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1. Care Reform in Armenia
Achievements and Challenges
Sona Harutyunyan, Deputy Minister of
Labour and Social Affairs
Armenia Country Core Team
London
11 September 2017
2. Map of Armenia
2
• Territory: 29,000 square kilometers,
landlocked country
• Population: 2,8 million
• Main branches of economy: mining, information
technology (IT), light industry, chemical industry,
electronics, food processing, construction, and
agriculture
• Rich in history with unique flora and fauna
• Capital of Armenia: Yerevan
• Time zone: GTM+4
3. Main Demographic, Economic, and
Social Indicators
As of 2016 Trend for 2000–2016
Population (in millions) 2.99
of which children (%) 20.8
Annual population growth ( %) -0.4
Life expectancy at birth (years) 75.00
Infant mortality rate ( per 1000) 8.8
Under 5 child mortality rate ( per 1000) 10.1
GDP per capita (USD) 3606.2
Employment rate ( %) 50.0
Migration balance (people) -25,900
Inflation rate (%) 3.7
Human Development Index 0.743
Enrolment rate, 1–12 grade (%) 86.4
Average years of schooling (years) 10.4
Poverty rate (%) 29.8
4. Main Demographic, Economic, and
Social Indicators
Child poverty and deprivation
• 33.7% of children in Armenia live in poverty.
• Child poverty rates vary significantly by marz
(province).
• Children in rural areas are at higher risk of poverty:
36% versus 32.2% in urban settlements.
• Children in larger families are more likely to be
poor: 46.7% of children in families with 3 or more
children below 18 are poor.
• 23.4% of the households with children younger
than 18 receive family benefits.
Source: National Statistical Service (NSS) of Armenia, Integrated Living
Conditions Survey, 2015 (ILCS)
5. Main Demographic, Economic, and
Social Indicators
Child poverty and deprivation
• Almost one in four children are both poor and
deprived (25.8%).
• 64.5% of children are deprived, according to 2015
data, using a cutoff of 2 or more dimensions.
• 82% of children in rural areas
• 53% of children in urban areas
Source: United Nations (UN) Children’s Fund (UNICEF). (2016). Armenia
National Multiple Overlapping Deprivation Analysis
6. Historical Influences on Care
• Orphanages and residential institutions:
o Operating since 1915 Armenian genocide
o Played significant role during World War II and
further years of repressions
• 1988 devastating earthquake
• Collapse of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
o 54% of people living in poverty in 1999
• The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict; refugees from
Azerbaijan
• Economic crises and blockade
7. Cultural Influences on Care
• During the Soviet era, children with disabilities
and antisocial behaviour were often placed in
special schools.
• Families relinquish their children with disabilities at
birth per recommendations from healthcare
personnel.
• Traditional families rely heavily on informal
support and guardianship, but are also
dependent on state-funded support.
• Lack of community-based and family support
services
• Public perception and stigma regarding disability
• Authoritarian and overprotective parenting
8. Historical and Cultural Influences
on Care
• Ratification of UN Convention on the Rights of the
Child and reports to the UN Committee on the Rights
of the Child (UNCRC)
• Improved legal framework; new Constitution of 2015
embedded concept of child’s rights
• Established strong civil society and social partnership
• Donor support programs and exchange of
knowledge
• Ombudsman’s office—focus on child’s rights
• Use of data (NSS ILCS, Demographic and Health
Surveys) for decision making
• Introduction of inclusive education culture and
practice
9. Key Actors in Care Reform
MOLSA
MOES
MTAD
MOH
MOJ
Police
Donors:
• U.S. Agency for
International
Development
• UNICEF
• European Union
• World Bank
• Open Society Foundation
NGOs:
• Bridge of Hope
• Fund for
Armenia Relief
Child Support
Center
• Aravot
• Full Life
• Orran
Other organizations, institutions, or
associations:
• Ombudsman’s Office
• National Child Protection Commission
• Child Protection Network
• Churches and religious associations
• National
Statistical
Service
• Monitoring and
Evaluation
(M&E) Units
• IT center
• Regional Child
Protection Units
• Guardianship/Tr
usteeship Bodies
• Save the Children
• World Vision
• Children of Armenia
Fund
• Society for Orphaned
Armenian Relief
• SOS Kinderdorf
• Caritas
• National Assembly
• Government
• Ministry of Finance
MOLSA: Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
MOES: Ministry of Emergency Situations
