Children in alternative care

In line with child protection priorities of the region, the main data needs on children in alternative care and adoption are:

  • knowing how many children are in alternative care, by type of care arrangement;
  • knowing how many children are formally adopted during the year, by type of adoption;
  • the basic profile of children living in alternative care and of adopted children, including age, sex and disability status;
  • understanding how many children enter alternative care during the year, and the reasons for placement with a view to see whether family support and gatekeeping mechanisms are functioning;
  • understanding how many children leave alternative care during the year and where they go, including how many are reunited with their families; and
  • understanding how the alternative care and adoption systems are regulated, work in practice and what outcomes for children they produce in order to contextualize the information above

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