In 2005 Dybicz concluded his review with: “This is how far best practice research has reached: interventions based upon theory” (p. 768). The interventions which Dybicz wrote about were aimed at serving children and adolescents living and working in the streets, an ever growing population of approximately tens of millions of actors from all over the world (Ennew, 2003).

Numerous research on the subject of Children and Adolescents in Street Situation (CASS), Dybicz continued, have so far contributed to the description of the needs of CASS and the causes leading to their street life. This information is in turn used to develop policy approaches for organizations. Because these policies are heavily based upon theory, prescribed approaches are generic and universal. Thus, it is difficult for organizations on the field to translate them into their own reality.