The goal of the project is to protect children in Moldova through strengthening the child protection system, and addressing the needs of vulnerable children and their families in order to prevent family separation, violence, neglect, and exploitation. The project supports childcare reform in three pilot rayons of Ungheni, Calarasi, and Falesti, where approximately 500 children from residential institutions are being helped to return to their families or to get access to alternative family substitute services (including foster care services, emergency, immediate, short-term, and long-term placements). At the national level, the project works with the Ministry of Labor, Social Protection and Family, and the Ministry of Education to develop and improve social policies by incorporating the UN Guidelines for Alternative Care for Children into existing policies, legislation, and practices.