The main recipients of targeted social assistance in the Vitebsk region are single-parent families

October 9, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. The main recipients of state targeted social assistance in the Vitebsk region are single-parent families, the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee's Labor, Employment and Social Protection Department informed a BELTA correspondent. Of the total number of applications, single-parent families account for 34%, two-parent families raising one or two children - 21%, large families - 13%. Thus, 68% of recipients are families with children. Over the 9 months of the current year, 24.3 thousand people in the region received targeted social assistance. They were provided with support totaling Br4.9 billion. State support for families is not limited to financial assistance. Low-income families are entitled to free food for children under two years of age. In the first half of the current year, 5.6 thousand children, or 29.7% of the total number of children of this age, were provided with free food. Br4.3 billion was allocated from the state budget for these purposes. Social assistance to families is also provided in the form of child benefits. According to data for the first half of the year, over 50 thousand children were covered by the benefit system in the region, including more than 33 thousand children under three years of age. -0-