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World Vision

This child-led research initiative was conducted under the umbrella of World Vision’s DEAR project (Development Education and Awareness Raising) and the Sustainable Development Agenda 2030. The study explores explore SDG 16.2, the goal that focuses on the issue of ‘abuse, exploitation, trafficking, and all forms of violence against and torture of children’.

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Child Welfare Financing SFY 2016: A survey of federal, state, and local expenditures

Kristina Rosinsky and Sarah Catherine Williams - Child Trends

Child Trends conducted this 10th national survey of U.S. child welfare agency expenditures to promote an understanding of the challenges and opportunities agencies face in serving vulnerable children. This report is part of an array of resources compiled from the survey’s findings.

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An exploration of life outcomes for college graduates with foster care histories by race: Preliminary results from a campus-based program

Yvonne A. Unrau, Ann W. Dawson, Jonathan C. Anthony, Tamara M. Toutant, Ronicka D. Hamilton - Children and Youth Services Review

This paper explores how college graduates with foster care histories fare after graduating from a 4-year college that offered a campus-based program.

Enumeration of Children Living on the Streets in Uganda Across Four Locations: Iganga, Jijna, Mbale, and Kampala

Retrak - Hope for Justice

The goal of this research project is to inform policy and practice in Uganda by providing an estimate of the number of children on the streets in Kampala, Jinja, Iganga and Mbale; insight into the characteristics of these children; and exploration of children’s perspectives of their engagement on the streets.

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COVID-19: Call to action to protect vulnerable families and children in alternative care across Europe

Hope and Homes for Children and Lumos

This call to action, endorsed by several organizations, calls on European governments and European Union institutions to reinforce actions to respond to the needs of the most vulnerable children and families during the COVID-19 crisis. It outlines the main challenges for vulnerable children and families, and what the EU and European governments can do to address these challenges.

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Implementing International Child Safeguarding Standards in the context of the COVID-19 global pandemic

Keeping Children Safe

This briefing sets out how organisations can use the Keeping Children Safe International Child Safeguarding Standards to ensure they do all they can to protect children from harm caused by their staff, programmes, operations and partners in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.