The government additionally allocated 26 million hryvnias for compensation for the placement of IDPs: Ministry of Reintegration

The Cabinet of Ministers decided on additional allocation of 26 million hryvnias for compensation for accommodation of internally displaced persons (IDPs). These funds are intended to cover the costs of communal services during the free stay of migrants in state, communal and private premises, informs Ministry of Reintegration.

The decision provides for the allocation of over 26.6 million hryvnias from the reserve fund of the state budget to cover the costs of communal services for April 2024. Among them, the following will be directed:

• More than 3.9 million hryvnias — To the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy, the Ministry of Energy, the Ministry of Education and Science, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy, the Ministry of Social Policy for the compensation of expenses of state-owned institutions belonging to the sphere of their management.
• More than 21.9 million hryvnias — communal institutions, state educational institutions financed from local budgets, and institutions jointly owned by territorial communities under the management of regional and district councils.

The provision of these subsidies from the state budget to local budgets will be carried out by the Ministry of Reintegration in accordance with the approved distribution between regional budgets. Also, more than 671 thousand hryvnias will be provided to regional military administrations for compensation payments to private institutions, with the exception of private educational institutions.

The Ministry of Reintegration thanked the Ministry of Economy and the Ministry of Finance for their cooperation in the implementation of the state policy on supporting internally displaced persons.