Child and Youth Care (CYC) is a profession which focuses on the developmental needs of children and families within the space and time of their daily...

activities, and social and cultural conventions. Early childcare is an important and often overlooked component of child development. Care can be provided...

Foster care is a system in which a minor has been placed into a ward, group home (residential child care community, treatment center, juvenile center...

Residential child care communities or children's homes are a type of residential care, which refers to long-term care given to children who cannot stay...

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children and youth who live in conditions that may be detrimental to their health and development receive the necessary assistance and care at the right...

population, but represent about 50% of youth in care. The Patronato Nacional de la Infancia (PANI) is responsible for child protection in Costa Rica. The agency...

rights of special protection and care afforded to minors. The 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) defines a child as "any human being below...