Gminna pomoc społeczna – ćwierć wieku transformacji
Municipal social welfare – twenty five years of transformation

Summary/Abstract: The paper is devoted to reflections on the functioning of social welfare in the restored structures of local government in last twenty-five years. Firstly, it generally shows the importance of decentralization processes in contemporary social welfare. Then it briefly presents the experiences of Polish municipal social welfare, on the basis of the Social Welfare Act adopted in 1923. Next, it presents the key role of the Social Assistance Act of 29 November 1990, the effects of the administrative reform implemented on 1 January 1999 and the current challenges facing municipal social welfare.

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