Child Welfare Information Gateway promotes the safety, permanency, and well-being of children, youth, and families by connecting child welfare, adoption, and related professionals as well as the public to information, resources, and tools covering topics on child welfare, child abuse and neglect, out-of-home care, adoption, and more.

The Annie E. Casey Foundation focuses on strengthening families, building stronger communities and ensuring children’s access to opportunity. They advance research and solutions to overcome the barriers to success, help communities demonstrate what works and influence decision makers to invest in strategies based on solid evidence. As a private philanthropy based in Baltimore and working across the USA, Annie E. Casey makes grants that help federal agencies, states, counties, cities and neighborhoods create more innovative, cost-effective responses to the issues that…

CDF is a US based non-profit child advocacy organization that champions policies and programs that lift children out of poverty; protect them from abuse and neglect; strengthen families; and ensure quality care for children in alternative care arrangements (foster/kinship/adoptive care).  

Child Trends is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research centre that provides valuable information and insights on the well-being of children and youth. Their work ranges from doing high-level analyses to helping organizations make their direct services more effective. Their clients are researchers, policymakers, funders, and practitioners. All of their work is aimed at improving children’s lives, now and in the future. Topics of research include child maltreatment/child welfare, and families and parenting.  

Guided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation aspires to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. They are dedicated to discovering and disseminating innovative approaches to addressing extreme poverty and poor health in developing countries and improving the U.S. education system.

The "Embrace" Program is operated by the Community Development Authority (CDA) of the Government of Dubai. The CDA is the responsible authority for providing care for abandoned children in the Emirate of Dubai. In conjunction with shelters, housing institutions and alternative families, CDA provides all the support abandoned children deserve in accordance with Islamic law and values. CDA has made the fostering process simpler and encourages UAE families to participate in the program. The aim behind 'Embrace' …

The Al-Aman Fund for the Future of Orphans supports care leavers in Jordan by helping them to secure education and vocational scholarships, offering career advice and counseling and financial support.    

The Jordan River Foundation (JRF) is a Jordanian non-profit, non-governmental organization (NGO) established in 1995 and Chaired by Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah. Main programs include the Jordan River Child Safety Program and the Jordan River Community Empowerment Program. JRF's vision is for a Jordan where solutions are homegrown, where the opportunity to prosper is for all, and where the well being of Jordan's children shapes its future. Its mission is to engage Jordanians to realize their full economic potential and overcome social challenges especially child abuse. JRF…

Naba'a is a non-political, non-profit Lebanese organization which works with Palestinian and Lebanese communities. They aim to create an environment in which children and young people can develop and live in harmony, regardless of their religion, sex and nationality. Naba'a also aims to support young children who are most at risk of violence and neglect in their communities: to provide them with opportunities to develop, physically and socially, and to grow up in a safe, healthy and inclusive environment. Naba'a is a member of …

Hope Village Society was founded in 1988 to work with and care for street children in Egypt. The ultimate aim of Hope Village Society is to rehabilitate and reintegrate the children into main stream society. Their mission is: 

• To provide care and shelter to street children 
• The rehabilitation and training of street children 
• Assisting academic research relating to street children 
• Offering technical training to other professionals 
• Helping children understand and pursue their rights
• …