In 2018, there were still 185 institutions in Romania housing 6,632 children. 2,997 children with disabilities were living in 81 institutions for children with disabilities in Romania. The majority of children in out-of-home care were placed in family based care, including 18,317 children in foster care and 18,437 children in kinship care.

This Country Fact Sheet discusses Poland’s recent reforms to its institutional care system. 

This Country Fact Sheet from Moldova reports that since 2007, the number of children in institutional care has dropped from 12,000 to 2,214. 

Opening Doors for Children report in this Country Fact Sheet that despite the country’s efforts, Lithuania’s institutional rates remain very high.

This Country Fact Sheet from Latvia reports that there are currently 1,429 children in Latvia living in institutional care facilities.

This Country Fact Sheet discusses deinstitutionalization as part of Hungary’s child welfare and protection policy.

According to this Country Fact Sheet focusing Greece, there is no database holding data on children in alternative care in Greece.

This Estonia Country Fact Sheet highlights the transformations made in deinstitutionalization in Estonia since 2004.  By the end of 2015, there were 1,068 children in 38 residential care settings in Estonia.

This fact sheet highlights Bosnia and Herzegovina’s latest developments in Deinstitutionalization.

This fact sheet highlights Austria’s process in transforming institutional care towards community-based and family-based systems.