This paper examines the two basic models of the state authorities’ intervention into family life aimed at protecting children.

This Country Fact Sheet from Belgium contains short facts on care and institutionalization in Belgium. 

This report presents the key findings of a scoping study on the links between education and children’s care. The study involved a literature review in English, French and Spanish; key informant interviews; and consultations with 170 children, carers, teachers and other stakeholders in Guyana, India, Russia and Rwanda.

This report examines what family means to children and adults in the following countries: Brazil, India, Guyana, South Africa, Egypt, Mexico, Russia, Kenya.  The storytellers use evidence from 59 short films made using digital storytelling technique.

This article discusses the concept of "Unaccompanied and Separated Children" and how this concept is applied in Russian law.

This chapter from Global Perspectives is a discussion of child protection, care, welfare, and residential care in Greece.  This chapter covers a brief historical overview of the child protection and care situation in Greece, as well as a discussion of care and protection of children in contemporary Greece.  There is a case study included of “The Smile of the Child” foundation.

In this chapter of Global Perspectives, Jorge F. del Valle and Amaia Bravo discuss the history and state of residential child care in Spain including the transitions that occurred in the 1980s and 1990s.  They also discuss types of residential care programs and qualifications of residential care staff.  Del Valle and Bravo review recent literature in the area and discuss current challenges in Spanish residential care.

This study notes that there are currently 700 million people below the poverty line. According to this study, around 40 percent are considered vulnerable children.  It further states that according to UNICEF India has approximately 11 million children living on the streets.  It is one of the highest concentration of the street children in the world.  To investigate the status of street children, this study investigated outreach work in Latvia, Czech Republic and India.

This is an article discussing a research study performed to determine the best forms of out of home care for children.

This article studies different medical and psychological models of orphanhood and the effects these models have on the resiliency of orphanhood.