI réalisée en 2009. Son principal objectif est d'identifier et débattre des problèmes liés au processus d'adoption en vue d'aider le Vietnam à préparer sa ratification de la CLH-1993. 

In 2006 the Indian Ministry of Women and Child Development proposed the adoption of an Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS), which was adopted and launched by the central government in 2009-2010. Recognizing chronic under funding of child protection services in the country and major gaps in the system, the ICPS was expected to significantly contribute to the realization of Government/State responsibility by creating a system that would effectively and efficiently protect children.

The purpose of this study is to inform stakeholders about the current status of social work in the region, describe the practice environment, identify gaps between what is expected of social workers and the reality, provide examples of best practices, and make recommendations for furthering the development of social work in the region.