Many Tula children helped to cope with the crisis and avoid separation from children

In the Tula region, a large family with three children helped to cope with a difficult life situation without separation from their parents. Comprehensive support was organized by specialists of the social rehabilitation center for minors No. 4 within the framework of the regional project “In Surrounded by Care”, MK in Tula was told by the press service of the Ministry of Social Protection of the region.

The project has been operating since September 1, 2025 and helps families with children who live in remote settlements and cannot always receive social, medical and psychological support on their own. SRCS No. 4 covers Dubna, Shchekino, Chern and Warm. The last village became one of the main sites for the implementation of the project.

Specialists of social protection, health and education joined the help of a large family. First, the mobile team went to the parents to assess the situation and determine what support was needed.

Children were organized the passage of the psychological-medical-pedagogical commission and established interaction with the school. Parents were helped to deal with the payments, contact the MFC and issue the necessary documents. Doctors advised the family on health issues and assisted in the registration of disability.

In addition, the children were given school supplies and necessary things, organized transportation to school and short-term supervision. Separately, specialists were engaged in strengthening relations between parents and children: they conducted consultations on education, stress prevention and organization of family leisure.

According to Oksana Kurochkina, head of the department of assistance to families and children of SRCS No. 4, the main task of specialists is not to replace parents, but to help them cope with difficulties on their own. In the case of a family from the village of Teploy, it was possible to combine the work of the school, medical institutions, MFC and social protection, to provide parents with the necessary support and keep their children at home.

Currently, the project “In Care” covers 16 families, in which 31 children are growing up. Among the participants are families where there is a risk of deprivation of parental rights due to adult addiction, adoptive parents, families at an early stage of the crisis and parents raising children with disabilities.

15 partner organizations, three local coordinators, volunteers and residents are involved in the work. For each family, specialists develop a separate support plan, taking into account its circumstances.

Earlier, “MK in Tula” told about the construction of a water pipeline in the village of Alesnya, which is laid to land for large families.

At that time, the readiness of the facility was 98%. And by the way, new communications are also being laid in the village of Kryukovo and the village of Torkhovo as part of the regional program “Clean Water of the Tula Region”.