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The first waves of child care reforms in the Europe and Central Asia (‘ECA’) region were based on one simple, clear and evidence-based argument: children should never be ‘warehoused’ in large institutions and are best raised in families and within communities. After over 20 years of efforts to transform large-scale institutions in the region into family and community-based care settings, a new and important discussion has emerged that focuses on two core questions:
- Is residential care, under certain conditions, an appropriate form of communitybased care?
- If so, what…
People with disabilities have the right to live in the community, according to Article 19 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. However, more than a decade after the adoption of the CRPD by the UN and nearly global ratification, children with disabilities continue to be placed in institutions in every region of the world. Worse still, low-middle income countries that have never had systems of institutionalization have started to build them.
In 2017, the CRPD Committee adopted general comment No. 5 on Article 19 on living independently and being included in the…
The India Alternative Care Network (IACN) came into effect in March 2020. It is hosted at Butterflies and is supported by UNICEF. IACN brings together an array of practitioners, academicians, policy advocates and organisations working on improving the well-being and protection of children without parental care or at risk of separation. Through the online and offline initiatives, IACN aims to work on strengthening policy and practice on…
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Deinstitutionalisation and quality alternative care is a topic that is widely discussed in search of policies, strategies and good practices. This issue affects all children directly or indirectly. It is very pertinent to the South Asia region. Children who are in institutional care require deinstitutionalisation process that involves both prevention and a range of alternative care options that are community-based, family-based or family-like care. The Local Process Initiative (LPI), which was implemented in the Devinuwara Divisional Secretariat Division (DSD) in the Matara…
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The enactment of new legislations and policies and establishment of proper implementation agencies are considered the fundamental elements of modernisation. Likewise, in India, the child welfare sector is witnessing a paradigm shift after the implementation of juvenile justice acts and the establishment of Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS). The policy documents suggest that institutionalisation of a child must be the last resort; hence, the ideal situation is deinstitutionalising children from institutions to other care facilities. Childcare staff have to intervene…
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This article discusses the issues of adoption, foster care and the appointment of guardians and trustees, as well as issues related to the upbringing of children deprived of parental care, innovations in family law and the placement of children deprived of parental care.
The Better Care Network, ACC International Relief and Changing the Way We Care invited practitioners, advocates and organisations who promote and support residential care service transitions to this launch webinar of the Transitioning Models of Care Assessment Tool.
In the webinar, developers Rebecca Nhep and Hannah Won introduced the tool and spoke to its origins, purpose, use, structure, key themes and the unique scoring system…
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This study examined deinstitutionalisation in Thailand. Qualitative interviews were conducted with a total of 27 child welfare practitioners and policy actors to explore their perceptions of Thai alternative care provision. Findings show that participants perceive deinstitutionalisation as a complex policy challenge. Some felt that the institutions were necessary in order to meet demand, while others felt that cultural barriers prevent a shift to family-based approaches, such as foster care. However, data suggest that it would be difficult to characterise deinstitutionalisation as…
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This article describes a policy adoption case study about deinstitutionalization of childcare in Georgia since independence. It highlights the evolving and non-homogeneous nature of transnational agency in the area of childcare deinstitutionalization, and offers insights into the complex relationship between transnational agency and national policymaking. The analysis draws on national policy documents, reports of United Nations agencies, the European Union, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and non-governmental organizations that contributed to the…
Summary Report: Mid-term Review (MTR) for Family Based Care (FBC) Pilot Project with Base Model CCIs
Background:
What we know. Children thrive when they grow up in families surrounded by love, support and security. Most families would not leave their children behind in Child Care Institutions (CCIs) if they had been provided with the right support to care for their child. Juvenile Justice Act, United Nation Commission for Child Rights (UNCRC), UN Alternative Care Guidelines & UNICEF all support Family Based and Alternative Care and also believe that CCIs should be the last resort & reunification begins when a child enters an institution.
In light of…