Minimum Standards of Care and Protection for Children (MSC) in Residential Facilities (in Myanmar language)

Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement of Myanmar & UNICEF

The Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement of Myanmar, with the support of UNICEF, launched a set of guidelines and minimum standards, alongside monitoring and oversight plans, aimed at bettering the lives of children in residential care. 

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Guidelines on Registration and Support for Voluntary Organisations (in Myanmar language)

Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement of Myanmar & UNICEF

The Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement of Myanmar, with the support of UNICEF, launched a set of guidelines and minimum standards, alongside monitoring and oversight plans, aimed at bettering the lives of children in residential care.

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The impact of poverty on children in out-of-home care services in a Chinese context and the application of multiple family group therapy to enrich their family lives

Mooly M.C. Wong, Joyce L.C. Ma and Londy C.L. Chan - Children and Youth Services Review

This article examines the impact of poverty on looked-after children and their families, describes and evaluates the use of multiple family group therapy and other family-based interventions, and reports children's experiences and feedback from the groups. 

Interpersonal trauma and associated psychopathology in girls and boys living in residential care

Sophia Fischer, Claudia Dolitzsch, Klaus Schmeck, Jorg M. Fegert and Marc Schmid - Children and Youth Services Review

The present study aimed to assess the relationship between interpersonal traumatic experiences and specific psychopathological symptoms in a high-risk population of girls and boys living in youth welfare institutions in residential care. 

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Care for left-behind children in rural China: A realist evaluation of a community-based intervention

Chenyue Zhao, Xudon Zhou, Feng Wang, Minmin Jiang, and Therese Hesketh - Children and Youth Services Review

This study evaluated the feasibility, acceptance, preliminary outcomes and potential sustainability of a community-based intervention program for left behind children in China. 

2017 Home Visiting Yearbook

James Bell Associates with the Urban Institute - National Home Visiting Resource Center

The 2017 Home Visiting Yearbook presents, for the first time, the most comprehensive picture available of home visiting on the national and state levels, revealing the breadth of home visiting in the United States and identifying the gaps in practice. 

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Maltreatment experiences and associated factors prior to admission to residential care: A sample of institutionalized children and youth in western Kenya

Gillian Morantz, Donald C. Cole, Samuel Ayaya, David Ayuku, and Paula Braitstein - Child Abuse & Neglect

This study aims to determine the prevalence of maltreatment experienced by institutionalized children prior to their admission to Charitable Children's Institutions (orphanages) in western Kenya, and to describe their socio-demographic characteristics, reasons for admission, and the factors associated with prior experiences of maltreatment.

Preventing and Responding to Violence against Children in All Care Settings in Africa: A Call to Action

Inter-Agency Group

Resulting from the June 2017 Africa Expert Consultation on Violence against Children in All Care Settings and adopted by all participants, this Declaration calls upon leaders at national, sub-regional, pan-African and global levels for further action to fulfill their obligation to protect children against violence in all care settings, with emphasis on alternative care. 

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Pretesting a Human Trafficking Screening Tool in the Child Welfare and Runaway and Homeless Youth Systems

Urban Institute under contract to the U.S. Administration for Children and Families

Aiming to assist providers to identify and better serve the needs of youth victims of human trafficking, this study developed and pretested a Human Trafficking Screening Tool used to identify youth in the child welfare system and runaway and homeless youth who have experiences of trafficking, 

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Child Neglect in Guyana

ChildLinK with support from Guyana Childcare & Protection Agency, the European Union and Family for Every Child

This study, commissioned by ChildLinK, critically examines the factors of child neglect by caregivers in Guyana and offers recommendations for key stakeholders across various disciplines. 

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A Longitudinal Study of Child Maltreatment and Mental Health Predictors of Admission to Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities

Roderick A. Rose and Paul Lanier - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

This exploratory study used cross-sector administrative records linked across multiple systems, including child welfare records and Medicaid claims, from a single state in the U.S. over a five-year period, to investigate the factors that predict entry into psychiatric residential treatment facilities for children. 

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New Perspectives for Outcome-based Evaluation and Research on Family and Children’s Services

Cinzia Canali, Joyce Lai Chong Ma and Tiziano Vecchiato - Emanuela Zancan Foundation, University of Hong Kong and the International Association for Outcome-Based Evaluation and Research on Family and Children's Services

This book is composed of a series of extended abstracts relevant to the evaluation and research of family and children's services in various contexts. 

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