| Effective | |
|---|---|
| Social Welfare Spending | |
| Child Welfare Spending | |
| Alternative Care Policy in line with the 2009 Guidelines |
Mostly The Family Code; Child Protection Act and its implementing regulation; Ordinance on the terms and conditions for the implementation of measures to prevent child abandonment and placement in institutions and reintegration adopted by Decree in 2003; National Strategy for Vision for Deinstitutionalisation 2010-2025; 2016 Action Plan for the implementation of the National Strategy |
| Centralised authority on adoption |
No Data |
| Commitment to Deinstitutionalistion/Reforms |
Yes Vision for Deinstitutionalisation (DI) of Children in Bulgaria; 2016-2020 Action Plan for deinstitutionalisation; Continuing support for deinstitutionalisation of children and young people project; Updated Action Plan for the Implementation of the Vision for Deinstitutionalisation |
| Comprehensive child protection law |
Mostly Child Protection Act; Constitution of the Republic of Bulgaria of 1991; Law on Social Services; Social Assistance Act; The Family Code; Family Allowances for Children Act; National Strategy for the Child (2008-2018); National Programme for Child Protection; National Strategy “Vision for Deinstitutionalization of Children in Republic of Bulgaria” 2010-2025; National Programme for Prevention of Violence and Abuse of Children 2017-2020 |
| Continuum of alternative care services available |
Mostly Foster Care, Family-Based Care, Small Group Homes, Residential Institutions, Adoption |
| Data System |
Partly ASA’s Integrated Information System (IIS) |
| Existence of a regulatory body and regulatory system |
Partly SACP, ASA, Agency for Quality of Social Services and municipalities |
| Gatekeeping mechanism/policy |
Mostly |
| Means of tracking progress with reforms |
Partly |
| Moratorium on admission into institutions for children under 3 |
Yes |
| Moratorium on new institutions |
Yes
|
| National Action Plan |
Yes Vision for Deinstitutionalisation (DI) of Children in Bulgaria; 2016-2020 Action Plan for deinstitutionalisation; Continuing support for deinstitutionalisation of children and young people project; Up-dated Action Plan for the Implementation of the Vision for Deinstitutionalization |
| Prevention of Separation Services available |
Limited |
| Support for careleavers (in legislation and in practice) |
Partly Eurochild's "Growing up in lockdown: Europe’s children in the age of COVID-19" report, 2020 |
