In Ukraine, the Yasyla program will allow parents of children from one to three years old to receive compensation for the payment of a nanny, assistant or preschool institution at the level of the minimum or double minimum salary. The initiative is planned from January 1 of the next year, payments will be made through the.

This was told by the Minister of Social Policy, Family and Unity of Ukraine Denis Ulyutin. According to him, with young children remain one of the most vulnerable categories.

The lack of available nursery and private care services often forces one of the parents to remain at home, which affects income and employment. The Easla program must remove this obstacle, compensating for the cost of care and creating the demand for services for children from one to three years.

The right to compensation will have one of the parents or the other legal representative who looked after the child and went to work or began entrepreneurial activities. Compensation will be provided from a month after the child reaches one year and will operate up to three years. You can pay for:.

" If there is no nursery, you can pay for the nanny. So we create demand and give a signal to business and communities to develop these services, ”said Ulyutin.

The order and details will prescribe the cabinet of ministers, but it is already known that compensation will focus on the size of the minimum wage. If care is carried out for a child with disabilities, payment can be a double " These are funds with a purpose that can only be used to pay for care services.

The amounts of payments are planned by unified country. The Minister explained that even in smaller cities and villages services for children of this age are often expensive or completely absent, so less payments would not stimulate the development of the market.

The bill has already been adopted in the first reading. If the Verkhovna Rada supports it in general, the Ministry of Social Policy is ready to launch the program from January 1 of next year.

Payments are planned to be made through DIS - a convenient digital tool that will allow you to quickly arrange help and get money for a special card.

According to the ministry’s calculations, more than 100 thousand children who are now visiting preschool institutions will potentially use the program. Financing is already being discussed with the Ministry of Finance, and the government is convinced that the resources for this will. The state hopes that the creation of the demand for care will stimulate both the private sector and the communities to develop infrastructure for young children.