- More children are becoming separated from their families
- The rate of children in formal care is increasing
- Poverty is not the only cause of separation, but an important one
- Dropping birth rates hides the increase of residential care in most countries
- Institutionalization of infants and young children is still too common
- Children with disabilities represent a large proportion of all children in residential care
- Some non-state actors in the development of residential care only downscale existing systems
- Transfers between institutions skew out-flow data from residential care
- The development of family-based alternative care has been slow
- Adoption is an option, but only for some
GHR has supported family development work in Nepal, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Vietnam and Guatemala that has informed our approach to systems change in key countries. Our current Children in Families geographic focus is Zambia. Contact us if you are interested in learning more.