Since South Korea's adoption of a law banning adoption agencies from accepting undocumented babies, the number of infants abandoned in the country have increased.

For the first time in history, the U.S. Department of State's Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report acknowledges orphanages as a destination point for trafficked children in Nepal. Martin Punaks, of Lumos, discusses orphanage trafficking and the importance of its recognition in the TIP Report, as well as how to build on this momentum moving forward. 

This briefing paper underlines the issue of the lack of accurate and reliable data on children outside family care and provides insight on how to move forward in closing the data gap to ensure all children are counted.

Commissioned by England's Department for Education, this review of the fostering system in England provides a look into the details of the foster care system, how it functions and how children in care are impacted by it, and identifies gaps and areas for improvement. 

This blog post from Ayana Journeys offers alternatives to orphanage volunteering for those looking to "do good" while traveling. 

Major airline American Airlines has committed to fight human trafficking and child exploitation by joining The Code. 

A police investigation found 28 children trafficked into an orphanage in Kerala, India, prompting the formation of an investigative task force to verify the identities and credentials of children living in institutions. 

The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2017 reviews progress made towards the 17 Goals in the second year of implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In the report, children outside family care are identified as a vulnerable group that remains largely invisible in national data counts. 

This study measured the effectiveness of a Positive Parenting and Sensitive Discipline program for mothers and their 10- to 36-month-old children placed in parental residential care. 

This study observes foster care re-entry for young people whose families participated in Cottage Housing Incorporated's Serna Village Program (CHI), a supportive housing program serving homeless families in Sacramento, California.