Country Care Snapshots

Ukraine

Progress Indicators
Effective
Social Welfare Spending
Child Welfare Spending
Alternative Care Policy in line with the 2009 Guidelines
Limited
Source: Alternative NGO Report to the UNCRC, 2020
Centralised authority on adoption
No Data
Commitment to Deinstitutionalistion/Reforms
Partly
National Strategy on Reform of Institutional Care System for 2017-2026 and Action Plan
Comprehensive child protection law
Partly
Source: Alternative NGO Report to the UNCRC, 2020
Continuum of alternative care services available
Limited
Law No. 2342-IV defines the following forms of placement: adoption, guardianship, foster care, family-type orphanage, baby home, children's home, boarding school (Kryvachuk, 2018)
Data System
Partly
National Deinstitutionalisation statistical platform: http://diplatform.org.ua/
Existence of a regulatory body and regulatory system
No Data
Gatekeeping mechanism/policy
No Data
Means of tracking progress with reforms
Yes
The Ukrainian Child Rights Network utilized the Tracking Progress Initiative Tool in 2018
Moratorium on admission into institutions for children under 3
Limited
The National Strategy stipulates the implementation of a ban on the placement of children under 3 in institutional care starting in 2020
Moratorium on new institutions
No Data
National Action Plan
Yes
National Strategy on Reform of Institutional Care System for 2017-2026 and Action Plan
Prevention of Separation Services available
Limited
Source: Opening Doors for Europe's Children 2018 Fact Sheet
Support for careleavers (in legislation and in practice)
Limited
Source: Hope and Homes for Children, 2015