MTAD: Ministry of Territorial Administration and Development
MOH: Ministry of Health
MOJ: Ministry of Justice
NGO: nongovernmental organization
10. Key Actors in Care Reform
10
Actor Role
Ministry of Labour and
Social Affairs (MOLSA)
• Oversees all aspects of care reform: national
commission, legal framework, strategies
• Implements and conducts M&E of 11 childcare programs
• Coordinates development, implementation, and
evaluation of the national strategy and action plan
• Maintains the national databases on children in adversity
and adoption
• Allocates free supportive devices and prostheses to
children with disabilities
• Trains social workers
• Accredits social services providers
• Supports social contracting
Ministry of Education
and Science (MOES)
• Oversees the operation of special schools and 4 regional
pedagogical-psychological support centers
• Transforms special schools and oversees
deinstitutionalization of children
• Develops and promotes inclusive education policy,
including its implementation and monitoring
• Maintains a database on children at schools
11. Key Actors in Care Reform
11
Actor Role
Ministry of Territorial
Administration and
Development (MTAD)
• Oversees the operation of Child Protection Units
(CPUs) of Marzpetarans (regional administration)
• Promotes social workers at the community level
• Supervises, through CPUs, operation of
Guardianship-Trusteeship bodies/commissions at
community level and refers the cases identified
• Authorized referral of children to special schools or
deinstitutionalization
• Data input into database on children in adversity
Ministry of Health
(MOH)
• Promotes early screening to identify and address
child disability
• Provides free of charge rehabilitation services for
children with disabilities, ages 0–7, and
vulnerable children, ages 7+
• Establishes community rehabilitation centers, also
within education settings
• Promotes public education to address
malnutrition among children
12. Key Actors in Care Reform
Actor Role
Ministry of Justice
(MOJ)
• Regulates adoption issues
• Oversees the consistency of legal frameworks
of different sectors and international
commitments
• Regulates juvenile justice policy and practice
Police • Partners with CPUs to place street children at
temporary childcare institutions/centers
• Supervises families with child abuse history
and prevents juvenile crime
Ministry of Finance
(MOF)
• Regulates budgeting and allocates funds for
care reform initiatives
National Statistical
Service (NSS)
• Provides national and disaggregated data
on children at institutions, orphans, adoptions,
and children with disabilities
• Produces national reports on social situation
and poverty profile of Armenia
13. Key Actors in Care Reform
13
Actor Role
UNICEF • Advocates for child rights and child protection (CP)
• Coordinates various partners in the country on
implementation of national care reform
USAID • Supports country care reform implementation
through
(i) Technical assistance of UNICEF, World Vision,
Save the Children, Bridge of Hope, and FAR CSC to
the MOLSA and MOES
ii) Direct financial support to the line ministries to
cover the associated transitional costs
European Union • Implements budget support programs
World Bank • Supports renovation and establishment of day care
centers, capacity strengthening
World Vision, Save the Children, Children of Armenia Fund, SOS Kinderdorf,
SOAR; Bridge of Hope; FAR Child Support Center; CP NGO network;
Ombudsman’s Office; Churches
14. Main Features of Care Reform
Early stage: no systemized care reform
Phase 1
1991–1995
• Ratification of UNCRC
• Some solutions for maternity leave
• Special division to deal with family and child issues at MOLSA
• First attempt to define vulnerable social groups and children in adversity
Defined state policy: care reform
Phase 2
1996–2003
• Department within MOLSA to regulate and coordinate all issues regarding children in
adversity (street children, begging children, working children, trafficking, etc.)
• Law on the rights of children, health support and services to population, social
benefits for children
• Civil code, law on education, law on social protection of children in adversity,
adoption regulation, Manuk database
• Introduction of special educational needs concept and pilot of Inclusive education
• First pilot of inclusive community development centers
• First attempt to provide free medication to children ages 0–7 and vulnerable
children
15. Main Features of Care Reform
Children in adversity are under state
protection!
