Manual to assist countries in strengthening their information system around children in formal care through data collection around 15 global indicators

This document, entitled "The Mechanism of Professional Supervision in Social Assistance", was approved by Order of the Minister of Social Protection, Family and Child (Moldova) on 31 December 2008.

This annex contains the Moldova government's "Minimum Standards of Quality for the Functioning of Foster Care." This document addresses compulsory norms, existing at national level, that guarantees a minimum level of quality in the process of fost

The information collection tools from the Manual for the Measurement of Indicators for Children in Formal Care - a manual to assist countries in strengthening their information system around children in formal care through data collection around 15 global indicators.

Country level evaluation of contributing factors to the establishment of an alternative care system.

This paper is the first in a series of four papers that aim to critically assess the expanding evidence base on child maltreatment with the aim of informing policy and practice relating to child maltreatment. The series focuses mainly on high-income countries and eastern European countries that are in economic transition, since the problem and systems for response differ in low-income and many middle-income countries. This first paper of the Series aims to quantify the magnitude of the problem, its determinants, and consequences.

Explores the disparity in support given to children in formal foster care in the United States compared to those in informal kin arrangements

Assessment on the impact of HIV/AIDS on key aspects of family life cycles

Examines data on progress, emerging evidence, and current knowledge and practice for children as they relate to four programme areas

Country level evaluation of contributing factors to the establishment of an alternative care system.