This paper draws attention to a small sample of policy approaches and developments in meeting the needs of oung people leaving care settings in certain jurisdictions.

This article discusses the use of professional theories in the field of residential child care.

This article focuses on the variability in developmental outcomes of foster children and the implications for foster care research and practice.

This article reviews recent evidence from a range of disciplines to inform efforts to adapt to changes in the global political environment, trends in armed conflict and displacement, and advances in science and technology, especially as they relate to the protection of children.

This article looks at how the orphanage industry serves to tear families apart in order to ‘create orphans’, and argues that convincing foreign contributors to withdraw their support will be key to stopping the ‘orphanage industry’ from flourishing.

This Briefing Note outlines the priority areas for the Global Research Agenda, laid out by the Assessment, Measurement and Evidence (AME) Working Group of the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action.

Developed by members of the Global Social Service Workforce Alliance’s Case Management Interest Group, this resource aims to define case management.

This document from the Initiative for Child Rights in the Global Compacts lays out recommended actionable commitments for the Global Compact on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration.

This report from Save the Children identifies concerning trends for the safety and wellbeing of children living in areas impacted by conflict, through analysis of the United Nations Annual Reports of the Secretary General on Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC) and new research by the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO).

The aim of this special issue of the International Journal of Longitudinal and Life Course Studies is to examine the outcomes of children who were raised for part of their childhood in out-of-home care, including in foster care and institutions.