Phase 3
2004–2013
• First state strategy on social protection of children in adversity 2004–2015
• Three-tiered CP system
• Child labor regulation
• Maternity support and child birth/care benefits; introduction of Maternity
and Child Health Certificate Program
• New legal status of residential institutions; admission regulations
• First stream of special schools transformation (16 out of 51)
• First day care centers established through state support
• State funding of inclusive education and expanded net of inclusive schools;
special educational needs (SEN) assessment, introduction of individual
education pans (IEPs); one general curriculum for mainstream education
• Database on children in adversity
• Database on children at schools
• Social contracting for community based services
16. Main Features of Care Reform
Quality of life concept prevails for
services to children in adversity
Phase 4:
2013–2016
•Strategy paper and action plan for 2013–2016
•2014: amendments to mainstream education law—All children should study at
mainstream schools.
•2015: revised criteria and regulations for placing children at residential
institutions, providing day care services, eligibility requirements;
•2015: new regulation for provision of health services to children in institutions
•Quality standards for services at residential institutions, including for children
with severe disabilities and those left without parental care
•2016: types, eligibility, and quality standards for alternative care for children in
adversity; revised foster care regulations
•New stage of transformation of residential institutions and special schools
•Promotion of community-based services; communities with >5000 residents will
have one paid social worker
•Early identification and referrals: health, social, and education services
•Strengthening community social workers—case managers
•Juvenile justice regulations
17. Main Features of Care Reform
Provision of proper environment for full
development of all children, including
children with disabilities and in adversity
Phase 5
2017–2021
• Child-centered approach in services provision
• Expanding network of community services to all children
• Strengthening of community social workers
• All children should live with their families or family-type environment.
• Three-level support to special educational needs
• Improved adoption regulation
• Promoting children participation in decision making
• Government program for 2017–2022 provisions on
deinstitutionalization
• CP strategy for 2017–021
• Education strategy for 2016–2025
• Child and adolescent health strategy for 2016–2020
18. Major Outcomes for Children
Resulting from Care Reform
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19. Major Outcomes for Children
Resulting from Care Reform
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• Adoption policy has been improved; since 2016, children have more
opportunities to influence decision making regarding adoption.
• 56% of children under adoption are adopted annually.
• 55% of families registered for adoption are Armenian citizens, however
67% of children are adopted by foreign citizens.
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Adoption of Children
Number of children adopted By RA citizens By not RA citizens
20. Major Outcomes for Children
Resulting from Care Reform
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
2002 2005 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Number of Street and Begging
Children
Street and begging children
• Annually, about 200 children
receive emergency support
and temporary care
through the Child Support
Center of FAR with
Armenian Police support to
prevent begging and street
living.
• Only 50% return to family-
type care.
20
92
82
60
50
0
20
40
60
80
100
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Number of Children in Family-Type Care
From Emergency Shelter
Return to biological family Kindship care Foster care
21. Major Outcomes for Children
Resulting from Care Reform
• In 2016, one night care institution was closed and four boarding
schools were transformed into child and family support centers
(MOLSA) and pedagogical psychological support centers
(MOES).
• More than 300 children were placed in family care in 2016 and
2017.
• Case managers and community social workers were trained
and mentored to improve performance.
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
1600
1800
2005 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Residential Institutions and Children in Care within the MOLSA
System
Number of residential institutions Number of children under care
22. Major Outcomes for Children Resulting
from Care Reform (Continued)
• Number of special schools reduced and children moved
to inclusive schools
• 148 mainstream schools were to become inclusive in
2016.
