Latvia's Child Guarantee National Action Plan - An overview
2021 was a turning point in the fight against child poverty, with the launch of two landmark initiatives, the EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child and the European Child Guarantee.
As EU Member States submit their Child Guarantee National Action Plans, Eurochild will share highlights from each plan that members, children's rights advocates and influencers can use in their own work to ensure children's rights remain high on the political agendas across Europe.
The Latvian government submitted Latvia's Child Guarantee National Action Plan (NAP) on 21 November 2023.
The Latvian Child Guarantee National Action Plan focuses on:
- Material support for families with children: Social insurance; State social benefits and remuneration; Assistance provided by municipalities; Tax relief.
- High-quality and Inclusive Education: Early education programmes; Admission priority to orphans and children deprived of parental care; Project to reduce school drop-out; Free school.
- Free healthcare: Free access to healthcare; Full or Partial reimbursement of medicines; Individual rehabilitation plan; Accessible information.
- Adequate housing: Various assistances in resolving housing issues; social housing availability; Temporary accommodation.
- Out-of-family care: Precedence of family-like environment; State financial assistance; Continued support for young people deprived of family care until age 24;
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Eurochild and its members will continue to call on Member States to release their plans and to work on ensuring the Child Guarantee National Action Plans helps end child poverty.
This overview presents highlights extracted from the National Action Plan (NAP) from Latvia published on 21/11/2023. It is not exhaustive nor does it evaluate the NAP and uses the same terms as those in the NAP. It is intended to summarise key elements & to signpost stakeholders to other relevant analyses.
