Care and Protection of Children (CPC) Learning Network

What Care and Protection of Children (CPC) Learning Network does

The Care and Protection of Children (CPC) Learning Network is a global academic research network founded in 2005 and housed at Columbia University's Program on Forced Migration and Health (PFMH), within the Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health at the Mailman School of Public Health. The organization addresses the need for more rigorous measurement of child protection outcomes, particularly in humanitarian and development contexts, and re-envisions approaches to child well-being by integrating care, protection, and development as interconnected elements. Its work centers on participatory methods, critical inquiry, and supporting nationally rooted research leadership in the Global South.

The network's core deliverable is a Learning and Research Hub — a centralized online repository of publications, guidance documents, and tools — supplemented by specialized products including the Grounded Child Protection and Well-being Survey (GROWS), the Participative Ranking Methodology (PRM), MOOCs (INSPIRE and Protecting Children in Humanitarian Settings), policy toolkits, and a searchable global researcher directory. Three anchor partner research centers — AfriChild Centre (Uganda), Imagina (Colombia), and PUSKAPA (Indonesia) — serve as the backbone of the network, alongside 60+ faculty affiliates in 20+ countries. The network also produces landmark reports such as the Global Threat Assessment 2025 (with WeProtect Global Alliance) and stewards legacy resources from concluded partnerships like PACE.

The CPC Learning Network operates as a non-profit academic network with no commercial pricing structure. All resources, publications, MOOCs, webinars, and networking opportunities are provided free of charge. Funding derives from institutional grants and partnerships — including Columbia University, WeProtect Global Alliance, and the Columbia Global Resilience Fund. The GTM motion is community-led: the network acquires members through partner research centers, faculty affiliates, and project collaborators, and engages them via webinars, online courses, biennial meetings, and its email list. The organization is staffed by a small team of 5 employees, with its core value proposition rooted in evidence-based methodologies, Global South research leadership, and participatory approaches to child well-being.

Name

Care and Protection of Children (CPC) Learning Network

Legal name

CPC Learning Network

Website

https://cpcln.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The CPC Learning Network is a non-profit academic research network housed at Columbia University, founded in 2005 to advance rigorous measurement and participatory approaches to child well-being and protection. It serves a global community of 60+ faculty affiliates and partner research centers across 20+ countries.

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Product category

Humanitarian Research Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

MOOC & Open Course Platforms (EDAFAIAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Online Learning Content & Course Publishing Platforms (BPAMAJAL), Workshops, Webinars & Live Masterclasses (MPACALAD)

Keywords

• Child protection research
• Humanitarian child welfare
• Global health research
• Academic research network
• Child well-being studies

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

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Markets served

GTM type

B2B

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Services

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Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Grant Funding and Institutional Support: The CPC Learning Network operates as an academic research network housed at Columbia University's Program on Forced Migration and Health. Funding comes from institutional grants, partnerships with organizations like WeProtect Global Alliance, Columbia Global Resilience Fund, and other development partners. The network provides free access to resources, trainings, and publications.

Go-to-market motion1 record

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Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The CPC Learning Network is a global academic research and learning network that produces and disseminates evidence-based knowledge on child well-being, care, and protection. It offers research methodologies (GROWS and PRM), Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), webinars, toolkits, policy guidance, and a global researcher directory connecting researchers and practitioners across more than 20 countries.

Product overview

The CPC Learning Network is a global research and learning network — not a single software product — consisting of a suite of interconnected knowledge products and services. Its core platform is the Learning and Research Hub, an online library of publications, guidance, and tools on child well-being. Supporting this are specialized research methodologies (GROWS survey tool, Participative Ranking Methodology), policy guidance products (Reconstructing Children's Rights Institute, Six Actions to Keep Children Safe toolkit), online educational courses (INSPIRE MOOC, Protecting Children in Humanitarian Settings MOOC), a webinars and trainings series, a searchable global researcher directory spanning 20+ countries, and partner research center collaborations in Colombia, Indonesia, and Uganda. The network also stewards legacy resources from concluded partnerships such as PACE (on child labor) and produces landmark reports like the Global Threat Assessment 2025.

