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 Development of Foster Care in SERBIA - Dobrila Grujic, Head of the Centre for Family Placement of Children and Youth in Belgrade + UNICEF article & video.
30.03.2012
# Foster Care in Serbia – over 80 years long tradition.
> In the long term development – the rise of foster care.
> During the 1990s – stagnation and decline
in use of foster care – Strenghtening of institutional protection
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 Orphanage tourism? Please think again!
29.03.2012
Personal rant! I live in Prague where there is a useful expats web site where people can post messages. This message appeared there last week:
# "Hi there, We'll be visiting Prague in mid May and wants to take our daughter to visit the orphanage there in Prague. We are from US.
Does anyone know...
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 UK - Kinship carers blast council support
28.03.2012
More than 70 per cent of kinship carers have labelled their local council's efforts to support them as poor or very poor.
Forty five per cent of councils had not published a family and friends care policy.
In a survey of 490 family and friend carers carried out for Family Rights Group just under...
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 20 March > Worldwide webinar from Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) via Children & Family Futures "The Future of Policy and Practice for Substance-Exposed Infants and Children"
16.03.2012
Join us for the National Conference on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare webinar series, presenting some of the most highly anticipated workshop and plenary sessions. Stay connected with fellow conference participants, or join in the conversation if you were unable to attend.
Join us for the fourth...
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 "Ageing out of care" > a 13 country international analysis
16.03.2012
"Ageing out of care in Europe and Central Asia" > The report consists of 13 country reviews, from countries participating in the "I Matter" campaign. It also includes first hand accounts from young people, and a conclusion written by Mike Stein, renowned research professor in the field of...
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 Canadian foster care in crisis, experts say. > Some children placed in homes before safety checks made
21.02.2012
Some children are placed in foster care without full safety checks while others wind up in supervised apartments or overcrowded homes, say child advocates who warn of a deepening crisis across the country.
"There are problems when you hear people from the front line talking about the fact that we'...
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 Across the UK, agencies are looking for more adopters and foster carers from the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities, and they would love to tell you more about it at an event near you.
20.02.2012
At these events you can also hear from other LGBT people in your area who have formed families through adoption and fostering. You can learn about the children who need families, the process, and how adoption & fostering has changed people’s lives. http://www.lgbtadoptfosterweek.org.uk/
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 Worldwide Campaign to End the Institutionalization of Children - working to change the widely-held perception that institutions are safe places for children with disabilities.
08.02.2012
CLICK to watch the shocking video clip and learn more about the campaign > DRI's Worldwide Campaign to End the Institutionalization of Children from Rachel Burton on Vimeo.
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