• Total number of inclusive schools is 226 as of 2016
• Number of children with SEN at schools was 6700 as of
2016
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
0
1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
6000
7000
8000
2005 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Special Schools and Children Enrolled
Number of special schools Number of children at special schools
23. Key Achievements of Care Reform:
Prevention of Unnecessary Family Separation
23
1) What has been done 2) What is under way
Health Sector • Early identification and support to families with children with
disables; state-funded screening during pregnancy and at
birth to prevent disability
• Free of charge healthcare services for children ages 0–7,
including costly surgeries
• Promotion of community rehabilitation centers
Education • Provision of inclusive education at all mainstream schools;
increased funding for education of children with SEN
• Gradual transformation of special schools into support
centers
• Introduction of three-level pedagogical-psychological
support to children with SEN at schools
• Introduction of new, teacher’s assistant position at schools
Social
Protection
• Introduction of case managers: trainings of social workers,
equipment/database and home visits
• Mapping of services; establishing and outsourcing
community day care services
24. Key Achievements of Care Reform:
Prevention of Unnecessary Family Separation
3) Factors that facilitated or made change possible
• UNCRC general comments of 2013
• Law on social assistance of 2014
• Law on amendments to law on mainstream education of
2014; following regulations
• Changes in Constitution of 2015
• USAID and UNICEF joint efforts
• Outsourcing of community-based services to NGOs
Key outcome:
In 2016, 100 children prevented from institutionalization
During past 10 years, at-birth screenings led to early
interventions for 700 children, eliminating their risk of
disability and institutionalization
25. Key Achievements of Care Reform:
Residential Care
25
Health Sector • Since 2015, healthcare services to children at residential
institutions is regulated.
Education • Night care is no longer mandatory at all special schools;
children are admitted only per parents’ written application;
education is provided based on IEPs.
• By 2025, special schools will transform to pedagogical
psychological support centers with trained staff who will
provide education support services to children with SEN at
schools and kindergartens.
Social
Protection
• Strict regulation of admission; changes of charters of
residential institutions to include defined mandate to support
family reunifications; case management introduction and
training of staff; education and care are separated for
children at orphanages or night care institutions; by 2019, six
night care institutions will be transformed to community-
based children’s and family support services.
• Palliative care services will be introduced in state
orphanages.
1) What has been done 2) What is under way
26. Key Achievements of Care Reform:
Residential Care
3) Factors that facilitated or made change possible
• Civil society organization (CSO) independent
monitoring at residential institutions supported
by Open Society Foundations 2012–2014
• Strong advocacy from UNICEF, USAID, and
CSOs, defending the rights of children
• Ratification of UNCRPD in 2010
• UNCRC recommendations
• Education Development Strategy for 2011–2015
• An action plan and timetable for implementing
a universal, inclusive education system
adopted in February 2016
27. Key Achievements of Care Reform:
Foster Care
1) What has been done:
• Started with pilot in 2004 with UNICEF and FAR
• 25 families trained—30 children cared for
• However, no proper regulations to support good
practice
2) What is under way:
• New changes in legislation in 2016; new model of
training for foster families since 2016; new advocacy
campaign during 2017; New funding will be allocated for
132 foster families since 2018
3) Factors that facilitated or made change
possible:
• Strong advocacy from UNICEF, USAID, and FAR
28. Key Achievements of Care Reform:
Supervised Independent Living
1) What has been done 2) What is under way
• 31 graduates of orphanages receive state support for independent
living since 2014:
• Lump sum support at graduation of $100
• Legal support for civil rights protection; mentoring for regulating
independent living
• Employment support services with trainings and job placement
• Temporary shelter or support for home rent by the age of 23
• Free medical support
• 49% of orphanage graduates who need a home received state
apartments since 2003; in 2015, with new regulation, social
apartments are provided based on registration sequence.
• SOS Kinderdorf supports independent living for 50 youths annually at
its youth houses.
3) Factors that facilitated or made change possible
• High rate of criminal cases among orphanage graduates
• Reproduction of orphanage generation: graduates left their own
children at orphanages
29. Key Achievements of Care Reform:
Kinship Care
1) What has been done 2) What is under way
• Kinship is the most accepted and applied form of
childcare.
• Kinship care is organized on the community level by
guardianship and custody bodies.
• The main issue is the lack of social support and guidance
mechanisms to kinship.
• New support schemes for kinship families is under
development.
3) Factors that facilitated or made change possible
• National and cultural peculiarities, including strong
family ties
• Public positive approach toward kinship
30. Key Achievements of Care Reform:
Adoption
1) What has been done 2) What is under way
• First regulated in 2000 with a special law on
adoption
• Ministry of Justice coordinates intercountry
adoptions since 2006
• Since 2014, interagency working group is
reforming adoption regulations in line with
international best practices, giving a child an
option for decision making; changes in family
code
3) Factors that facilitated or made change possible
• Same as mentioned earlier
31. Key Achievements of Care Reform:
Family Reunification & Reintegration
1) What has been done 2) What is under way
• Law on children in adversity; regulations for family
reunification
• Trained social workers to use new methods, assessment of
family needs, and targeted support to families with unified
children (World Vision Armenia; FAR CSC)
• Every year since 2014, about 170 children return to their
biological families from state residential institutions.
