The paper presents a detailed analysis of the Russian official statistics for orphans and children placed out of parental care. 

The article contains analysis of parental potential in foster families and the resources of its strengthening with the support of the professional community. 

This report from Opening Doors discusses the Opening Doors II pan-European campaign launched in Chisinau.  

The Bulgaria Country Fact Sheet provides short details on the state of institutional care in Bulgaria.

Extracting on chronologic data, this book discusses the politics and practice of intercountry adoption starting with the state international adoption to in the 1950s continuing to present-day adoption practice and protections.

This abstract relays the findings of a survey on informal carers' views and opinions under the current conditions of social support in the Czech Republic. 

This article discusses Bulgaria's challenges since the shut down of its crowded institutions, which housed disabled children.

This document summarizes the content of the 6-7 October 2016 Network Meeting of National Statistical Offices. The event comprised of a number of presentations on topics related to the SDGs and data on children in alternative care. 

The current study makes analyses of the national strategy for deinstitutionalization of children and concludes on important recommendations concerning national policy development. 

This study examined whether interventions in Russian Baby Homes promoting warm, sensitive, and responsive caregiver-child interactions and relationships would be associated with advantages in those children’s behavior years after they transitioned to family care.