Social assistance is an institution of the state’s social policy aimed at enabling individuals and families to overcome difficult life situations that they are unable to overcome using their own rights, resources and opportunities.
This institution supports individuals and families in their efforts to meet their essential needs and enables them to live in conditions that are worthy of human dignity. The task of social assistance is to prevent the emergence of difficult life situations by taking actions aimed at making people and families independent in life and integrating them with the environment.
Persons and families benefiting from social assistance are obliged to cooperate in solving their difficult life situation.