Provides a brief overview of the main issues relating to out-of-home care of children. It emphasizes the need for practice and policy responses that reinforce family- and community-based care and support options.

A brief theoretical overview of the considerations for permanency planning.

Serves as an example of fostering service standards from the perspective of children, birth families, and foster caregivers

A paper introducing the concept of a ‘Protective Environment’ which outlines the elements required in a society for the effective protection of children from violence, exploitation and abuse.

This is an issue of the Early Childhood Matters journal. Topics include community based care, out of home care, institutional care, mothers in prison, child-headed households, and other issues from around the world

Description and findings of a pilot survey designed to monitor and evaluate national responses for children orphaned and made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS. Shows that over 99% of all children live in family care.

Collection of articles highlighting suggestions on how to improve existing mechanisms for providing adequate care. Major article on the current state of international thinking on children without parental care.

Practical guidelines emphasizing the importance of and rationale for ethical standards in child-related research. Annexes include country-specific resources and example documents.

Guidance on planning and implementation of child-specific disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) programming in a peacekeeping environment. Includes definitions, roles for child protection agencies, and key programming considerations on prevention of recruitment.

This study explores four guiding questions: First, what approaches have international organizations developed regarding youth? Second, on which assumptions about youth and their role in violent conflicts are they based? Third, how do the different approaches affect program development, and, fourth, are they are compatible?