More funds for personal assistants to persons with disabilities in 2022
04.12.2021
The support of personal assistants in daily activities but also in the participation in social or cultural life is very important for persons with disabilities. It is a chance to live a fuller, more independent life. – We realise how important this support is, that is why next year we will allocate much larger funds for this purpose, PLN 610 million in total – informs the Minister of Family and Social Policy, Marlena Maląg.
Activity and participation in social life are important for everyone. Persons with disabilities are no exception here. A great help for them is the support of personal assistants. They assist them not only in daily activities or in handling official matters – they accompany them in going to the cinema, concert and in many other activities.
– This is the extremely important support. I would like to inform that next year persons with disabilities will be able to use the support of an assistant under two ministerial programmes financed from the Solidarity Fund – the “Personal Assistant to a Disabled Person” Programme, edition 2022 and the “Personal Assistant to a Person with Disabilities” Programme, edition 2022. We also significantly increase expenditure for this purpose. In 2022, we will allocate PLN 610 million in total for the provision of assistant services – stresses the Minister of Family and Social Policy, Marlena Maląg.
Thanks to the change in the financial plan of the Solidarity Fund for the implementation of the “Personal Assistant to a Disabled Person” Programme, PLN 510 million is secured for local government units next year. Initially, it was PLN 150 million.
The budget of the “Personal Assistant to a Person with Disabilities” Programme addressed to non-governmental organisations is PLN 100 million in 2022.
Personal assistant and self-governments and non-governmental organisations
On 8 October, the call for applications was launched under the Ministerial Programme entitled “Personal Assistant to a Disabled Person” – 2022 edition, implemented through and with the participation of self-governments at the municipal and district level. The deadline for the final verification and approval of applications submitted by voivodes under the Programme is 30 December 2021. Then, the list of recommended applications will be published along with the recommended amount for co-financing.
In turn, at the end of November, the call for tenders under the ministerial programme entitled “Personal assistant to a person with disabilities” – 2022 edition for non-governmental organisations was completed.