The legal and regulatory framework of national social policy for orphans and children without parental care

Vol. 24 Iss. 2 pp. 7177 | St. Petersburg State Institute of Psychology and Social Work | ISSN: 1993-8101

Abstract

The article considers legal and regulatory framework of national social policy for orphans and children without parental care. The author provides links to major documents in the field of protection of rights of vulnerable categories of children's population: the Family Code of the Russian Federation, and the National Strategy for Action on Children 2012-2017. A brief description of professional competencies of substitute parents is given. A review of macro-, meso-, and micro-level factors to address major social problems in childhood is presented.

Keywords

social policy, orphans and children left without parental care

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