ISS is an international NGO that assists children and families confronted with complex social problems as a result of migration, and promotes child protection and welfare. 

IFCP is a global, not-for-profit networking organisation serving to promote and support family based foster care across the world. 

IFSW is an international, non-governmental organisation of national associations of social workers striving for social justice, human rights and social development through the promotion of social work, best practice models and the facilitation of international cooperation.

CYC-Net aims to promote and facilitate reading, learning, information sharing, discussion, networking, support and accountable practice amongst all who work with children, youth and families. 

FICE-International works in over 30 countries to support at-risk children, children with special needs, and children in out-of-home-care. 

CRIN is a global research, policy and advocacy organisation grounded in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, which promotes children’s rights including adequate care. 

The International Movement ATD Fourth World is an NGO that engages with individuals and institutions to find solutions to eradicate extreme poverty, and includes a focus on strengthening families. 

UK based organization that works across Europe and Africa to support deinstitutionalisation and strengthen family-based care for children.

Save the Children is an international NGO that support’s children’s rights around the world, and focuses on protecting children from abuse, neglect, exploitation and violence.

The United Nations Children’s Fund is a United Nations programme that provides humanitarian and development support to children across the world.

Lumos works to support children in institutions worldwide to regain their right to a family life and to end the institutionalisation of children. 

DCOF supports programs that help families and communities to provide necessary care, protection, and support for children without adequate care.

Family for Every Child is a global network of national civil society organisations that support children to grow up in caring families, safe from exploitation and abuse.

This country care review includes the care-related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities during the sixteenth session (15 Aug 2016 – 2 Sep 2016) of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

To facilitate well-informed decisions, the researchers collected and disseminated evidence from systematic reviews (SR) to local child welfare stakeholders in Norway through plain language summaries. This article describes that process.

This paper examines the Irish national and international legislation governing asylum systems, provides an overview of the Irish Direct Provision system and suggests a model under which these cases may be analysed across different societal levels.

This study replicated and extended previous research which identified the small proportion of highly productive foster parents who provide a disproportionate amount of care in the United States. This study used a nationally representative sample of foster families (N = 876) with a focus on willingness to foster, and actually fostering, children with special needs.

This article reports on the Western Uganda Bantwana Program, which worked with more than 1,000 HIV/AIDS-affected families with the goals of improving socioeconomic status, psychosocial functioning, and educational participation.

This qualitative study focused on disadvantaged women in the US child welfare system who have lost their parental rights.

The current study seeks to examine the social images associated with children and youth in residential care and the respective care institutions in Portugal.

This study reports on results of a national survey conducted in the United States about the attitudes, perceptions, and utilization of evidence-based practices (EBPs) in residential care settings.

This information packet provides an overview of deportation of family members in families of mixed immigration status in the United States, as it relates to child welfare.

This article, based on research in progress, discusses possible dangers of child abandonment and neglect in Lesotho, using attachment theory as its theoretical grounding.

This document reviews UNICEF’s achievements in ensuring children’s protection in the 6 weeks following the devastating earthquakes in Nepal in 2015.

This paper reviews the empirical literature on the effects of institutionalization on young children’s development from the perspective of global child welfare practice and policy.