Applying a Family-Level Economic Strengthening Intervention to Improve Education and Health-Related Outcomes of School-Going AIDS-Orphaned Children: Lessons from a Randomized Experiment in Southern Uganda.

Ssewamala FM, Karimli L, Torsten N, Wang JS, Han CK, Ilic V, Nabunya P. - PubMed

This study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of a family-level economic strengthening intervention with regard to school attendance, school grades, and self-esteem in AIDS-orphaned adolescents aged 12-16 years from 10 public rural primary schools in southern Uganda. 

Child Welfare: Steps Have Been Taken to Address Unregulated Custody Transfers of Adopted Children

United States Government Accountability Office

In this report, the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) examined (1) the reasons adoptive families consider unregulated child custody transfers, and services that exist to support these families before they take such an action; (2) what is known about the prevalence of these transfers; and (3) actions selected states and federal agencies have taken to address such transfers. 

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Services de Renforcement Familial et de Prise en Charge Alternative en Afrique Subsaharienne: Document de Contexte

Child Frontiers

Ce document de contexte et les briefs nationaux individuels ont été commandés afin d'examiner le statut actuel des services de renforcement familial et de la prise en charge alternative dans dix-huit pays d'Afrique subsaharienne francophone ainsi que quatre pays anglophones et

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Someone that Matters

Save the Children

This video by Save the Children highlights key research findings from an assessment on the quality of care in children's homes in Indonesia (2007), jointly published with the Indonesian Ministry of Social Affairs and UNICEF.