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Products and services

• Learning and Research Hub A centralized online library and resource repository hosting publications, guidance documents, tools, and learning materials on child well-being topics including participatory research methods, violence against children, migration, child labor, and mental health.
• Grounded Child Protection and Well-being Survey (GROWS) A population-based survey tool that captures child protection and well-being outcomes using locally defined indicators of child well-being, child protection, and social norms, designed to track changes over time.
• Participative Ranking Methodology (PRM) A mixed-methods participatory approach that generates contextualized data that can be counted, ranked, and compared across or within groups, enabling rapid highlighting of key findings with deeper analysis.
• INSPIRE: Seven Strategies for Ending Violence Against Children MOOC A Massive Open Online Course that explores evidence-based strategies and approaches for preventing and responding to violence against children, examining family, community, and societal influences on adversity, development, and resilience.
• Protecting Children in Humanitarian Settings MOOC A Massive Open Online Course examining how to strengthen approaches to protecting and promoting the well-being of children in humanitarian settings.
• Six Actions to Keep Children Safe Toolkit A practical toolkit incorporating recommendations to address child sexual exploitation and abuse in large-scale infrastructure projects, particularly those supported by development banks. Designed for practitioners and policy makers.
• Find a Researcher / Global Researcher Network A searchable directory and map of researchers in more than 20 countries representing expertise on child well-being and rights, filterable by country and research topic.
• Webinars and Trainings A series of live and recorded webinars and online training events covering topics such as child protection, localization, children and armed conflict, child labor, migration, and research methods.
• Global Threat Assessment 2025 A comprehensive synthesis of globally available data on technology-facilitated child sexual exploitation and abuse produced in partnership with WeProtect Global Alliance, including a Prevention Framework designed for cross-sector action.
• Reconstructing Children's Rights Institute An online multi-part institute comprising six critical conversations and accompanying briefing papers examining how to dismantle racism, neo-colonialism, and patriarchy in humanitarian and development efforts to protect children and support families.

Quantifiable outcome

• The network's research has informed policies and programs across multiple countries including Uganda, Indonesia, Colombia, Ethiopia, Senegal, and others

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• WeProtect Global AlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025The CPC Learning Network collaborated with WeProtect Global Alliance on the Global Threat Assessment 2025, a comprehensive synthesis of globally available data on technology-facilitated child sexual exploitation and abuse. CPC researchers contributed to this major global report.
• Partnership Against Child Exploitation (PACE)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020PACE was a groundbreaking partnership of private sector, academic, media development and civil society organisations working to combat child exploitation. The CPC Learning Network served as the research partner, contributing expertise in measuring child protection outcomes. PACE concluded in 2022 and CPC now stewards the resources and learning products.
• The AfriChild Centre, Makerere University, UgandacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe AfriChild Centre is one of three anchor partner research centers of the CPC Learning Network. Located at Makerere University, it champions what the African child needs to thrive. AfriChild generates research that informs policy and practice for children's well-being in Africa.
• Imagina, Universidad de los Andes, ColombiacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerImagina is a multidisciplinary collaboration platform at Universidad de los Andes that seeks to impact the well-being of children and adolescents through research, communication, capacity development, and advocacy in public policy. It is one of the three anchor partner research centers of the CPC Learning Network.
• PUSKAPA, Center on Child Protection and Well-being, Universitas IndonesiacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPUSKAPA is a think tank at Universitas Indonesia that works to overcome systemic barriers preventing children and vulnerable populations from thriving. It is one of the three anchor partner research centers of the CPC Learning Network, focusing on protecting children and ending inequity and injustice.
• Columbia University, Program on Forced Migration and HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe CPC Learning Network Secretariat is housed at Columbia University's Program on Forced Migration and Health (PFMH) within the Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health at the Mailman School of Public Health. Columbia provides institutional support and coordination.

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Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• ChildFund International: International NGO focused on children's well-being and protection in developing countries, operating programs across multiple geographies. Comparable to CPC's child protection focus, with direct program delivery rather than research-only positioning.
• Save the Children: One of the largest global NGOs working on child protection, welfare, and rights. Comparable mission to CPC with direct humanitarian programming plus research and policy advocacy.
• UNICEF Office of Research: UNICEF's research arm produces global evidence on child well-being, protection, and rights. Directly comparable to CPC as a producer of child-focused research informing global policy, though at vastly greater scale.

Emerging players

• Moving Minds Alliance: Coalition focused on the mental health and psychosocial well-being of children affected by conflict and crisis. Adjacent to CPC's child well-being focus with overlap in humanitarian settings and capacity building.
• Maestral International: Social-purpose consultancy working on child welfare, family strengthening, and social protection policy. Comparable as a niche child-welfare research and advisory organization serving Global South contexts.

Direct peers

• Better Care Network: A global network focused on children without adequate family care, providing research, advocacy, and convening across countries. Closely comparable to CPC as a research-and-convener network in child welfare/protection.
• Child Rights Connect: International NGO working to strengthen the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Comparable as a child-rights advocacy and research network engaging global mechanisms.
• WeProtect Global Alliance: International alliance combating online child sexual exploitation and abuse through research, policy, and cross-sector action. Direct peer and active partner of CPC, sharing the research-into-policy model.
• University of Oxford Oxford Department of International Development (ODID) - Young Lives: Longitudinal study of childhood poverty in Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam producing rigorous child-well-being research. Comparable as an academic research network generating evidence on child welfare in developing countries.
• Family for Every Child: A global alliance of child-care NGOs focused on family strengthening and alternative care. Closely comparable network model focused on child welfare policy and practice in the Global South.

Market position

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Customer concentration

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