Prime Minister Aleksandr Turchin has signed a resolution to increase financial support for orphans.
The document was drafted to improve the conditions of state support for orphans and children without parental care. It also updates the monetary standards for food expenses for students in educational institutions.
In particular, the resolution provides for a 15% increase in state institutional funding for food for orphans, as well as a 5% increase for clothing, footwear, soft furnishings, school supplies, basic necessities, and personal hygiene items. For children in family-type care, monthly allowances for food, clothing, footwear, soft furnishings and equipment, school supplies, personal hygiene items, other basic necessities, and personal expenses will be raised by 10%. The one-time payment for the initial purchase of soft furnishings and equipment for children from birth to age three will increase by 5%, and compensation for telephone and household service expenses will go up by 22%.
The resolution also provides for a corresponding increase in the amount that obligated parents must reimburse the state for the maintenance of children under state care.
The resolution also includes medicines and medical devices as part of state support for orphans, and boosts food allowances for students in educational institutions by 5%.