Central

The central Government is responsible for:

Social assistance:

• Ensuring funding for social assistance and welfare in the state budget;
• Creating social care and social rehabilitation institutions;
• Developing a State policy in the field of social services and social assistance; and

Family policy:

• State family benefits.

Social Security:

Legislation.

Local

Local authorities are responsible for:

Social assistance:

• Social assistance for poor families and socially vulnerable persons;
• Ensuring places for orphans and children without parental care in training and educational institutions;
• Providing overnight shelters for the homeless;
• The Local Government Social Service Office provides for social assistance.

Family policy:

• Ensuring places for elderly in old‑age homes;
• Family support and crisis centres for children, parents, pregnant women, and young mothers in need of specialised help; and

Registration of marriage, partnership or birth.

Responsible ministries/bodies

Ministry of Welfare

Social Integration State Agency

Sources:

Cab. Reg. No. 1517 - State Family Benefit     (available in Latvian only)

Law on Social Security

Social Services and Social Assistance Law 

Ministry of Welfare

Social Integration State Agency