YEREVAN. – Armenia’s PM Tigran Sargsyan attended a conference entitled “Integrated Social Services: Improving Social Welfare for Armenian Families and Children.” 

In his address at the event, Sargsyan presented the main provisions of the Armenian Government’s new social policy.

He noted that respective pilot programs were carried out, and they showed the effectiveness of the integrated social services. “Our objective is to have one-window offices and social services,” Tigran Sargsyan said.  

The PM also noted that the Government will now transition from the policy of increasing the incomes of the socially disadvantaged families to the policy of increasing their human abilities.    

“The state’s financial means will be directed to providing jobs and education to the members of socially vulnerable families,” Tigran Sargsyan maintained.  

As per PM, the studies show that only ten percent of the children of such families are able to receive a university education. “[And] This means the state will take care of the education costs for the children of socially disadvantaged families. Lack of financial means shall not be a reason to discontinue education,” the PM stressed.