The World Bank is providing Ukraine with $880 million for social protection under the SPIRIT project, which is aimed at modernizing Ukraine\u2019s social protection system, supporting vulnerable population groups, and strengthening community resilience. This was announced by the Ministry of Social Policy, Family and Unity.<\/p>\n
The project financing includes an $860 million World Bank loan and $20 million in grant co-financing from the United Kingdom and Germany through the Ukraine Relief, Recovery, Reconstruction and Reform Trust Fund (URTF).<\/p>\n
The project \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0434\u0443\u0441\u043c\u0430\u0442\u0440\u0438\u0432\u0430\u0435\u0442 the implementation of three key reforms. The first is the creation of a unified Basic Social Assistance system to replace fragmented support programs. The second is the reform of social services financing. Public funds will be allocated according to the principle that \u201cmoney follows the person,\u201d through the procurement of services from public, community-based, and private social service providers. The third is the modernization of the support system for persons with disabilities. This involves a shift from the medical model of disability assessment to a people-centered approach that evaluates individuals\u2019 actual needs and expands access to rehabilitation, assistive devices, and employment support.<\/p>\n
The project will be implemented by Ukraine\u2019s Ministry of Social Policy, Family and Unity and is expected to benefit more than one million people, including low-income families, families with children, persons with disabilities, elderly people, and caregivers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":151676,"menu_order":0,"template":"","newscat":[9],"newstag":[],"issues":[],"class_list":["post-151675","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","newscat-novosti"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/151675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"newscat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newscat?post=151675"},{"taxonomy":"newstag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newstag?post=151675"},{"taxonomy":"issues","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issues?post=151675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}