Over a hundred years of research proves institutional care is harmful to children, and that family and community care is better for children. Our advocacy team have produced and collated a range of publications relating to deinstitutionalisation, child care reform, and specific global regions.
This paper contains joint recommendations on how to include children’s right to family – and community-based care in the EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child.
Children and young peoples’ responses to a global survey for the Day of General Discussion 2021 on Children’s Rights and Alternative Care
During Covid19, children and young people around the world have lived through an experience unique to our age. Here is a presentation of their thoughts on the lockdown experience, the challenges and opportunities and their hopes for the future.
Read our 2020 publication: ‘Behind the Mask of Care: A Report Based on the Results of the Situation Analysis of Baby Homes in Ukraine’
In April 2020, CCF Moldova carried out research on a sample of 140 families. Here are the results of this research.
This document is an accompaniment to the Inter-agency Technical Note on the Protection of Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Children and Alternative Care.
The aim of this Technical Note is to support child protection practitioners and government officials in their immediate response to the child protection concerns faced by children who are at risk of separation or in alternative care during COVID-19 pandemic.
Ending Institutional Care in Latin America and the Caribbean: Questions and Answers
This paper provides a framework for governments to develop their own roadmap for child protection and care system reform and deinstitutionalisation.
In this publication, Lumos and Hope and Homes for Children call on European governments and European Union institutions to reinforce actions to respond to the needs of the most vulnerable children and families.
