The focus of ISSA's three-day 2017 Conference: Local Responses, Global Advances: Towards Competent Early Childhood Systems will examine how the speed of change in today’s world requires substantial shifts in the ways early childhood systems are designed, equipped, governed, financed and supported. The 2017 ISSA Conference will unite the knowledge and practice of researchers, practitioners, policy makers, parents and NGOs from around the world to explore early childhood themes through insightful discussions and interactive sessions, while sharing their wisdom and solutions.

Implementation of comprehensive care reform strategy in Rwanda has led to a successful transition from a system dependent on insitutionalization to one that embraces family-based care. 

Aiming to assist providers to identify and better serve the needs of youth victims of human trafficking, this study developed and pretested a Human Trafficking Screening Tool used to identify youth in the child welfare system and runaway and homeless youth who have experiences of trafficking, 

A study conducted in two residential care facilities in Jamaica found that one in every three youth in care tested positive for at least one sexually transmitted infection (STI), but laws restrict reproductive health education and enabling access to contraception for young people. 

ISPCAN is hosting its 15th annual European Regional Conference in the Netherlands 1-4 October, 2017.

This brief summarizes recent findings from two global, systematic reviews on the effectiveness of parenting interventions. 

This editorial by The Lancet draws connections between early childhood development, education and childhood violence, illustrating the need for early and cross-sectoral investments in children. 

The charity Barnardo's has released its archive of photos and testimonials from black children and teenagers taken into the organization's residential homes up to 120 years ago.

This document sheds some light on where funding discussions currently stand with regard to U.S. government programs for global children and youth issues. 

The Global Social Service Workforce Alliance is collecting stories from practitioners with experience working with families impacted by violence.