Samara Region hosts orphanhood prevention forum on November 10 and 11

On November 10 and 11, the 5th All-Russian Forum on the Prevention of Social Orphanhood will be held at the Vladimir Vysotsky Sports Palace in Samara.

The key topic of the large-scale event will be a radical restructuring of the work of social services towards active support for parents in crisis situations.

The initiator of an important federal platform was the Commissioner for the Rights of the Child under the President of the Russian Federation Maria Lvova-Belova.

Participants of the strategic sessions will discuss in detail the introduction of a family-saving approach, interdepartmental support and assistance to families with children with disabilities. The expert discussions will be attended by children’s ombudsmen, representatives of relevant departments, heads of non-profit organizations and professional psychologists.

The Samara region is one of the pilot subjects of a special project aimed at preserving blood families and socializing adolescents.

Regions of the country are already actively rebuilding the outdated infrastructure of closed childcare institutions into modern crisis centers for mothers. Working together with the governors, some of the former shelters have been converted into family support centers that allow parents and children to stay together. According to official data, the total number of classical orphanages in the state decreased by 19 percent.

For 2 incomplete years, the number of pupils simultaneously in specialized institutions decreased from 60 to 49 thousand people.

The number of identified social orphans last year decreased by 17 percent and amounted to 22 thousand minor citizens. In addition, the number of children whose parents were deprived or restricted in their legal rights decreased by 25.5 per cent.

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