This article from the Canadian Journal of Family Law finds that an Australian version of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) of the United States is feasible and could significantly reduce Indigenous child removals and the break up of Indigenous families and communities in Australia.
In this study, educational outcomes for 68 children (aged 3–9 years) in foster-care due to concerns about abuse or neglect were compared to those for 166 children with current or past child welfare involvement living at home.
FICE Israel decided to initiate a short survey to document and share information about the way different countries handled their policies and practices in residential care facilities during that period. This report presents findings and some conclusions from this primary survey.
This article examines the current Common European Asylum System (CEAS), which includes several measures to protect unaccompanied minors.
The overall aim of the present study was to expand knowledge about depression among unaccompanied refugee minors in the years after they were granted protection in Norway.
This study focuses on the preparation for social reintegration of young Indian girls about to leave their residential care homes.
This Internal Mid Term Review (MTR) was conducted after completion of Year 1 of a pilot project to create a replicable model for child care institutions (CCIs) to effectively implement Family Based & Alternative Care in India.
The goal of this research was to challenge or validate the assumptions that underpin existing impact and change focused solutions; to combat the complete dearth of data and lack of meaningful information available in the sector about the longer term effects of institutional care on children in India; and to enable programmes both within and outside of Make A Difference to be designed on the back of benchmarked and trackable outcomes.
The present study report is based on data collected through the National Mapping Exercise in India covering all child care institutions (CCIs)/Homes except 34 CCIs/Homes in Uttar Pradesh. The details of scenario captured by these statistics are expected to provide necessary guidance to all stakeholders regarding improvements required in policy formulation and implementation in future.
The National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) of India has formulated this Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) in order to address gaps in current policy regarding the death of a child in a Child Care Institution (CCI) and the duty of Child Care Institutions to address issues such as escape, runaway or sexual abuse of children in the CCI.
