This article, written by Professor Andy Bilson and published in the UK's Telegraph, highlights a new campaign launched by Hope and Homes for Children called 'End the Silence.' The campaign is designed to raise awareness on the effects of institutionalization on children, and to raise funding for the organization's deinstitionalization efforts ("closing orphanages and finding loving, family based care for children.")

The paper draws on a mixed methods study the role and effectiveness of Independent Reviewing Officers in England. 

The Tracking Progress Tool is a free, web-based, interactive diagnostic and learning tool designed to enable national actors to determine the extent to which their country has effectively implemented the Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children and to identify the priorities for change still ahead.

This technical note presents a conceptual framework for localisation in protection and education coordination. It includes a description of the role of coordinators and coordination groups in localization and examples of how localization can be integrated in the humanitarian program cycle.

This review is a summary of the literature, from multiple disciplines, on residential child care and its deleterious effects on children.

This report outlines the MEASURE Evaluation workshop sessions and provides highlights, key discussion points, and action items.

This article explores the mental health outcomes for unaccompanied refugee minors (URM) and offers recommendations for improving psychological wellbeing.

A Familiar Face: Violence in the lives of children and adolescents uses the most current data to shed light on four specific forms of violence: violent discipline and exposure to domestic abuse during early childhood; violence at school; violent deaths among adolescents; and sexual violence in childhood and adolescence. 

This Handbook explores early childhood interventions and policy through 36 chapters in various country contexts, including chapters on early childhood services for children in care. 

International Foster Care Organisation's 2017 World Conference “Setting Sail from a Safe Port: Giving our children confidence to move forward with safe and permanent relationships” ​will take place in Valletta, Malta from 1st to 4th November 2017.