Evaluation of a multi-site program designed to strengthen relational bonds for siblings separated by foster care

Jeffrey Waid, Armeda Stevenson Wojciak - Evaluation and Program Planning

This study describes and evaluates Camp To Belong, a multi-site program designed to provide short-term reunification to separated sibling groups through a week-long summer camp experience in the US. 

Enhancing Police Responses to Children Exposed to Violence: A Toolkit for Law Enforcement

Steven Marans & Hilary Hahn - Yale Medicine Child Study Center (Primary Authors)

This new toolkit provides practical tools and resources to assist law enforcement agencies in building or enhancing effective operational responses to children exposed to violence (with or without a mental health partner). This toolkit contains tools targeted to police leaders and frontline officers.

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Working Paper: Myth-busting? Confronting Six Common Perceptions about Unconditional Cash Transfers as a Poverty Reduction Strategy in Africa

Sudhanshu Handa, Silvio Daidone, Amber Peterman, Benjamin Davis, Audrey Pereira, Tia Palermo, and Jennifer Yablonski on behalf of the Transfer Project - UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti

This report summarizes evidence on six perceptions associated with cash transfer programming, using eight rigorous evaluations conducted on large-scale government unconditional cash transfers in sub-Saharan Africa, under the Transfer Project. 

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Building a national child protection system in Ghana: From evidence to policy and practice

UNICEF & Global Affairs Canada

This case study is part of a UNICEF global initiative, undertaken in collaboration with Global Affairs Canada, to document national child protection frameworks in five core programming countries; this report describes the activities and findings from UNICEF's exploration of Ghana's national child protection system. 

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Promoting birth parents' relationships with their toddlers upon reunification: Results from Promoting First Relationships® home visiting program

Monica L. Oxford, Maureen Marcenko, Charles B. Fleming, Mary Jane Lohr, Susan J. Spieker - Children and Youth Services Review

This study reports on the findings from a randomized control trial of a 10-week home visiting program, Promoting First Relationships® (Kelly, Sandoval, Zuckerman, & Buehlman, 2008), for a subsample of 43 reunified birth parents of toddlers that were part of the larger trial.

Episode 51: Dr. Delia Pop – How We Can Discover and Develop Each Child’s Uniqueness in Cross-Cultural Situations?

Think Orphan

In this episode of the Think Orphan podcast, Philip Darke speaks with Dr. Delia Pop about the impact of institutional care, deinstitutionalisation (DI), cross-cultural application, and how faith communities, missionaries, volunteers, and donors can work toward better outcomes for children outside family care. 

From the ground up: Developing a national case management system for highly vulnerable children - An experience in Zimbabwe

N. Beth Bradford - Coordinating Comprehensive Care for Children (4Children), Catholic Relief Services

This case study describes the adaptation of a community-based case management model to a national case management framework for highly vulnerable children in Zimbabwe. 

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