Attila Fülöp, State Secretary for Social Affairs at the Ministry of National Resources, said at a community event in Tar, Nógrád County, that the government will introduce a foster parenting allowance from 1 January 2020. According to the Secretary of State, in Hungary, 15,000 children live with foster parents and 8,000 in foster homes. Therefore, developing and strengthening the foster care network is crucial as it is important to set a good example for these children.
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Unfortunately, not every child has the possibility to grow up in a family. These children live in children’s home or with foster parents. The Hungarian Government takes action to help foster parents, so more children can be raised in a loving…
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UNICEF Child Rights Officer Viola Szlankó summarized how an epidemiological emergency affects child protection care in a new UNICEF blog post. Most of the children in child protection care have been removed from their families due to abuse, neglect…
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State Secretary for Social Affairs at the Ministry of Human Resources in Hungary, Attila Fülöp said that there were 23,000 children in the child protection system in Hungary. 15,000-16,000 live in foster care and 8,000 in care homes. The…
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Ágnes Diamond started a support group for LGBTQI + parents in 2016. Parents meet monthly, but they also set up a Facebook group called "Parents and Supporters of LGBTQ Children."
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According to information by the newspaper 168 óra, the Budapest Police Headquarters has already launched two investigations into the Pest County Child Protection Center and Territorial Child Protection Service (PM Tegyesz), because of procedures for…
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Following eighteen months of drafting, the Csongrád County Child and Victim Protection Agreement has been completed. The agreement aims to enhance the cooperation of experts within the child protection system.
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Zsolt Balogh, the Deputy General of St. Agota Child Protection Services, who himself grew up in a children’s home, and is currently working with children separated from their families. Mr. Balogh received the St. Christopher Recognition on…
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In an article published on the Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County News Portal, psychologist Beáta Balogh explains why fair and open communication and cooperation between parents is important during and after divorce.
Divorce always has an impact on a…
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In Hungary, five thousand children are placed in state care every year. In the SOS Children’s Villages campaign, young adults who have grown up in the system are sending messages to children living in children’s homes. These video messages …
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The organisation TASZ was faced on several occasions with the fact that parents are informed in the guardianship office, that if they stand up for their rights, they will not get their children back. Until now, cases, when the child welfare office…
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László Székely, the ombudsman for fundamental rights in Hungary recommended closing the special needs homes and schools in a north-eastern Hungarian village Tornanádaska, unless those can be immediately repaired. This comes after the inspection that…
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The Hungarian Province of the Society of Jesus created a Child Protection Policy in 2011. It was reviewed and updated in 2014, and again in November 2019.
Each and every member and associate of the Province has had to sign the document and…
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Katalin Novák, Minister of State for Family, Youth and International Affairs, shared some details about the new child protection strategy in Hungary, which mainly focuses on the dangers of the digital environment. The minister was invited to a…
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The Gyerekaneten.hu website was launched by the National Media and Telecommunication Authority in March. It provides information for parents about the digital world the children use and its dangers. It introduces social networks, threats,…
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A recent bill aims to make adoption easier and faster, but experts find many of its elements problematic. In a joint resolution, the members of the Coalition for the Rights of the Child stated that certain points of the bill violate the rights of…
