Program 1: “Accessible Education” – Funding for educational services for children with special needs.

Status: Ongoing program (indefinite duration).

Objective: To ensure that children with special educational needs and disabilities have access to quality education, including special educational services, assistive technologies, and learning materials.

Beneficiary Categories:

• Children with officially diagnosed special educational needs.
• Children with disabilities (including those in subgroup A).
• Children with mental developmental delays.
• Children with autism spectrum disorder.
• Children with speech, hearing, or musculoskeletal impairments.
• Children with complex and multiple impairments.

What is funded:

• Education at schools specializing in working with children with special educational needs
• Remedial materials and workbooks
• Assistive technologies and adaptive equipment for learning
• Psychological support for the child and family

Program 2: “Development Without Barriers” — Funding for remedial classes for children with special needs.

Status: Ongoing program (indefinite duration)

Objective: To ensure that children with disabilities and special needs have access to professional remedial assistance.

Beneficiary Categories:

• Children with disabilities (including those in subgroup A).
• Children with special educational needs.
• Children with speech disorders.
• Children with autism spectrum disorder.
• Children with multiple developmental disabilities.
• Children with motor development disorders.
• Children with cognitive impairments.
• Children with behavioral disorders requiring remedial support.

What is covered:

• Remedial sessions with a speech-language pathologist
• Remedial sessions with a special education teacher
• Remedial sessions with a psychologist
• Remedial sessions with a physical therapist
• Remedial sessions with a therapeutic educator
• Other specialized remedial services (as recommended by the IRC and specialists)

Program 3: “Psychological Support” — Funding for psychological and psychotherapeutic assistance for children affected by the Russian Federation’s armed aggression.

Status: Temporary program (implementation period: the current period of armed conflict and the period of psychological rehabilitation)

Objective: To ensure that children affected by the Russian Federation’s armed aggression against Ukraine have access to high-quality psychological and psychotherapeutic care for trauma treatment and adaptation.

Beneficiary Categories:

• Children (ages 1 to 18) who were present during shelling, bombing, or other combat operations.
• Children who have lost loved ones as a result of the armed conflict.
• Children diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or other traumatic reactions.
• Internally displaced children.
• Children of military personnel and combatants.
• Children evacuated from areas of active combat.

What is funded:

• Individual psychotherapy sessions (psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral therapy, Gestalt therapy, EMDR, etc.).
• Psychological sessions, training, and psychological support programs for children and their family members.
• Psychiatric evaluation and medication treatment when medically indicated.
• Psychological counseling in educational institutions.

Program 4: “Family Support.”

Status: Ongoing program (indefinite duration)

Objective: To provide humanitarian and emergency assistance to families with children facing difficult life circumstances.

Beneficiary Categories:

• Low-income families with children.
• Families with children affected by emergencies, natural disasters, or other crisis situations.
• Families raising children with disabilities (including those in subgroup A).
• Families raising children with special educational needs.
• Families of internally displaced persons.
• Single-parent families in need of assistance.
• Large families facing difficult life circumstances.

What is funded:

• Financial assistance to cover housing, utilities, and other urgent expenses.
• Purchase of essential items for children, including school supplies, medications, and other necessities.
• Emergency financial assistance in crisis situations.

Program 5: “Healthy Childhood.”

Status: Ongoing program (indefinite duration)

Objective: To promote the health and physical development of children with disabilities and special needs through specialized treatment and rehabilitation.

Beneficiary Categories:

• Children with disabilities (including Subgroup A).
• Children with developmental disabilities.
• Children requiring rehabilitation following illness or injury.
• Children with chronic illnesses.
• Children whose health condition requires specialized treatment, rehabilitation, or medical care.

What is funded:

• Treatment, medication, and rehabilitation for patients.
• Physical, psychological, social, and comprehensive rehabilitation for children, including children with disabilities and special educational needs.
• Children’s health recovery programs, sanatorium and resort treatment, health improvement, and medical care.
• Rehabilitation supplies.

Program 6: “Opora.”

Status: Ongoing program (indefinite duration)

Objective: To ensure social protection and adaptation for children with special needs and to promote their integration into society.

Beneficiary Categories:

• Families raising children with disabilities (including those in subgroup A) and children with special educational needs.
• Children at risk of social exclusion, discrimination, or social isolation.
• Orphans and children deprived of parental care.
• Children and families facing difficult life circumstances.
• Low-income families with children.
• Families with many children.
• Children in need of social adaptation and comprehensive social support.

What is funded:

• Social support for children and families facing difficult life circumstances.
• Programs for the social adaptation, integration, and development of life skills for children.
• Measures to protect the rights and legitimate interests of children.

Program 7: “Space for Development.”

Status: Ongoing program (indefinite duration)

Objective: To create and equip specialized spaces for the development, education, and rehabilitation of children with special needs.

Beneficiary Categories:

• Children with disabilities (including those in subgroup A) and special educational needs.
• Educational institutions that provide instruction to children with special educational needs.
• Healthcare and rehabilitation facilities that provide services to children.
• Community and charitable organizations whose activities are aimed at supporting children with disabilities and special needs.

What is funded:

• The purchase and installation of specialized equipment for the education, development, and rehabilitation of children.
• The purchase of educational materials, teaching guides, teaching aids, and other resources for organizing the educational process.
• Repairs, retrofitting, adaptation, and furnishing of premises in accordance with the needs of children with special educational needs.
• Purchase of technical, computer, and software equipment to support the educational or rehabilitation process.
• Furnishing of remedial classrooms, sensory rooms, resource centers, and other specialized spaces.

Program 8: “Active Future.”

Status: Ongoing program (indefinite duration)

Objective: To promote the physical development, sports rehabilitation, and socialization of children with disabilities and special needs through sports and rehabilitation activities.

Beneficiary Categories:

• Children with disabilities (including those in subgroup A).
• Children with developmental and motor function impairments.
• Children in need of physical rehabilitation
• Children with functional health limitations.

What is funded:

• Sports classes and training sessions adapted to each child’s individual abilities.
• Rehabilitative physical therapy sessions.
• Sports camps and health-promoting activities.
• Purchase of sports equipment and specialized gear.
• Participation in sports competitions, festivals, inclusive events, and other sports activities.

Program 9: “Humanitarian Mission.”

Status: Temporary program (during the period of armed conflict and its aftermath)

Objective: To provide humanitarian assistance to children and families affected by the armed conflict, as well as to institutions that provide services for children with special needs.

Beneficiary Categories:

• Internally displaced children and their families.
• Children and their families who have been affected by the armed aggression against Ukraine.
• Children and their families living in areas of active hostilities or in temporarily occupied territories.
• Children and families of combatants and war veterans.
• Children and families of Defenders of Ukraine who have been killed, taken prisoner, or are missing in action.
• Children who have become disabled or suffered other health impairments as a result of hostilities.

What is funded:

• Humanitarian aid (food, water, medicines, hygiene products, and other essential items)
• Financial assistance to meet the immediate needs of children and families affected by the war
• Evacuation and logistical operations
• Psychological, social, and moral-psychological support for children and their families