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This toolkit is designed to facilitate interagency planning and implementation of alternative care and related services for children separated from or unable to live with their families during and after an emergency. It contains: guiding principles for interim care-related work; summary guidance for quick reference to tools and information; extended guidance on - managing and coordinating a programme, how to support families and caregivers without encouraging secondary separation, and managing care to respond to the protection needs of each individual child; and information on how to set up, assess and support a variety of types of alternative care.