The Government triggers two more pilot projects for veterans and military personnel. Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal announced this during a Government session on October 3.
“The first one is the provision of a new comprehensive social service – resilience building. It includes a number of options. In particular, social and psychological assistance, formation and development of social skills and abilities, assistance in adaptation, etc. Every veteran, his or her family or a group of people will be eligible to receive the service,” noted Denys Shmyhal.
The second project is social support for military personnel and their families in military units.
“We are talking about psychosocial support to strengthen families, assistance in paperwork, assistance in communication with state and local authorities,” the Prime Minister noted and added that the projects would be coordinated by the Ministry of Social Policy, which would soon provide all the details of the projects.
The Head of Government emphasized that Ukraine was already radically changing its veteran policy, as it provided extensive economic opportunities for our defenders: business, work, retraining, adaptation, barrier-free access, housing for veterans, establishment of veteran development centers and introduction of a veteran assistant.
According to the Prime Minister, people are currently being selected and trained to provide peer-to-peer support to veterans. The number of applicants exceeds the number of vacancies. (Government portal/Business World Magazine)