1. Republic of Kazakhstan Ministry of Education and Science of the RoK Foster Care Implementation: Experience, Lessons Learnt 1

2. There are 4 mln. 922 thous. 647 children at the age of
0 to 18 in Kazakhstan
1 mln. 824 thous. 608
children of preschool age
2 mln. 554 thous. 136 –
children of school age
543 thous. 903 –
studying youth
including children
deprived of parental care 2

3. Organizations for orphaned children and children deprived of parental care (total of 204 organizations with subpopulation of 16 thousand 008 children)
26 orphanages in public health system (1 820 children)
159 children’s homes and
boarding schools in educational
system ( children)
19 children’s homes and boarding schools in social safety net (1032 children) 3

4. Forms of placement of children deprived of parental care into a family
governmental
public 4

5. Data on revelation and placement of street children
Every year we reveal about 10 thousand street children among whom:
10% go back to their families
60% are resigned under guardianship (kinship), adoption, patronat
25% are put into institutions 5

6. Data on placement of orphaned children and children deprived of parental care
of which:
resigned to families under guardianship or kinship – children
put under patronat children
put into different organizations children 6

7. Implementation of the Law on Marriage and Family of the Republic of Kazakhstan in terms of children’s placement under patronat 7

8. Appropriation of funds from local budgets for patronat (in thous
Appropriation of funds from local budgets for patronat (in thous. tenge) 8

9. Family support services
Tasks:
Provision of complex approach in solving problems of children requiring state protection
Formation of data base on children, foster homes, blood families, families from risk groups
Preventive and rehabilitation work with family and child in order to reunite the child with his/her blood family
Development of family forms to place children deprived of parental care
Preventive work with families from risk groups in order to maintain family for a child
Creation of child friendly environment in children’s homes
Public information about forms of placement and possibilities to take a child into a family
Objective – protection of rights, rendering of timely assistance to children who require state protection, including orphaned children, children deprived of parental care, children in difficult reality situation, their parents and foster homes; realization of the right or children for upbringing in a family 9

10. Results obtained Number of children resigned
under guardianship and kinship
increased by 61%
Number of children put under
patronat increased by 12%
Number of adopted children
increased by 3%
Number of Kazakh citizens
willing to adopt children
increased by 33 % 10