The Ministry of Social Policy has developed a draft resolution on the extension of accommodation payments to certain categories of IDPs. This was reported by the Ministry of Social Policy.

Due to the fact that some internally displaced persons will not receive these payments from February 1, the Ministry of Social Policy has developed a draft resolution to extend the payment of assistance to those IDPs who received it before August 1, 2023, and for whom the payment period ends at the end of January 2024.

Not all IDPs have been able to integrate into host communities since their displacement, and families with children and people with disabilities living in the area of active or possible hostilities are unable to send their children to kindergartens. Schools in these regions are mostly online, which significantly limits the ability of able-bodied family members to get a job.

Therefore, the draft resolution proposes to continue payments for the following categories of internally displaced persons:

• IDPs of retirement age;
• IDPs who are unable to find employment due to objective circumstances, while combining this with the provision of important social services (primarily childcare services, such as "municipal nanny");
• unemployed IDPs, encouraging able-bodied members of such families to look for work, apply for grant programs to start their own business, undergo retraining, etc.

Thus, the payment mechanism will be combined with other support mechanisms to help families get back on their feet after displacement and integrate into new communities. This act also proposes to significantly revise the possibilities for granting low-income assistance so that those families at risk of poverty can use it more actively.