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On 21-22 June 2017, the African Child Policy Forum and Better Care Network - with the support of Catholic Relief Services, Family for Every Child, Hope and Homes for Children and Save the Children - convened 40 leaders representing child rights bodies, regional economic communities, national governments and civil society in Nairobi, Kenya for the Africa Expert Consultation: Violence…
Ending Violence in Childhood is a report from the Know Violence Initiative addressing childhood violence around the world. The report compiles information from a series of global research papers commissioned by Know Violence, presenting the scale and scope of the issue globally. Examples of preventative efforts from governments, communities, and organizations are provided to illustrate the feasibility of preventing violence on local and national levels. This report underlines that childhood violence comes at a cost to not only the children experiencing it, but also for their…
This infographic was shared by the Country Core Team from Uganda who presented at a workshop in London in September 2017, facilitated by MEASURE Evaluation, funded and supported by DCOF/USAID and focused on moving forward alternative care reform in Ghana, Uganda, Armenia and Moldova. The infographic provides a historical timeline of the alternative care reform process in Uganda, marking key achievements in the establishment of policies, guidelines, procedures, and…
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A primary goal of the U.S. child welfare system (CWS) is to maintain children investigated for maltreatment in their parents' homes whenever safely possible. This study explores the possibility that early care and education (ECE) services (e.g., child care, preschool, day care) can help the CWS achieve this goal by using a nationally representative sample of children referred to CWS for suspected maltreatment to measure the relationship between ECE receipt and the likelihood that 0–5 year olds in the CWS will be placed in foster care approximately 18 …
Este nuevo relevamiento muestra y analiza datos actualizados relativos a la cantidad de niñas, niños y adolescentes (NNyA) sin cuidados parentales en la República Argentina, los lugares de cuidado donde están alojados, las condiciones en las que viven, el organismo que decidió que fueran separados o separadas de su mamá, papá o familia ampliada, los motivos de esta separación, los tiempos de permanencia en las instituciones, los motivos de ingreso y egreso.
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Purpose
This study is an outcome evaluation of Cottage Housing Incorporated's Serna Village Program (CHI), a supportive housing program serving homeless families in Sacramento, California.
Methods
This quasi-experimental study examined a sample of 293 children and youth who lived with their parents in CHI between 2002 and 2009.
Results
71% of the children had a history of foster care before CHI; 10% of the youth reentered foster care after graduating from CHI (compared with reentry rates of 20–40% from other studies). The CHI youth overall spent less time in care…
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In the contexts of family neglect or maltreatment, the State intervenes by safeguarding the development and well-being of the child or young person in danger. In more severe situations, the intervention may lead to the child’s removal from the family. The Portuguese Law on the Protection of Children and Young People in Danger (Law 142/2015 of September 8th) favours the placement of the child in a family environment, especially for children up to the age of six.
Despite this, in Portugal, in 2015, 8 600 children were in out-of-home care, only 3.5% of which were placed in foster…
The 21-22 June 2017 Africa Expert Consultation on Violence against Children (VAC) in All Care Settings was the second in a series of regional consultations focused on engaging experts within the region to collaborate, share learning, and formulate a set of regional recommendations for key actors to effectively address violence against children within all care settings,…
A total of 327 children and young people in street situations from 32 countries were consulted in the development of General Comment 21 on the Convention on the Rights of the Child, issued by the Committee on the Rights of the Child. General Comment 21 "provides authoritative guidance to States on developing comprehensive, long-term national strategies on children in street situations using a holistic, child rights approach and addressing both prevention and response in line with the Convention on the Rights of the Child." While the…
This video appears in Week 1 of the online course Getting Care Right for All Children: Implementing the UN Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children, hosted by CELCIS at the University of Strathclyde on FutureLearn as part of an International Inter-Agency MOOC.
Introduction to gatekeeping
In this video, …