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The European Network on Independent Living for JBS International, Inc. - USAID ,

This report from USAID, prepared by the European Network on Independent Living, features the findings from a study on why little progress has been made to end the institutionalization of people with disabilities in Eastern Europe and Eurasia.

Brankica Janković, State Secretary, Ministry of Labor, Employment, and Social Policy,

This presentation to the 2012 Sofia Conference by Brankica Janković, State Secretary, Ministry of Labor, Employment, and Social Policy, introduces the achievements and challenges faced in altering the attitude of professionals working with children with disabilities from preferring institutions to family-based care systems.

Ingrid Hojer, Judy Sebba and Nikki Luke ,

This literature review by the Rees Centre for Research in Fostering and Education at the University of Oxford was undertaken to identify the ways in which carers’ children might be more effectively prepared and supported when their families are fostering.

NUI Galway, Lumos, European Foundation Centre, The Equal Rights Trust, AGE Platform Europe, European Disability Forum ,

This joint memo was issued by a group of European organizations to clearly state their belief that the draft language on community living in the proposed EU Structural Funds Regulations should be amended to enhance the effect and to better advance the rights of children, persons with disabilities, and older people.

Mike Stein, Australian Social Work, 2014, Vol. 67, No. 1, 24–38,

This study compares the data on young people transitioning from out of home care from 9 non-communist European countries examined in the INTRAC document with 14 post-communist countries reviewed in the SOS and INTRAC publications. 

Dr.Irene Stevens, Dr.Graham Connelly & Dr.Ian Milligan - CELCIS,

This paper presents an evaluation of the pilot foster care project (FCPP) in Albania.

Better Care Network ,

This country care review includes the Concluding Observations for the Committee on the Rights of the Child adopted as part of its examination of Andorra's second periodic report at the 61st Session of the Committee held between 17 September and 5 October, 2012, as well as other care-related concluding observations, ratification dates, and links to the Universal Periodic Review and Hague Intercountry Adoption Country Profile.

European Union,

This Recommendation by the European Commission on Investing in Children, stresses the importance of early intervention and preventative approaches, and makes quality childcare one of its key policy areas to break the cycle of disadvantage in early years and reduce the risk of child poverty and social exclusion.

Carolyne Willow - The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea,

This guidance aims to raise awareness of the importance of children and young people in alternative care settings being able to make, influence and participate in decisions about their own lives, and other matters affecting them.

Save the Children Italy,

This is Save the Children's decalogue for child support in emergencies.