In Irkutsk Region since early 2013, 507 orphaned children and children left without parental care have been placed in families, and their number continues to decline. In six months, 135 children were returned to parents after preventive work, 72 were adopted, and the number of parents deprived of rights has noticeably decreased. The report also describes new support measures, regional payments to adoptive parents, increased foster parent compensation, and the development of family support centers for difficult life situations.

In the Angara region, since the beginning of 2013, 507 orphaned children and children left without parental care have been placed in families. The region is seeing a steady decline in the number of orphaned children and children left without parental care; over the past 6 months, 216 fewer orphaned children have been identified in the region than during the same period in 2012. During the same period, 135 children identified this year were returned to their parents after preventive work with them by agencies and institutions of the system for the prevention of neglect and juvenile delinquency. In the first 6 months of 2013, 72 children were adopted. In the first 6 months of 2013, compared with the same period in 2012, there was an 18.7% decrease in the number of parents deprived of parental rights: in 2013, 570 parents were deprived of parental rights in respect of 706 children, while in 2012, 701 parents were deprived of parental rights in respect of 827 children.
In addition, the region has begun implementing a project to restore parents to parental rights, as well as preventive work with parents who are in difficult life circumstances. In the first 6 months of 2013, the number of children removed from families due to abuse and threats to life and health decreased.
The first regional payments in the amount of 100,000 rubles to citizens who have adopted children orphaned and children left without parental care will in 2014 be received by 158 adoptive parents in the Irkutsk Region. The amount of remuneration for foster parents for each child taken into a foster family has been increased by 25%, as has the amount of funds paid for the maintenance of a child under guardianship or trusteeship.
Also in the Irkutsk Region, centers and departments of social assistance to families and children have been established, which provide various services for consulting citizens, assisting in obtaining benefits and privileges, and other types of assistance to citizens in difficult life circumstances.
Based on materials from the Government of the Irkutsk Region