Subjects Eligible for Care at Social Protection Facilities and Social Houses

Circular 03/2019/TT-BKHDT stipulates the subjects eligible for care and nurturing at social protection facilities and social houses, including:

Subjects of social protection in particularly difficult circumstances include:

- Children in difficult circumstances who cannot take care of themselves and have no one to care for and nurture them in the community;- Elderly people eligible for care and nurturing at social protection facilities and social houses as prescribed by the law on the elderly;- Disabled children, disabled individuals eligible for care and nurturing at social protection facilities and social houses as prescribed by the law on persons with disabilities.

Subjects requiring urgent protection include:

- Victims of domestic violence, victims of sexual abuse, victims of trafficking, victims of forced labor;- Children and wanderers begging for alms while awaiting repatriation to their place of residence;- Other subjects requiring urgent protection as decided by the President of the Provincial People's Committee.

Subjects voluntarily living at social protection facilities and social houses include:

- Elderly people under a care entrustment contract;- Individuals not falling under the above categories who cannot live in their family environment and wish to reside at social protection facilities and social houses.

More details can be found in Circular 03/2019/TT-BKHDT effective from March 8, 2019.

- Thanh Lam -

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