Children Without Parental Care and Alternative Care: Findings from Research

Year: 2019
Topic: Foster care, International, Permanence, Residential care, Throughcare and aftercare, Voices of young people
Author: Dr Chrissie Gale

The purpose of this short paper is to contribute evidence regarding the situation of children without parental care and provision of suitable alternative care in an international context. It provides findings drawn from academic and other research for politicians, policy makers and practitioners across the world. It has been written with the aim of informing decisions regarding the development and provision of alternative care for children around the world.