The National Network for Children Bulgaria (NNC) reported that the government has adopted Regulations for the Implementation of the Social Services Act (SSA). This will regulate the procedure for referral for the use of social services, as well as for the preparation and updating of the individual needs assessment and the individual support plan. It will define the minimum content of the contract for the use of social services, the conditions for its termination as well as continuation. It also will regulate the procedure for cooperation and coordination between social service providers when the person uses social services from different providers, as well as the coordination in cases of support from different systems. The conditions and the order for using substitute care will also be determined.
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Focus News Agency reported that the Bulgarian Parliament has recently adopted amendments to the Combating Trafficking in Human Beings Act. The requisite to adopt the amendments derived from the need to act in accordance with international legal…
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The National Network for Children Bulgaria reported that the National Program for Preventing and Counteracting Trafficking in Human Beings and Protecting Victims for 2019 was adopted by the Bulgarian Government. This is an annual document…
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