Foster Care Service Development
The project “Development of Foster Care Service” is currently under implementation in partnership with the Ministry of Labour, Social Protection and Family and with local public authorities in 12 raions: Causeni, Nisporeni, Telenesti, Falesti, Edinet, Briceni, Donduseni, Criuleni, Leova, Cantemir, Stefan Voda, and Calarasi.
The goal of the project is to ensure, by March 2010, the right to children in 12 raions to live and be protected in a family environment that guarantees them the opportunity to maintain their identity, to have access to education, health protection and to achieve minimum living standards.
The project organizes trainings for specialists from Social Assistance and Family Protection Departments/Sections, members of Commissions for the protection of the child in difficulty (Gate Keeping Commissions), representatives of Finance Departments, and community social assistants.
Local authorities are supported in the process of budgeting for the Foster Care Service and in retargeting resources from other areas to that of social assistance. At the same time, in collaboration with the Ministry of Labour, Social Protection and Family, the project will develop a social services monitoring framework.
Foster Care (FC) is a social service offering the child, deprived temporarily or permanently of parental care, an optimum family environment for development. The goal of the FC service is to provide temporary protection to the child in difficulty, to ensure his socialization and reintegration into the biological, extended, or adopted family, and into the community.
In the Republic of Moldova, the FC service works in Chisinau Municipality, Cahul, Ungheni, Orhei, and Soroca raions. Currently, there are over 70 FC families in the country, and up 170 children have been offered Foster Care services.
News
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On 25th of June this year an information seminar for local and central mass media representatives, interested in social issues, was organized07.07.2010
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Closer to the family and community04.06.2010 -
EveryChild Moldova supported by UNICEF is launching a new project in reforming residential child care system in Moldova10.05.2010
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Beginning with April 2010, EveryChild Moldova in partnership with the MLSPF will extend the support offered to local public authorities in the implementation of the Foster Care Service in other 9 raion of the republic02.04.2010
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In January, 2010 EveryChild Moldova have trained around 100 local public authority representatives...12.02.2010
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Council of Europe calls for deinstitutionalisation of children with disabilities05.02.2010
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