budget. It is the equal participation than not provided sufficient funding of people with for personal only assistance by relatives of disabilities. assistance services service in Bulgaria people with to meet the needs recognised by the disabilities on of people with European Network whom the users disabilities in on Independent are dependent. Sofia. Living as a personal assistance service. Children between 24-hour care and The placement of There are ‘Family-type the ages of 3 and can be provided children and youth currently 182 residential centre for 18 and young by the state, takes into family-type children and people between municipalities, consideration their accommodation youth’ (Център the ages of 18 and NGOs or private preferences, their centres in the за 29 with different companies. age and country, which настаняване от types and level of The service is development level, have 796 adult семеен тип за disability who opened in towns as well as the users and 1,186 деца и младежи) A type of cannot live in their or villages with opinion of their children users. residential service. families and need functioning health, legal support for educational and representative independent social services and unless it living. opportunities for contradicts the cultural and sports child’s or young activities. person’s interest. The service provision requires the child’s or young person’s active participation. Adults of different 24-hour care and The user’s There are ‘Family-type residential ages, genders and can be provided personal plan is currently 182
budget. It is the only assistance service in Bulgaria recognised by the European Network on Independent Living as a personal assistance service. equal participation of people with disabilities. than not provided by relatives of people with disabilities on whom the users are dependent. sufficient funding for personal assistance services to meet the needs of people with disabilities in Sofia. ‘Family-type residential centre for children and youth’ (Център за настаняване от семеен тип за деца и младежи) A type of residential service. Children between the ages of 3 and 18 and young people between the ages of 18 and 29 with different types and level of disability who cannot live in their families and need support for independent living. 24-hour care and can be provided by the state, municipalities, NGOs or private companies. The service is opened in towns or villages with functioning health, educational and social services and opportunities for cultural and sports activities. The placement of children and youth takes into consideration their preferences, their age and development level, as well as the opinion of their legal representative unless it contradicts the child’s or young person’s interest. The service provision requires the child’s or young person’s active participation. There are currently 182 family-type accommodation centres in the country, which have 796 adult users and 1,186 children users. ‘Family-type residential Adults of different ages, genders and 24-hour care and can be provided The user’s personal plan is There are currently 182
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