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