https://doi.org/10.31261/CHOWANNA.2006.27.04
A drawback of the Polish child and youth care and education system has been and still remains its limited connection with local government structures. A breakthrough in this area was brought about by the social reforms initiated on January 1, 1999. Their key objective was to move away from a centralized, bureaucratic, and state-controlled social policy in favor of one shaped by local self-governing communities. Decentralization of social policy tasks was recognized as the primary instrument for implementing the constitutional principle of state subsidiarity. Under the law, new local government units were established — counties and provinces — with a different structure than before. The fundamental functions, competencies, and responsibilities of the state’s social policy were transferred to self-governing counties (as defined by the County Government Act). These counties were assigned a broad range of tasks, including addressing the issues of people with disabilities, individuals struggling with drug addiction, the unemployed, the poor, and those with mental illnesses. Counties were also obligated to provide assistance to disorganized families and children deprived of care, individuals requiring specialized care, the chronically ill, elderly individuals without caregivers, refugees, foster families, and other people in need of continuous, professional, and costly care and support.
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No. 2 (27) (2006)
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