Webinar Recording: A Decade of INSPIRE – Evidence in Action to End Violence Against Children

This webinar celebrated a decade of evidence in action and highlight the next phase of INSPIRE’s global implementation and research agenda. It brought together global leaders, researchers, and practitioners to discuss what the new evidence means for countries, sectors, and systems working to end violence against children.

Webinar Recording: Strengthening the Community-Level Social Welfare Workforce

Save the Children and Global Social Service Workforce Alliance

This webinar held in partnership with Save the Children and the Global Social Service Workforce Alliance (GSSWA) focuses on Strengthening the Community-Level Social Welfare Workforce (CLSWW). The session presents key learnings from the nine‑country analysis and introduces new practical guidance to help practitioners, governments, and partners strengthen the CLSWW through a Child Protection Systems Strengthening (CPSS) and localization lens.

Where Do We Go from Here to Support Children in Adversity? Recommendations from the Front Lines

Georgetown University Collaborative on Global Children's Issues

The U.S. government’s foreign assistance reductions and rescissions in 2025 are reshaping the global policy and financing landscape for children in adversity. This report, drawing on consultations with over 200 stakeholders, outlines strategies across four pillars to mitigate harm from the cuts and strengthen local capacity to support vulnerable children, families, and communities.

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A Legacy of Care: Historical Perspectives and Lessons From 35 Years of U.S. Government Support to Children in Adversity

Georgetown University Collaborative on Global Children's Issues

This historical overview documents milestones in the evolution of the U.S. government’s work to support the development, care, and protection of children globally, as well as coordination efforts across the U.S. government to promote a holistic response to the needs of vulnerable children. It draws on a review of publicly available documentation and conversations with numerous United States Agency for International Development (USAID) staff and partners involved in work on behalf of highly vulnerable children over more than three decades.

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Webinar Recording: Reforming Care Systems Webinar Series: Ground Level Systems Change and National Realities

Transforming Children's Care Global Collaborative Platform

This webinar, co-hosted by the Transforming Children's Care collaborative and Hope and Homes for Children, dove into the ground-level realities of system strengthening across three diverse national contexts: South Africa, Rwanda, and Bulgaria. Country experts shared the critical bottlenecks they encountered, the strategies that worked, the course corrections required, and the evidence of impact for children and families.

Nurturing care for children with developmental delays and disabilities

UNICEF and WHO

The brief outlines a nurturing care approach for early childhood development that integrates health, nutrition, safety, responsive caregiving, and early learning to support children’s well-being and long-term outcomes. It highlights that children with developmental delays and disabilities face heightened risks of exclusion and calls for inclusive, family-centered policies and services that strengthen community-based support and ensure equitable access to care.

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The Implications of Clientelism for Reintegration and Family Strengthening

Rebecca Nhep

This study examines the impact of clientelism on reintegration and family-strengthening efforts for children in Cambodian and Myanmar residential care institutions where clientelism is present. It finds that patron–client relationships between directors and families often undermine reintegration by limiting parental agency and co-opting reintegration to serve the interests of directors rather than children.

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Report: Children’s care reform: from commitment to collective action

Wilton Park

From 28–30 January 2026, fifty representatives from governments, civil society, faith-based organisations, UN agencies, academia, and young people with experience of care gathered at Wilton Park in the UK to discuss how the Global Campaign for Children’s Care Reform can move from commitment to collective action. This report provides a record of the dialogue. 

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[Podcast] The $4.5 Billion Disconnect Between What We Believe and Do About Orphans

Helping Children Worldwide

This podcast explores why many U.S. Christians continue to financially support orphanages despite believing children thrive best in families, highlighting a gap between values and giving behaviors. Drawing on Barna research, it examines misconceptions, emotional drivers, and practical barriers influencing donor choices, while encouraging a shift toward family-based care and more ethical, community-centered engagement.