In luck the families of ATO participants will receive additional benefits
the Members of the NGO “Hope”, representing the families of the victims in a zone of carrying out anti-terrorist operation together with the head of the organization Love Karaban and a member of the city Council of Maya Shostak held a meeting with Deputy mayor Andrew Kish, heads of separate structural subdivisions of city Council and representatives of the Pension Fund. The topic of their conversation was providing subsidized combatants, their families as well as families of victims (died) participants of the ATO in various spheres of public life. According to the representative of Lutsk unified management of the Pension Fund of Ukraine in Lutsk, from January 1, 2017 entered into force changes in the legislation concerning early retirement participants ATO and members of their families, according to which those military officers who took part in the fighting in the area ATO will be entitled to pensions at age 55, in the presence of the General seniority not less than 25 years for men and age 50 in the presence of the General seniority not less than 20 years for women. The Director of the Department of social policy city Council Tetiana Knysh said that the families of the combatants and the families of the dead servicemen are fully exempted from payment of utilities, and are entitled to free travel on public transport. It is worth noting that mothers and wives of victims who attended, asked how the introduction of “card of Lucania” may affect their right for free use of public transport. The Deputy mayor Andrej Kiska said that currently their right to a reduced fare remains unchanged. Also Tetiana Knysh added that the Department of social policy for the second consecutive month, a separate Department demobilizovanniy participants ATO and members of their families. All the necessary consultations are provided by employees of the Department and for members of families of fallen members ATO. “Despite the large number of visitors, now the Department for work with participants of ATO will work without a lunch break,” said Tetiana Knysh. In 2017 we will continue the payment of one-time financial assistance to the families of the victims. In addition, families of demobilized members of the ATO, and the families of the victims according to a Comprehensive city program of support to the military, which approved the deputies of Lutsk city Council in 2016, have the opportunity to go to a sanatorium for rehabilitation funded by the city budget. The head of the Department of health Nikolay Yakimchuk told about the benefits that are provided to family members of fallen soldiers in urban health facilities. So, they can get free medications that are dispensed in the presence of a prescription, have the right to free prosthetic dentistry at city dental clinic. In addition, they are entitled to priority medical examination and prophylactic medical examination and primary hospitalization. There is also the possibility of compensation funds in case of expensive treatment in the presence of all required medical certificates. Andrej Kiska also pointed out that children of victims are entitled to free meals in educational institutions of the city, and free access to the circles of the Palace of youth education in art and music schools. This was reported in Lutsk city CouncilÏåðåâåäåíî ñåðâèñîì "ßíäåêñ.Ïåðåâîä÷èê": translate.yandex.ru.
Source: http://uzinform.com.ua/
