This country care review includes the care-related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of the Child. 

This country care review includes the care-related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of the Child and the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. 

In this book, Laury Oaks discusses “Baby safe haven” laws in the United States and the attitudes towards women who use baby safe havens.

In this letter to the editor, the authors express their support for the continued use of “baby hatches” in China. 

In this article, the author offers a response to the recommendations made to the government of the Czech Republic by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).

This article explores the use of baby boxes in Germany and the Netherlands.

Analyzing Malaysian and international practices in regards to “baby-dumping,” the authors of this research article are raising awareness of the punitive approach of the criminal justice system in handling baby dumping cases in Malaysia and other countries, as well as the limited, although important, prevention opportunities.

This dissertation explores the experiences and representations of child abandonment in urban Johannesburg, South Africa. 

This article describes research conducted in Malaysia on young people’s perceptions of “baby dumping,” or the abandonment of newborns and infants, a phenomenon that has become a “serious issue” in Malaysia. 

Zanzibar’s Department of Social Welfare - a department within the Ministry of Empowerment, Social Welfare, Youth, Women and Children - along with Save the Children UK and SOS Children’s Villages undertook a rapid assessment of residential care institutions in Zanzibar in an effort to provide preliminary information to assist the Department of Social Welfare in licensing of all children’s homes in Zanzibar.

These DRAFT Regulations on the Care and Protection of Children of the Children’s Act of Zanzibar offer a definition of a child in need of protection and outline the general duties of the Department of Social Welfare in regards to providing that protection.

This country care review includes the care-related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of the Child.

This country care review includes the care-related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of the Child.

This country care review includes the care-related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of the Child. 

The study used pre-existing data on the most vulnerable children’s (MVC’s) and their guardians’ socio-demographic information and the services they received from Pastoral Activities and Services for People With AIDS Dar es Salaam Archdiocese (PASADA) services agency in Tanzania. 

The purpose of this study was to investigate the coping strategies of caregivers of HIV/AIDS orphans.

In this qualitative study, 35 experienced foster parents in the US were interviewed "explored strategies that facilitate the functional adaptation of children transitioning into their care."

This document highlights examples of good practices in parenting and family strengthening interventions based on evaluations of programs and initiatives throughout Africa.

This toolkit is designed to increase knowledge of the rights and duties provided in the ACRWC and ACERWC, educate government officials on the obligations of State Parties and inform civil society actors on the contents of the Charter as well as the mechanisms for engaging with the ACERWC.

This Implementation Handbook offers explanation and analysis of the articles in the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The aim of the handbook is to be a tool for implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and to provide additional insight and interpretation. 

This study explores the association of caregiver and child characteristics with educational outcomes for orphaned and abandoned children (OAC) in India.

This study was conducted to understand the lived experiences of street children and adolescents.

This study tests the psychometric properties and construct validity of the Family Needs Scale using sample of 303 informal kinship families recruited through local child welfare and social services in New York, USA.

This study used cross-sectional data from 1848 South African children aged 9–13 to address three questions: whether CBOs are reaching those who are most vulnerable, whether attending these organizations is associated with greater psychosocial wellbeing, and how they might work.

The objective of this study was to develop and test an instrument to measure self-representation of youths in residential care in Portugal. 

The purpose of this study is to examine the experiences and outcomes of children in the foster care system in the United States who were removed from their homes at least partially in relation to their parent's or caretaker's disability. 

This systematic review identified research studies examining factors associated with service use among kinship caregivers in the US using key search terms in five computerized bibliographic databases and four journals. 

This study from Singapore examined the association of two factors — children's strengths and placement type, with outcomes at two time-points during out-of-home care. 

This study, based on a sample of 1,324 Jewish and Arab adolescents aged 11–19 in 32 RCSs, examines the prevalence and multilevel correlates of verbal (such as cursing) and indirect (such as social exclusion) forms of victimization by peers in residential care facilities.

This presentation, given at the Social Service Workforce and the Practice of Working with Vulnerable Children and Families Symposium, provides an overview of a child welfare curriculum development and training project for social work faculty in Indonesia. 

This presentation from IRC, given at the State of the Evidence on Children’s Care Symposium, outlines the findings of recent research on parenting interventions in low-resource settings.

Le présent document propose la procédure d’identification, de sélection, de formation, de suivi et d’appui aux familles d’accueil temporaire dans la prise en charge des enfants non accompagnés, séparés, enfants associés aux groupes armés, orphelins et autres enfants vulnérables en Centrafrique, aussi bien sur les sites des déplacés que dans les communautés.

Human Rights Watch llevaba a cabo investigación en México y Honduras en 2015 para examinar cómo México está aplicando la ley nacional e internacional en el tratamiento de migrantes centroamericanos, particularmente los niños. 

Human Rights Watch conducted research throughout Mexico and Honduras in 2015 to examine how Mexico is applying national and international law in its treatment of Central American migrants, particularly children. 

This paper describes Ireland’s successful implementation of a policy of de-institutionalization of out-of-home care for children.

This book features individual empirical studies on the outcomes and progress made for children in foster care around the world.

Source: DHS Survey, 2010

The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), at the request of the European Commission, conducted research on national child protection systems in the 28 European Union (EU) Member States. It seeks to understand how national child protection systems work and to identify common challenges and promising practices. This mapping is for Hungary.

In the fall of 2007, Ramsey County Community Human Services (RCCHSD) was one of five sites chosen as recipients of a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Children’s Bureau (USDHHS) for the“Using Comprehensive Family Assessments to Improve Child Welfare Outcomes” project, to develop a model of comprehensive family assessment to be used in child welfare. 

Source: DHS Survey, 2003

La question spécifique de l'entourage familial des enfants placés dans le cadre de la protection de l'enfance apparaît tout particulièrement complexe et intéressante. Dans la plupart des études jusqu'à présent menées, seule la question du rapport aux institutions des parents d'enfants placés est réellement abordée. En revanche, les questions relatives aux trajectoires individuelles des membres de l'entourage familial des enfants placés dans le cadre la protection de l'enfance, à leur vécu et expérience, au de ressenti de leur situation, aux rapports avec leur entourage et réseau social, et enfin à leur besoin de visibilité et de reconnaissance ne sont pas traitées ni analysées, et méritent une attention particulière. C'est pourquoi l'Observatoire National de la Pauvreté et de l'Exclusion Sociale français a commandé une recherche exploratoire sur le sujet, dont les résultats sont ici présentés.

This paper seeks to highlight the resilience‐enhancing potential for vulnerable young people of roles and relationships in the domains of recreation and work. The paper explores its theme through a specific focus on the needs of young people in long‐term care. 

This report presents the results of an exploratory study on education for children in care in Ireland. The overarching aim of this study is to identify how the Irish education system can best support attendance, participation and attainment in education by children in care. 

Le SSI/CIR a conduit une étude sur la place de la santé des enfants adoptés dans le processus de l'adoption. Afin de brosser un tableau aussi complet que possible, des informations tirées de la pratique ont été collectées par voie de questionnaire, et différents systèmes mis en place à travers le monde ont été analysés.