Parameters for USG Assistance to Highly Vulnerable Children
From FY 2006 Strategy 

Focus on stressed communities where community resilience to care for highly vulnerable children is compromised Reliance on local institutions and communities to identify the most vulnerable children and assess their needs Preference for family/household care rather than institutional care. Preference for a development approach that strengthens the abilities of communities and indigenous structures to care for highly vulnerable children and reduces dependency. Adherence to the five key strategies of the Global Framework (see below) Strengthening of partnerships and knowledge exchange between implementing organizations focused on children’s issues and those focused on economic empowerment Recognition of the importance of gender as a factor affecting access to protection and essential services.

Five Strategies to Address Orphans Children and HIV AIDS

1. Strengthen the capacity of families to protect and care for highly vulnerable children by prolonging the lives of parents and providing economic, psychosocial, and other support.
2. Mobilize and support community-based responses.
3. Ensure access for highly vulnerable children to essential services.
4. Ensure that governments protect the most vulnerable children through improved policy and legislation and by channeling resources to families and communities.
5. Raise awareness at all levels through advocacy and social mobilization to create a supportive environment for highly vulnerable children and families.