New care home to open for children with disabilities under state care

Seven children with disabilities who are currently under state care will soon live in a new facility where they will get family-type service and care.

A new family type small-scale alternative care facility will be built in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi.

Representatives from the Georgian Government, international organisations, and local real estate company M2 - who jointly implemented the project – have already laid foundation to the new facility today.

The small-scale alternative care facility will accommodate the seven children who are currently under state care.

The project is supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and United Nations Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF).

Meanwhile, M2 will fully cover the construction costs of the small-scale alternative care facility.

This will be the second family type small-scale alternative care facility in Tbilisi.

UNICEF Georgia said the establishment of two small scale alternative care facilities would allow the Georgian Government to expand the alternative services for children with disabilities and end the system of institutional care for these children.