Press Releases

Child by the wall

Transformation of the system of care for children at risk: the number of children in institutional care has not substantially decreased, foster care is increasing only slowly

Even after 16 years and the expenditure of hundreds of millions of Czech crowns, the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, together with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports and the Ministry of Health have not completed the transformation of the system of care for children at risk that they began already in 2009.

Sweeper

The Ministry paid CZK 1.2 billion to increase employment of disadvantaged people. However, it is not possible to assess whether the support actually helped them

The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs has spent a total of CZK 1.2 billion between 2016 and 2022 to increase the employment of disadvantaged people, such as people with low qualifications, people with disabilities, the long-term unemployed, people over the age of 50, people caring for young children or other dependents, without specifying what kind of change is to be achieved.