FHI Program standards for Orphans and other vulnerable children (OVC)

FHI Children’s Initiative establishes a child-centered approach to addressing the needs of children. The approach encompasses families and communities and considers local and national policies and culture. In the context of this initiative, FHI developed these standards to help optimize the outcomes of programs and services for OVC. The standards reflect the active role that families, communities, and children themselves should play in the development and implementation of programs. They also reflect the comprehensiveness needed in OVC programming. Implementing partners in all FHI-supported programs for OVC will apply these standards. The standards define a common level of quality for OVC programs and aid FHI in building the capacity of its partners to provide a minimum level of quality care to OVC.