ministry of civil affairs: temporary and long-term guardianship will be provided to eligible migrant children
2024-09-03
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china youth daily client, beijing, september 3 (china youth daily, china youth network reporter han yang) in response to the "action plan for strengthening the care and protection of migrant children" jointly issued by 20 central departments recently, xu liyang, the second-level inspector of the ministry of civil affairs' children's welfare department, said at a press conference today that the number of migrant children in my country is huge and the demand for care services is diverse. they live and study in different places with their migrant parents for a long time. compared with children in their place of residence, they are more likely to encounter obstacles in the equalization of basic public services such as education, medical care, and living security. some children face problems such as insufficient guardianship, insufficient mental health care, insufficient supply of spiritual and cultural products, and difficulties in integrating into cities and communities.
the press conference site.
xu liyang introduced that in recent years, the civil affairs department has done a lot of work for migrant children in terms of social assistance and classified protection for children in difficult situations. for example, it has guided local governments to include eligible migrant children in the scope of minimum living security and temporary assistance to ensure their basic living. nanning, guangxi and suzhou, jiangsu have implemented the application for minimum living security with residence permits. a comprehensive temporary assistance system has been established, and migrant children with non-local household registration can apply for temporary assistance at their place of residence.
at the same time, we will strengthen the life guarantee and care services for children in difficult situations. we will establish a grass-roots child work team including child supervisors and child directors, strengthen visits to special groups of children in difficult situations, find out the lack of guardianship or guardianship infringement of migrant children, and carry out temporary guardianship and assistance. we will also strengthen the construction of child welfare institutions and juvenile rescue and protection institutions, improve the referral and disposal procedures, improve the quality of care for street children, coordinate relevant departments to implement the basic life and education guarantees of street children under the temporary guardianship of civil affairs departments, and provide psychological counseling, emotional comfort and other services.
xu liyang, second level inspector of the department of child welfare of the ministry of civil affairs.
xu liyang said that in the next step, the ministry of civil affairs will guide local civil affairs departments to strictly implement the relevant requirements of the action plan and further strengthen the basic living security of migrant children. classify and strengthen living security. for orphans and children who are actually not cared for, the civil affairs department of the place where the children live will coordinate with the civil affairs department of the place of household registration to identify their qualifications in accordance with relevant policies, and include them in the security in a timely manner. a dynamic adjustment mechanism for basic living security standards will be established and improved, and "cross-provincial services" will be vigorously promoted to provide convenient and efficient services.
at the same time, we will rely on the juvenile protection institutions and child welfare institutions to provide temporary guardianship and long-term guardianship for eligible migrant children. we will guide the civil affairs departments where the children live to provide temporary assistance to eligible migrant children in the emergency. we will guide the civil affairs departments where the children live to coordinate with the civil affairs departments where they are registered to handle the two disability subsidies for eligible disabled children in a timely manner.
xu liyang said that it is necessary to guide social forces to play a caring and supporting role, encourage and support individuals, legal persons and other social organizations to voluntarily carry out charitable assistance to migrant children by donating property, setting up projects, providing services, etc., with a focus on helping migrant children who have difficulties in life.
image source: ministry of civil affairs official website
(source: china youth daily client)
