Johnová (Prague to herself): Prague will release additional funds to help children and adults who fled Ukraine before the war
Prague is preparing financial support for the provision of primary prevention for children, teaching the Czech language and providing leisure activities that will enable the Czech to better integrate into the environment. This contribution will allow the approved funds to be extended to services among adults, specifically in the field of addictology care.
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A complementary drug coordinator is suitable to link complementary projects to children and adults from Ukraine, and all have been discussed by the grant committee. “I would like to thank all non-governmental organizations, the leaders, who decided on the necessary primary prevention and addictology services in order to help Ukrainian refugees and at the same time maintain quality care for the public health of Praguers,” says Milena Johnová, councilor. m of Prague for social policy and healthcare.
Three non-governmental non-profit organizations will receive a targeted non-investment subsidy for this type of assistance. The first of these is the Center for Drug Addiction Prevention and Treatment – DROP IN, ops, which will provide services in three areas. The Center for Primary Prevention will provide assistance aimed at supporting children from Ukraine and their adaptation in the form of Czech language tutoring, assistance with orientation at school and in the school system, as well as leisure activities and various necessary matters.
To help refugees, the low-threshold center provides assistance to clients and communication in arranging follow-up services and dealing with authorities. The substitution treatment center will then use a subsidy for health care and social work, medical supplies, translations into Ukrainian and an information service and mediation of further assistance. The amount of the approved contribution for DROP IN is CZK 615,000.
“Thank you very much for supporting our care for refugees from Ukraine. Allocated funds in a time of tight budget and inflation will help us a lot. The staff definitely deserves a reward and support, because especially in direct care it is not easy at all in a foreign language, “states Zdeněk Veselý, Deputy Director of DROP IN, ops.
Thanks to the subsidy, SANANIM, z.ú., will in turn ensure the provision of addictology care as well as humanitarian aid for refugees from Ukraine within the framework of eight programs and professional counseling across services. Assistance is provided in the following programs: CADAS (provision of psychiatric and other health care, opiate substitution treatment), aftercare center (refugee accommodation, assistance and for the accommodated family), employment support and social agency SANANIM (counseling service in the field of social and professional integration), Contact center (services aimed at protecting public health, harm reduction services, counseling, assistance, education), Therapeutic community Karlov and Němčice (provision of accommodation, meals and other necessary costs for socially disadvantaged families from Ukraine), Field programs (initial contact of Ukrainian users + standard harm reduction services, similar to the Contact Center).
In addition to standard services, SANANIM operates addictology counseling lines by a Russian-speaking addictologist with the aim of providing professional addictology information, more efficient and faster acclimatization of refugees. The amount of the approved contribution for SANANIM, z.ú., is CZK 2,079,850.
“I am glad that thanks to the support of the city we will be able to provide people from Ukraine not only with regular addictology services, but also accommodation and meals for vulnerable families in the safe environment of our communities,” says Martina Těmínová, director of SANANIM, z.ú.
In the end, the subsidy will be awarded to the organization PROGRESSIVE, ops, which will focus on addictology field programs. Through two field workers, one of whom is an addictologist and the other a native speaker, they will follow the activities of organizations that work with refugees and addictologists, especially the contact center and the field program. This is an active search, especially for the hidden population of Ukrainian drug users, who do not want to openly report their addiction. Jim wants to supplement the harm reduction services with the necessary testing for infectious diseases and the provision of other necessary addictology services.
As part of the subsidy, tests for a test device will also be covered. The project is specific in its focus on the field team, which will form an imaginary bridge between the institutions with which refugees come into contact in the Czech Republic and specialized addictology care. The amount of the approved contribution for PROGRESSIVE, ops, is CZK 984,000.
“Given the huge movement of people as a result of the conflict in Ukraine, there are, among other things, legitimate concerns about the threat to public health due to the spread of infectious diseases. We will focus on a high-risk group of people who have experience with drug use, enable them to be tested and provide additional professional care, “adds Vojtěch Janouškovec, Director of PROGRESSIVE, ops.
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