- The government keeps all its promises and introduces new pro-family solutions - Minister Marlena Maląg said on Thursday to the participants of a family picnic in Chorzelów. This refers, among others, to the Family Welfare Capital, announced in the Polish Order. The bill will soon go to public consultation.

Social consultations of the draft Demographic Strategy - a document setting out the directions for actions until 2040 - are beginning. In the first voivodeships - Zachodniopomorskie and Lubuskie - they will start this week. - We encourage everyone who is not indifferent to the future of Poland, Polish families, future generations and our common future to participate in the consultations," says the Minister of Family and Social Policy, Marlena Maląg.

On 1 July this year, the call for applications for this year's edition of the "Good start" programme will begin. It is 300 PLN for a school starter kit for each child learning. - This year the applications will be submitted only online. For this purpose we can use e-banking, Empatia portal or PUE ZUS. It is really simple - assures the Minister of Family and Social Policy Marlena Maląg.

The 9th Outdoor National Convention of Large Families is held on the first weekend of summer holidays in Warsaw. The families gathered here in large numbers show that the power of family determines the future of society as a whole.

The concept of de-institutionalisation assumes a shift from institutional care to care provided in the family environment and local community. It has been included in the “Strategy for the development of social services” prepared at the Ministry of Family. The document has just been referred for consultation.

On 15 June, the Council of Ministers adopted a draft regulation amending the rules for the call for applications to the “Good Start” programme for the 2021/2022 schoolyear. According to them, from now on, the applications can only be submitted electronically and the Social Insurance Institution (ZUS) will handle the fully automated process. The call according to the new rules will start pursuant to a regular schedule – on 1 July and will end on 30 November.

The Ministry of Family and Social Policy is launching a campaign to promote committed fatherhood. The promotional campaign based on three social media spots will convince young people that being a father and active presence in the child’s life is a real life adventure – available at hand for each man.

Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, Minister of Family and Social Policy Marlena Maląg and Government Plenipotentiary for Demographic Policy Barbara Socha presented a draft Demographic Strategy 2040. The strategy assumes getting out of the trap of the low fertility rate and getting closer to a level that guarantees the replacement of generations. The Government plans to achieve this objective by means of long-term, multi-area measures removing the barriers which discourage the Poles from pursuing their family aspirations. Among the priority areas of intervention, there are the programmes of the Polish Deal and new initiatives supporting flexibility and stability of work and improvement in the quality of health care.

Today, i.e. on 15 June the Council of Ministers adopted a draft regulation of the Ministry of Family and Social Policy amending the rules for the call for applications to the “Good Start” programme for the 2021/2022 schoolyear.

A significant change in the Large Family Card is coming in great strides. Starting from 9 June, the Large Family Card will be available in the mObywatel (mCitizen) app. – This will make the Large Family Card even more modern and will also significantly reduce bureaucracy. This is good news for families – says Marlena Maląg, Minister of Family and Social Policy.