Europe

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Stephan Sting, Georg Streissguertl , Julia Weissnar,

This article examines how care leavers navigate their relationships with biological mothers and fathers. It is based on a qualitative study from Austria, which focused on social networks and family relationships of 18-to 27-year-old care-experienced youth.

KIND,

This online expert training will provide a regional overview of the regional framework surrounding transition to adulthood in Europe, as well as recent changes. Experts will share their experience with supporting children as they transition to adulthood, and how guardians are a key safeguard in this critical phase. 

Irina Malanciuc - Children and young People Now,

The article argues that the system of children’s residential care in the UK is failing to meet the needs of young people, pointing to persistent evidence that many children do worse in residential homes than in alternative arrangements.

Office of Education, U.K.,

This report examines the challenges faced by local authorities in providing cost-effective, high-quality residential care for looked-after children in England, where numbers have risen to 83,630 as of March 2024.

Alison Holt - BBC,

This BBC article covers a National Audit Office (NAO) report showing that the cost of residential care for vulnerable children in England has nearly doubled in five years to £3.1bn, with councils spending an average of £318,400 pe

European Roma Rights Centre,

This article exposes horrific abuse and neglect uncovered at a state-run children’s home in Szolnok, Hungary, where children reportedly endured physical violence, sexual abuse, filthy living conditions, and staff indifference to their complaints.

Allegra J. Midgette, Juliene Madureira Ferreira, Lucretia Fairchild, Yen-Hsin Chen,

This study investigated how Finnish, Taiwanese, and U.S. children conceptualized and experienced care.

Maria Groinig, Martina Pokoj,

This article presents the Care Leaver Statistics (CLS) study, the first nationwide panel study in Germany focused on young people leaving out-of-home care, like foster or residential care. It follows about 1,500 youth aged 16–19 over several years to understand their life transitions, including education, employment, housing, health, social networks, and societal participation. The study also emphasizes ethical research practices, diversity sensitivity, and participatory methods that can empower care-experienced youth.

EuroChild,

This article, from EuroChild, notes how in August 2025, North Macedonia took a significant stride toward strengthening child welfare by officially adopting its National Action Plan on the Rights of the Child for 2025–2029.

Karen Winter and Gillian Ruch ,

This Policy and Practice Short has emerged from an Erasmus+ Key Action 2 project funded by the European Union (EU). The project has become known as the PANDA project, an acronym drawn from the words participation and collaboration for action, and its focus is on promoting the participation rights of young children, aged 12 and under in child welfare and child protection.