In order to meet the expectations of persons with disabilities, further solutions were introduced in the support system for persons with disabilities and their families. The support system will be based on Solidarity Fund for Persons with Disabilities and a social responsibility package.

The group of protected persons includes persons who may potentially be born with a disability as well as persons who suffer from disabilities occurring in their lifetime.

Persons with disabilities also receive support from the State Fund for Rehabilitation of Disable People (or PFRON), which is supervised by the Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy. In addition, the Office of the Government Plenipotentiary for the Disabled operates under the Ministry.

Since 2015, financial outlays from the state budget to support persons with disabilities and their carers have increased by as much as PLN 4 billion. In 2018, PLN 19.5 billion was allocated to provide assistance to persons with disabilities. The funds were allocated towards providing a specific and direct financial assistance in the form of e.g. pensions, benefits, allowances or social and health insurance contributions. The support - which is particularly important - is, however only a component of a complementary system of assistance provided to persons with disabilities and their families. Other forms of support - non-financial - form a support network spread throughout the country. The network consists of social welfare centres, social and professional activation processes, existing mechanisms as well as new formulas of providing care for persons with disabilities at home as well as away from home.

The funds from the budget are directed to local governments or non-governmental organisations, which provide direct support to persons with disabilities and their families at the local level.

How these billions of zlotys translate into assistance for the persons who need it the most and what forms of support they can use.