Over 11,000 large families in the region, supporting 22.3 thousand school-aged children, will receive a one-off financial assistance payment for the new academic year.
This was reported to "VV" by the Committee for Labour, Employment and Social Protection of the Regional Executive Committee. The payment amount per school-aged child is 109 roubles 32 kopecks, or 30% of the subsistence minimum budget effective from August 1, 2023. Please note that to receive this assistance, you should apply to the labour, employment and social protection authorities in accordance with the place of residence (or stay) of one of the child's parents. In Vitebsk, applications should be submitted at the child's place of study.
Volunteers of golden age, activists of the Territorial Centre for Social Services (TCSS) branches, have actively joined the republican campaign "Let's Get Children Ready for School" in Chashniksky District. Everyone strives to make a feasible contribution to helping families in need by purchasing and placing school and stationery supplies in special boxes. As many as 15 families have already received gifts prepared by the volunteers.
– In our district, we plan to provide one-off financial assistance to almost 290 large families raising over 600 school-aged children, – informed Tatyana Gaponenko, Director of the TCSS. – As of August 18, over 190 families, supporting almost 400 schoolchildren, have received assistance.
Maxim and Yulia Klochkov, a couple from the agro-town of Novaya Zarya, are raising four children, three of whom are schoolchildren. The husband works at an agricultural enterprise, and the wife works at a kindergarten. They maintain a substantial household and cultivate a plot of land with their own tractor. They are accustomed to relying on themselves but admit that the financial assistance, which they have applied for for the second year, is very timely.
– Almost 330 roubles is a significant sum for us, – says Yulia. – It was enough for many purchases for the children. Now they are dressed, shod, and have all the necessary school supplies – they are ready for the new academic year!