These days, our citizens are following not the new legislation but the attempts of the civilized world to stop the Russian aggression against Ukraine. However, Ukrainian authorities manage not to just negotiate with our Western partners but also to think about the future, about Ukrainian children and young people. And to make decisions. The Cabinet has corrected its mistake made during the decentralization by reinstating the State Children\u2019s Service, and this is the right decision. The President, however, continues to meddle with the work of the executive branch. This time \u2014 by creating the Council for Youthful Affairs.<\/p>\n
Cabinet resolution #23 of January 19, 2022<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Decision-maker<\/strong>: the Cabinet.<\/p>\n Who is affected:<\/strong> children, parents, guardians, custodians, local governments, and government bodies.<\/p>\n Background<\/strong>: in the process of decentralization, most powers concerning the issues of custodianship and guardianship were transferred<\/a><\/span> to local governments that were supposed to create specialized subunits in their executive committees. The unified network of state regional offices that were in charge of these issues has been dissolved and the remaining part of their responsibilities was divided between other departments. Meanwhile, many local communities have not managed to create these specialized subunits, and as a result, child adoption and other processes concerning custodianship and guardianship over children are blocked there since the local elections of 2020. The prosecutor\u2019s office addressed 164 communities with the request to do their job and create the subunits. The problem became so pressing that the Verkhovna Rada has created a dedicated provisional investigative commission. Based on the results of the commission\u2019s work, the Parliament has adopted resolutions approving<\/span><\/a> the commission\u2019s report and recommending<\/span><\/a> the Cabinet to create the State Children\u2019s Service.<\/p>\n Summary of the resolution<\/strong>:<\/p>\n What is right<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n
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