A Place to Call Home
It is suggested that a permanency approach to addressing the dire plight of OVCs, while not the only part, is a key response component of both national governments and the international community.
The long-term impact of making these kinds of determinations for children living without the care of a family and acting to find an appropriate solution for each child is enormous. Further, this work is easily measurable by tracking the cases of children processed and can provide the desirable combination of permanent solutions and measurable progress in one program.
This approach is also sustainable because it offers permanent solutions for specific children in need and also helps build the capacity of child welfare organizations and national governments to process and manage the cases of OVC who fall under their authority to ensure that they have permanent families in the future; it ensures they always have a place to call “home”.