Comment: … Deinstitutionalization of  two remaining state institutions for children with disabilities is progressing. Two small family type homes for children with serve disabilities and health problems have been opened in 2016-2018. In order to better support children with disabilities in foster families, payment for foster families has increased in 2019, whereas cash benefit in support of children with disabilities reintegrating with their biological families has also increased.  number of children placed in the foster families instead of institution increases annually. Number of Children in foster care in 2017 – 216,  number of children in foster care 2018 – 235.

As for institutions run by local municipalities and faith based organization: regulatory framework has become stricter. Based on the Georgian law on licensing child care institutions,  as of September 2018 no institution can provide care to children (24 hour residential care) without license unless it is an educational facility and falls under the order of the Minister of Education and Sciences of Georgia N 448 dated on 15th September of 2005 “on the Establishing General Education Institutions as Legal Entities of Public Law and Approving the Statute of Public School".

By the amendment on 26th of November of 2018 to the order N 448 on 15th of September of 2005 of the Minister of Education and Sciences of Georgia on the "Establishing General Education Institutions as Legal Entities of Public Law and Approving the Statute of Public School" - 3 schools of Dusheti municipality (Barisakho, Magaroskari, Shatili) were added to the list of public schools subordinated by the Dusheti Educational Resource Center.

Based on the above mentioned law, providing such services without license is punishable and will lead to fines.