Demographic changes and the ageing of society are reasons for which the questions about the quality of life of elderly people in Poland are becoming increasingly important. What is needed are comprehensive solutions providing this age group with adequate support and care.

For many parents, combining professional work with raising young children is a great challenge. They lack not only time, but sometimes also funds to pay for a nanny or nursery. That is why Family Care Capital has been created – a new financial solution, which will cover about 615 thousand children next year.

Minister Marlena Maląg and Government Plenipotentiary for the Disabled, Paweł Wdówik, attended the Gala on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the State Fund for the Rehabilitation of the Disabled.

Minister Marlena Maląg and Secretary of State Stanisław Szwed attended the celebrations related to the 39th Pilgrimage of Working People of NSZZ „Solidarity” in Częstochowa. The Pilgrimage was held under the motto „Our Mother, we entrust to you the Homeland and the Working People”.

On Monday, the Minister of Family and Social Policy, Marlena Maląg, attended the opening of the Centre for Social Services in Kozienice. But this is not the only facility to be built in Kozienice thanks to government co-financing. During the meeting, the Minister gave the Mayor of the commune a promise to co-finance the creation of a Care and Residential Centre.

The Deputy Minister of Family, Barbara Socha, attended the debate entitled „Family, demography, state”, which was held at the „Poland, a Great Project” congress. The Congress, held for the 11th time, serves to debate on the strategic development challenges facing Poland in the coming decades.

Family Care Capital means PLN 12 thousand for the second and subsequent child aged from 12 to 36 months. Parents will decide on their own whether they want to receive PLN 500 per month for two years or PLN 1,000 for one year. On Friday, 17 September, the first reading of the draft act was held in the Sejm.

Entrusting the handling of the programme to the Social Insurance Institution, submitting applications online only and moving away from payment of benefits in cash – these are the most important proposed changes in the „Family 500+” programme. On Wednesday, the first reading of the draft amendment to the Act in this matter was held in the Sejm.

At Tuesday’s meeting, the Council of Ministers adopted a regulation on the minimum salary for work in 2022. Next year, the minimum salaries will increase to the level of PLN 3,010, and the hourly rate will be PLN 19.70.

On 10 September, the Ministry of Family and Social Policy signed a partnership agreement for the implementation of a project aimed at developing an act on equalising opportunities for persons with disabilities. This will open the door to the full implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.