Our research contributes to identify the ties between children and alternative care in a longitudinal perspective, observable in the time frame of three years in the same places and, to the extent possible, with the same children. The field is composed of two different arrangements of care centers: shelters and youth centers, the first being places where the children can sleep, such as homes, and the second provides various services to them.
More specifically, the data collected in our longitudinal research will help us analyze how children in alternative care who are in situations of vulnerability build and make use of their social networks (peer networks, extended family networks and social workers) in order to cope with major life transitions involving a decrease in resources. The current stage of the project undertakes analysis of the first preliminary data collected in 2019.
