What does it take to be independent? With this question in mind, the working group of the CarINg project, led by the ARCO research centre and composed of care leavers, educators, service operators and social workers, organised a series of Workshops for Autonomy. The group worked on the creation of...
One step away from independence, eager to test themselves and at the same time looking for points of reference, a group of care leavers involved in the CarINg project took part in a video production workshop. Each participants made a short film with a subject of their choice. The practical...
In Italy, there are almost fifteen thousand minors living in foster care - with single foster parents, families or relatives. Fostering is a protective measure decreed by a judge in case it is necessary to temporarily move a child from his or her family of origin. The purpose of foster...
Although the family is the best place to ensure the positive development of children, it is recognised that there may be some cases in which the care of minors must be entrusted to out-of-family care settings. Care leavers are therefore all those young people coming out of heterofamily care, regardless...
When a child lives in a highly neglectful family, the state has a duty to remove him/her from the family, place him/her in an alternative care system that ensures the maintenance, emotional relationships and care that he/she needs, and in the meantime support the family of origin in order to...
On 18 and 19 July 2022, respectively in Prato and Florence, the two consultation sessions of the professionals of the care systems of the Società della Salute area of Prato and of the Municipality of Florence were held. The meetings, the Peer to Peer sessions, saw the participation of 2...
In April, SOS Children's Villages Italy concluded the training "Preparing for Autonomy" carried out in the cities of Florence and Prato with a total of 34participants, including social workers and educators. The entire training focused on the right to participation and in particular the second phase was structured to include...
The CarINg project focuses on boys and girls living outside their family of origin. The aim of the report "Analysis of the standards for out-of-home care: legal framework" is to provide a comprehensive overview of the standards for alternative care (residential or foster care) at international, national and local level....
On Friday 11th February 2022, the third partners meeting of the CarINg project was held in Milan, at the University of Bicocca. During the meeting participants talked about the progress of the project activities and started to plan the next activities that will involve both young careleavers and professionals of...
Care leavers, young people living residential communities or to foster care operated by the Municipality of Florence and the Health Society of the Prato Area, are the main actors of CarINg action-research. The participatory process, in which they have been involved between October and December 2021, was articulated in 4...
