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Cliodhna Russell - TheJournal.ie,

A nine-year-old boy was returned to residential care after his foster family did not receive the additional psychological supports requested, revealing strain on social workers and lack of support for foster carers and children in care. 

Marilyn Boone - CBC News ,

A memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed by the Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador and Aboriginal leaders to call an inqury on the treatment, experiences and outcomes of Innu children in the child protection system. 

Annlyne Barbara Oranga - Mtoto News,

This news article provides a report of the June 2017 Africa Expert Consultation on Violence against Children in All Care Settings, held in Nairobi, Kenya. 

Riazul Haq - The Express Tribune,

The National Assembly's rights panel in Pakistan passed two bills to strengthen protective measures for children: The Islamabad Capital Territory Child Protection Bill 2017, which ensures the protection and care of all children, including unattended orphans; and the Juvenile Justice System Bill 2017, which aims to make special provisions for the legal protection of children. 

Jessica Datta, Geraldine Macdonald, Jane Barlow, Jacqueline Barnes, Diana Elbourne - Children & Society,

This qualitative study, embedded in a randomised trial of the Group Family Nurse Partnership (gFNP) program, was designed to explore the challenges faced by women with experience in the care system during pregnancy and early parenthood and to assess the potential of gFNP to meet their needs through the perspectives of a range of informants.

Dominic McSherry and Montserrat Fargas Malet - Children Australia,

This article responds to "Family foster care: Can it survive the evidence?," an article published in 2014 in Children Australia suggesting that foster care either doesn't change the likelihood of positive outcomes for children, or makes it more difficult for positive outcomes to be achieved. 

Chrissie Gale - London School of Economics ,

In this London School of Economics International Development guest blog, Dr. Chrissie Gale discusses alternative care for children around the world and how it can be improved. 

Kate van Doore - Griffith University Law School, Forget Me Not,

In this video, Kate van Doore describes the process of 'paper orphaning,' a term coined to characterize how children are recruited and trafficked into orphanages to gain profits through international funding and orphanage tourism. 

Elizabeth Green - Chronicle of Social Change,

Youth-led, adult-supported advocacy groups are empowering foster youth in the U.S. to participate and show leadership in policy decisions that affect them. 

Carla González-García, Susana Lázaro-Visa, Iriana Santos, Jorge F. del Valle, and Amaia Bravo - Frontiers in Psychology,

This study describes the school functioning of a sample of 1,216 children aged between 8 and 18 living in residential child care in Spain. Results have important implications for the design of socio-educative intervention strategies in both education and child care systems in order to promote better school achievement and better educational qualifications in this vulnerable group.