• Day care centers: 544 children in state-funded day care
centers
• By 2025, more than 20 residential institutions will be
transformed to day care and pedagogical psychological
support centers.
3) Factors that facilitated or made change possible
• USAID funded projects implemented by UNICEF and partner
CSOs
• Republic of Armenia concept paper on providing
alternative care to children in adversity of 2016
32. Key Challenges and Opportunities
Area Challenges Opportunities
Leadership and
Governance
• Lack of strong
cooperation and
coordination of
resources
• Decisions are not
always evidence
informed, rather
are linked with
political
developments or
donor
requirements
• Strong legal
framework is
needed
• Strong political
will to make
positive changes
in the lives of
children in
adversity
33. Key Challenges and Opportunities
Area Challenges Opportunities
Financing • Insufficient to
support the
fundamental
reforms; funding
allocation follows the
rule of what
resources are
available rather than
how much is
needed; no clear
estimation of actual
need of resources
• Free funds from
deinstitutionalization
and transformation
of residential
institutions
34. Key Challenges and Opportunities
34
Area Challenges Opportunities
Workforce • Lack of specialists and
psychologists at delivery
hospitals and rehabilitation
centers to work with parents
and prevent
institutionalization; lack of
skilled specialists at
mainstream schools to work
with children with disabilities,
• Lack of skilled specialists at
community level for early
identification of risk for
institutionalization
• Lack of ownership of
reform by implementers
• Lack of cooperation at
service-delivery level
• New training
modules for social
workers; association
of social workers
• New graduates with
new thinking of
social work and best
interest of child
• Assistants to teacher
are introduced at
schools
• Every community will
have paid social
worker to identify
children at risk
35. Key Challenges and Opportunities
35
Area Challenges Opportunities
Information • Lack of
disaggregated,
timely data
• Databases of
key ministries not
synchronized
• Poor M&E
• Establishing
integrated social
services
system—IBM
Cúram
• M&E of care
reform programs
of MOLSA
• School
management
information
system and
eHealth
• MEASURE
Evaluation!
36. Key Challenges and Opportunities
36
Area Challenges Opportunities
Service Delivery • Quality of services
and outcomes are
weak (social,
education, rehabilitation,
legal)
• Regions are
lacking community
day care and
family type services
• Lack of free health
services for
children in
adversity ages 7+ if
not receiving
family benefit
• Adoption of
standards of
quality of
services at state-
funded care
institutions/
services
• New
accreditation
procedures of
service providers
• State strategy to
expand net of
services
37. Key Challenges and Opportunities
37
Area Challenges Opportunities
Social Norms and
Practices
Social recognition of
deinstitutionalization
is still low, people
wrongly believe:
• It is better for child to
be fed and sleep in
warm premises at the
institutions rather than
live with poor families
• It is better for children
with disabilities to stay
at special schools
rather than be at
unadjusted
mainstream schools
with peers and face
bullying
• Strong civil
society that
supports care
reform
38. Major Outcomes for Children
Resulting from Care Reform
“It was ok at the school. We were playing. I had friends there.
But of course it’s better to be at home. We are with our mom.
It’s warmer here.” (Hripsime, 16; united with family from a residential
school in Gyumri)
“It will be difficult when Aravot support ends, and we will
need to think more about how to pay for food,” Gohar said.
“But, no matter how bad it will be, I won’t send them back to
the residential school. (Human Rights Watch interview with Gohar,
Gyumri, May 27, 2016)
“The hardest part for me [in the orphanage] was that I was
not with my mother. Last year at Christmas, they said, ‘What
do you wish for this Christmas?’ and I said, ‘I would like my
mother to come pick me up.’ And they said, ‘Tomorrow your
mother will come.’ ” (Human Rights Watch interview with Heghine,
Gyumri, May 27, 2016)
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