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.
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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.
The paper examines available evidence on the typical reasons why children end up in institutions, and the consequences and costs of providing this type of care compared to other options.
