Care and protection
We take in children who have been removed from family environments that cannot provide a suitable growing context. Residential facilities also available for mothers in difficulties.
In addition to child protection, we support families and parents with promotion and prevention activities.
Activities and Services
Communities for Children, Mothers with Children and Families
The Institute's residential communities are characterised by family-like relationships, educators’ professionalism and the partnership with social services, judiciary, judicial police and local health authorities.
Neutral Space Service
In collaboration with the Municipality of Florence, we offer a Neutral Space Service to protect the right to visit and relationships between children aged 0 to 6 and their non-cohabiting family members.
News and Events
International Adoptions: Conference in Rome on Training for Conscious Reception
Today in Rome, the conference “International Adoption: The Path to Conscious Reception” was held, organised by the Commission for Intercountry…
2026 Budget: Revenues on the Rise and Continuity of Activities at the Istituto degli Innocenti
The Istituto degli Innocenti’s 2026 preliminary budget, approved by the Board of Directors on 29 December, shows overall positive revenue growth,…
With GRANDE! Nearly 200 Young Migrants Move Towards Autonomy
Almost 200 unaccompanied foreign minors have been supported in building their own path toward autonomy through the GRANDE! project (Giovani stRanieri…
Care, Research, Culture, and Governance: The Istituto degli Innocenti Renews Its Mandate Commitments
In 2024, at the halfway point of the current administrative term, the Istituto degli Innocenti initiated a process of dialogue and reflection on its…
Publications and Projects
Girls in the Innocenti Archive: 1900 – 1921
A project to preserve the memory of Nocentine foundlings
Up Minors
Presentation of the results of the ‘Up Minori’ project aimed at supporting the integration of young people accommodated in ‘apartments for…
Childhood, Adolescence and Family
Publishing series of the Regional Documentation Centre for Childhood and Adolescence
