The BI Klaipeda City Social Support Centre is a budgetary institution performing its activities from the year of 2000 as a separate legal entity..

To increase the possibilities for the Klaipeda city community members to live in decent conditions without derogation of their human dignity, provide social support to various groups of persons finding themselves in social exclusion.

 Provide information and counselling services to the Klaipeda city communities and persons about social support services;  Provide social help and day care services at home;  Provide meal for homeless, poor people and other persons from social risk groups and those who are in social exclusion,  Provide services with compensation technical equipment for disabled people;  Prepare documents for court decisions about personal care for elderly and disabled people;

 Organize and provide transport services for elderly and disabled people;.  Prepare and implement various programs and projects;  Organize social integration services for asylum seekers and refugees;  Organize different courses for staff of the Centre and social workers from social services offices form all Lithuania. In 2010 Centre have got name of methodical centre for social workers practice learning.  Collaborate with governmental, municipal, non- governmental and private institutions.

elderly, disabled, unemployed people, families and single person with very low income, pensioners, social risk groups, persons who returned from imprisonment, families bringing up children, Foreigners Granted Asylum and refugees.

To assist in organiz ation of work group meeting in Klaipeda To organize seminars “Needs and integration opportunities for people with disabilities” in Klaipeda region To organize seminars “Promoting social integration of people with functional impairments by using Universal Design principles” in Klaipeda region

Participating in the Forum “Common view providing accessibility for all people –UD as social integration promoting factor” Aassistants' recruitment, service piloting and development Information campaign in social network Society campaign in Klaipeda municipality Publicity events: Mobile exhibition Posters

BI Klaipeda city social support centre Address: Taikos pr. 76, LT Klaipeda, Lithuania Phone: Fax: , s: Director Diana Stankaitiene Project coordinator Aldona Moceviciene