Polityka deinstytucjonalizacji systemu opieki nad dziećmi w Ukrainie: transformacja, podstawowe trendy i wpływ wojny
The Policy of Deinstitutionalization of the Child Care System in Ukraine: Transformation, Key Trends, and the Impact of War

Summary/Abstract: The article concerns the issue of deinstitutionalization and the reform of the child care system for children deprived of parental care in Ukraine. It examines the origins, development, and transformation of family-based and institutional child care systems over the period 1991-2025, taking into account the specifics and trends in their functioning under the war conditions in Ukraine. This analysis shows that the war in Ukraine has triggered negative trends in the functioning of the child welfare system, primarily in the increase after 2023 in the number of orphans and children deprived of parental care, the reduction in the number of foster families, and the ban on international adoption. It also includes an increase in the number of children in care and guardianship, as well as children adopted by Ukrainian citizens. This trend is closely linked to the war in Ukraine and the increase in the number of orphans. However, the situation is improving somewhat with the reduction in the number of institutional care facilities. The deinstitutionalization reform in Ukraine, the main goal of which is to reform the institutional child care system, can become both a catalyst and a source of creation and development of new, higher-quality social service.

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