The International Parent Advocacy Network (IPAN) and Rise have developed this toolkit for advocacy by parents whose families have been harmed by child welfare systems worldwide
This Practice Brief accompanies the International Review of Parent Advocacy in Child Welfare: Strengthening Children's Care and Protection Through Parent Participation.
Promoting parent and child participation is central to achieving children’s rights. This review of the literature and program documentation presents evidence on the role of parent advocacy in achieving better outcomes for children and their families in child welfare.
The purpose of this manual is to offer guidance on supervision to individuals working to provide, manage or coordinate social services. This manual defines what is meant by supervision in social services, outlines the key elements of good practice in supervision and summarizes the different forms of supervision.
The India Alternative Care Network (IACN) held a website launch event on 21 October 2020.
Este informe documenta violaciones graves y generalizadas a los derechos humanos de niñas, niños adolescentes y adultos con discapacidad en centros residenciales en México.
This report documents severe and pervasive human rights violations against children and adults with disabilities in residential facilities in Mexico.
This report presents data from a three-year pilot of a program that set out to prevent removals and expedite permanency by providing multidisciplinary services to at-risk families in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
This evaluation sought to explore the differences in case outcomes by program participation and racial groups.
This process evaluation of the King County Parents for Parents Program (P4P) examines the program’s efficacy and suggests areas for continued improvement.
This report presents the results of multi-country research launched in 2018 on refugee data in Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon to study the impact of cash-based interventions (CBI) on child protection outcomes.
The purpose of the research is to generate learning and recommendations to develop public policies to support the transition of adolescents and youth from the alternative care system to autonomous life in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Peru.
The purpose of this study is to examine parents’ reports on the response their children received to their needs during the COVID-19 crisis.
This report brings together the latest state and territory data on 5 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle (ATSICPP) indicators that measure and track the application of the Placement and Connection elements of the ATSICPP.
El presente informe sistematiza la información recabada en encuentros virtuales realizados con adolescentes y jóvenes y con equipos del Sistema de promoción y protección de derechos desde el inicio del aislamiento.
This document has been produced to provide guidance for advocacy organisations and advocates delivering independent advocacy to families at risk.
This article highlights emerging parent representation models that expedite the safe reunification of children already in foster care.
This article describes several parent partner/advocate programs operating around the United States, including programs that train parents to serve as parent mentors and programs that train parent leaders to sit at the decision-making table and influence child welfare policy.
This report is an outcome of the Hand In Hand Parent Meeting held in Melbourne, Australia on 19 September 2018. It shares the stories of parents with intellectual disabilities.
The following research study aimed to discover the relationships and contributions that parent partners have in the reunification process of parents and children within the child welfare system.
This issue of A Closer Look examines:
This evaluation study was conducted in an effort to learn more about the innovative parent organizing model implemented by the Child Welfare Organizing Project (CWOP) in East Harlem, New York City and identify the role and impact of CWOP community representatives on birthparents, families, and child safety conference outcomes.
As an outgrowth of Casey’s ongoing work with birth parents, Research Services and Technical Assistance Unit collaborated to review strategies and programs that increase birth parent engagement with child welfare services and that develop effective child welfare partnerships with birth parents as mentors, leaders and advisers.
This Churchill Fellowship has explored family inclusion initiatives in the USA, Canada, Norway and the UK and has found that family inclusion is a pathway to better outcomes for children and young people including restoration and permanency.
This Casey Family Programs issue brief looks at the use of peer mentors (“parent partners”) who work with parents entering in and engaging with the child welfare system.
