We also provide consistent support to professionals working in the field — psychologists, teachers, social workers — those who help children and families overcome challenges, grow, and heal every day.
Prevention
This program focuses on preserving a child’s biological family, developing parental capacity, and strengthening the role of the family through collaboration with various stakeholders.
Program Goals
- Strengthening family support in local communities
- Parental education and skills development
- Providing professional networks
- Awareness campaigns and advocacy work
- Expanding access to family support services
- Working with children and families for their resilience and well-being
- Training educators to identify family crises
Key Focus Areas
Comprehensive support for vulnerable families
Mental health and psychosocial services
Training for social work and mental health professionals
Help for improving the community capacities
Family-Based Care and Foster Parenting
Support for the creation, development, and sustainability of family-based care models, including guardianship and kinship care, foster families, family-style homes, and emergency foster care. The program also promotes adoption and prepares children for placement into these forms of care.
Program Goals
- Informing and counseling candidates on the creation of family-based care
- Development and support of family-based care models
- Professional training for program specialists
- Building an expert community to promote best practices in working with children and families
- Promoting family-based care and changing public attitudes towards it
Key Focus Areas
Popularization of family-care forms
Hotline on adoption and family-based care
Guidance for new forms of family-based care
Support for families providing family-based care
Consultations with psychologists and lawyers
Empowering Teenagers and Young People
We empower Ukrainian teenagers and young people to become future leaders and active members in local communities through comprehensive development initiatives.
Program Goals
- Promoting the physical and mental health of youth
- Fostering youth leadership in the key regions
- Partnering with youth-led and youth-focused organizations
- Expanding mentorship programs in Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Zakarpattia regions
Key Focus Areas
Scholarship programs
Leadership projects
Psychological support
Mentorship
Career guidance and educational programs
Deinstitutionalization
The program focuses on reforming the child care system by transitioning from institutional care to family-based care models.
Program Goals
- Participation in monitoring visits: assessing living conditions in institutional facilities and identifying the key needs of children and staff to ensure a safe and effective transition to family-based care
- Engagement in the transformation of residential institutions
Key Focus Areas
Reintegration of children from abroad
Support in institutional care facilities reforming
Humanitarian aid
Advocacy for children's rights
11,085 families
received material and psychological assistance
2 family-type children's homes
for 20 children operate in Lviv, Ukraine
3,137 professionals
gained new skills and knowledge for working with children
54,747 children
participated in educational, cultural, and social support activities
Driving change with projects
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