This qualitative study explores how educational resilience and institutional support shape the transition experiences of young people leaving residential care in Romania. Through interviews with care leavers and professionals, it examines the role of relationships, mentorship, education, and aftercare in supporting social integration.

The Guardian article is a deeply personal account of an adoptee who reconnects with his birth parents decades after being forcibly separated from his mother at birth in 1970s Britain, a time when social stigma and institutional pressures led many unmarried women to relinquish their children.

This report examines how children’s services respond to domestic abuse and how factors such as poverty, gender, race, ethnicity and age influence both families’ experiences and professional decision-making. Researchers found significant gaps in the information collected and used by services and policymakers, alongside limited understanding of the social and economic contexts in which domestic abuse occurs.

This study examines the protection of unaccompanied and separated children (UASC) displaced by the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, focusing on their vulnerability to trafficking and exploitation across European host countries. Using a mixed-methods approach, it assesses the effectiveness of existing protection systems, identifies key intersectional risks, and highlights emerging good practices, with the aim of informing improved responses to current and future large-scale child displacement crises.

Reunification can be a pivotal transition for children, young people, and their families. A return home is not a single event: it is a process that requires careful assessment, purposeful planning, shared decision-making, and sustained support before, during, and after a child returns home. This Practice Guide focuses on reunification.

This brief examines how armed conflict affects children’s development and family life, drawing on attachment theory and insights from the war in Ukraine. It highlights both the harms of war and the resilience of families, emphasizing the need for targeted support to help caregivers and professionals provide safe, stable care for children during and after conflict.

This report examines the characteristics, circumstances, and support needs of children and families involved in Special Guardianship Orders (SGOs) project in Wales. It aims to strengthen understanding of factors that influence children’s long-term outcomes and inform more effective support services for kinship care families.

This report explores the attitudes, motivations, and practices of Irish Christians in supporting children in overseas care, particularly in residential institutions. The report finds that while many are driven by compassion, faith-based values, and a desire to help vulnerable children, there is often limited awareness of the potential harms of institutional care and the benefits of family-based alternatives.

This U.S. Department of State report outlines ongoing efforts related to the protection and welfare of Ukrainian children affected by the war, with a particular focus on intercountry adoption, trafficking risks, and child protection systems.

This study examines the long-term effects of early institutional care in Zurich, finding that infants exposed to severe psychosocial deprivation faced significantly higher mortality risk and lost an estimated 12 years of life compared to peers raised in the community. It highlights that lack of nurturing interaction in early childhood has lasting consequences into adulthood, underscoring the critical importance of responsive care for child health and survival.