Evaluation of non-financial social assistance to families in child day care centers: situation analysis in Lithuania

Abstract

The article focuses on the peculiarities of providing non - fin ancial social assistance to social risk families in child day care centers. The research provides an analysis of the aspects of providing social assistance to disadvantaged families and their children, and it also discusses the possibilities of providing n on - financial social assistance in child day care centers. The aim of the article is to identify the effectiveness of non - financial social assistance and to define its influence on social risk families and children of such families. The research, firstly, r eveals the difficulties that the providers of non - financial social assistance and employees of child day care centers face in fulfilling their duties, and, secondly, specifies how non - financial social assistance provided in child day care centers affects disadvantaged families on reducing their social exclusion. The results of the research also reveal the possibilities of organizing and improving the process of providing non - financial assistance in child day care centers.