Key points
- Basic social assistance in a pilot format is already being received by 22,000 Ukrainian families – about 68,000 people.
- The Verkhovna Rada supported the bill on a new model of social support in the first reading.
- The right to assistance will be determined by the level of income and family needs, not by status.
- It is proposed to add social services – care, training, job search – to the second reading.
Basic social assistance in a pilot format is already being received by 22,000 Ukrainian families, or about 68,000 people. The Minister of Social Policy, Family and Unity, Denys Ulyutin, reported this in the broadcast of Ukrainian Radio.
The bill, which lays the foundation for the introduction of a new model of social support, was supported by the Verkhovna Rada in the first reading.
Basic social assistance is a new type of support that involves a transition from a categorical principle to an assessment of the real needs of a person and family. The right to assistance is determined not by status, but by the level of income and family needs.
It is proposed to add social services to the bill in the second reading. These include care, training, job search, and other tools that are designed to help families get out of difficult life circumstances.
The development of assistance is one of the key areas of the SPIRIT project, which the Ministry of Social Policy is implementing together with the World Bank with the support of the United Kingdom, Japan, and Germany. The project is aimed at modernizing the social protection system and transitioning to a more targeted model of assistance, with a total funding of $880 million.
The main indicator of effectiveness in the ministry is not the number of payments, but the number of families who have overcome difficult circumstances, found work, and become economically independent.
The digital analogue of the service in the Ministry of Social Policy was implemented together with the Ministry of Digital Transformation with the support of the UN Development Program and funding from Sweden.
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