community-based Please age (children, For each type of For each type of services operating service indicate adults or older service, please provide service, please in the country and Please provide the if this persons) a short description of: provide information the number of name of the type of type of type of disability the type and level about the extent to users service in the service (physical disability, (i.e. 24 hour, which users control Please provide a full national language is intellectual daytime, weekends, the support reference for this and a translation disability, etc.) of support the provided. Can data, including into English in disability, service provides; individuals using the information about your deaf or hard of location of the service: the period covered Please indicate if country hearing, blind) service (i.e. city, recruit and by the data. the types of town, rural areas); manage staff Please indicate, if services presented who is eligible for the providing support; data is available, if below are given a service determine the there has been different name in who is typically the activities for which decrease / increase your provider and funder support is needed; in the last five years of services (i.e. determine how the national government, budget for services local government, and supports is municipality, NGO, used; private company, choose types of etc.)? equipment and adaptations to meet their needs? No, the law does not provide such an option. However, there are various forms of financial support Direct payments available to families with persons with disabilities. Two types of allowances were described above (see / personal also point A3): budget Financial support: Yes Person alone in the Financial support Apart from Total amount of all household and provided and funded by submitting a motion allowances granted: Permanent persons within a the local government for a permanent allowance (zasiłek family unable to (partly own resources, allowance, the stały) work because of age but mostly subsidy beneficiaries have no
community-based service Please provide the name of the type of service in the national language and a translation into English Please indicate if the types of services presented below are given a different name in your Please indicate if this type of service is in your country age (children, adults or older persons) type of disability (physical disability, intellectual disability, disability, deaf or hard of hearing, blind) For each type of service, please provide a short description of: the type and level (i.e. 24 hour, daytime, weekends, etc.) of support the service provides; location of the service (i.e. city, town, rural areas); who is eligible for the service who is typically the provider and funder of services (i.e. national government, local government, municipality, NGO, private company, etc.)? For each type of service, please provide information about the extent to which users control the support provided. Can individuals using the service: recruit and manage staff providing support; determine the activities for which support is needed; determine how the budget for services and supports is used; choose types of equipment and adaptations to meet their needs? services operating in the country and the number of users Please provide a full reference for this data, including information about the period covered by the data. Please indicate, if data is available, if there has been decrease / increase in the last five years Direct payments / personal budget No, the law does not provide such an option. However, there are various forms of financial support available to families with persons with disabilities. Two types of allowances were described above (see also point A3): Financial support: Permanent allowance (zasiłek stały) Yes Person alone in the household and persons within a family unable to work because of age Financial support provided and funded by the local government (partly own resources, but mostly subsidy Apart from submitting a motion for a permanent allowance, the beneficiaries have no Total amount of all allowances granted: