Social services

Housing allowance

Responsible	Social Department
The form	Application Form
Brief description	Housing benefit is intended to cover rental and/or management fees and/or fees for services related to the use of the residential space. The housing allowance shall be calculated and granted in accordance with the procedures for the assessment of the household material situation determined by the Cabinet, the rules for calculation, allocation and disbursement of the housing allowance and the norms of the expenditure items used in the calculation.
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Allowance for ensuring the guaranteed minimum income level

Responsible	Social Department
The form	Application Form
Brief description	The benefit FOR ensuring THE level OF GMI shall be calculated and allocated in accordance with the procedures laid down by the Cabinet for the evaluation of the household material situation, calculation of THE GMI benefit, allocation, costs.
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Care home benefit

Responsible	Social Department
The form	Application Form
Brief description	The provision of benefits for the provision of care home shall be granted to persons who, because of objective circumstances, cannot provide a care home service which, due to illness or recovery period, age, mental or physical disorders, cannot carry out daily homework and their personal care, which, following the assessment of the functional capacity of a social worker, requires a care home service, in accordance with levels 1 to 2 of the care. The allowance shall be granted for a period of up to 6 (six) months. After 6 (six) months, the person may return to the social service.
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On aid to address housing issues

Responsible	Social Department
The form	Submission for apartments Submission for Social Residential Submission regarding Renewal of Social Residential
Brief description	The Law on Assistance in Solving Housing Issues shall determine which persons are entitled to receive assistance in solving the issues of residential premises (hereinafter - apartment), in cases where a State or local government is entitled to rent a residential space to a qualified specialist (hereinafter – a specialist), as well as the procedures by which assistance in solving apartment issues (hereinafter - aid) is provided. The persons specified in this Law who have been recognised as eligible for assistance in accordance with the provisions of this Law may receive assistance in the local government in accordance with the provisions of this Law. There are the following types of help: 1) renting of a residential space owned or leased by a local government; 2) renting of social housing; 3) provision of temporary living space; 4) assistance in the exchange of residential premises owned or leased by a rented local government against a residential space owned or leased by other tenants;
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Help to address housing in orphans

Responsible	Social Department
The form	Application Form
Brief description	A person shall be registered in the register for the receipt of aid in the settlement of the address of the apartment on the basis of a decision of the council of the submission and the Rēzekne council regarding the recognition of the right of renting of residential premises owned or leased by the local government. The vacant residential premises shall be rented in accordance with the binding regulations of the municipality of Rēzekne of 2 September 2021 “on the criteria and order of the offering of residential premises determined by the municipality of Rezekne”.
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Apartment (dwelling) allowance for a child orphan and a child who is left without parental care

Responsible	Social Department
The form	Application Form
Brief description	A child who has reached the age of age (dwelling) shall be granted and paid from the day when the child reaches the age of majority and up to 24 (twenty-four) years of age and for which the non-family care decision has been taken by the Orphan's courts of Rezekne. A child orphan and a child who has remained without parental care shall submit a submission, a copy of the rental contract, presenting the original to the social service provider for the receipt of the dwelling (dwelling) allowance. In the event of modification or termination of a rental contract, the claimant shall submit amendments or a new rental contract.
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Family benefit due to the birth of a child

Responsible	Social Department
The form	Application Form
Brief description	Allowance for birth OF a child OF EUR 360,00 (three hundred and sixty euro 00 cents) in the amount of each newborn child shall be entitled to receive one of the parents of the child if one of the parents of the child's parents and the registered residence of the child have been in the administrative territory of the local government since birth. Payment of the benefit is paid monthly AT EUR 20,00 (twenty euro, 00 cents) until the child reaches 1.5 (one and a half) years of age. Allowance for birth OF a child OF EUR 720,00 (seven hundred and twenty euro 00 cents) in the amount of each newborn child shall be entitled to receive one of the parents of the child if the registered residence of the parents of the two children and the registered residence of the child have been in the administrative territory of the local government since birth. Payment of the benefit is paid monthly AT EUR 40,00 (forty euro 00 cents) until the child reaches 1.5 (one and a half) years of age. The right to receive an allowance shall be maintained for 6 (six) months from the date of birth of the child.
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Benefit for the care of a child with severe functional disorders

Responsible	Social Department
The form	Application Form
Brief description	The allowance shall be granted to a person who has a child who has a disability, aged up to 18 (eighteen) years, if it is not possible for reasons of objective circumstances to provide a social care service. The basis for granting the benefit is the disability for a child determined by the State Commission of the State of Health and Working Ability and the opinion regarding the necessity of special care. The disbursement of the allowance shall be suspended if the time period of the disability or the opinion regarding the necessity of special care has expired or a social care service is provided.
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Allowance for trustee

Responsible	Social Department
The form	Application Form
Brief description	The allowance shall be granted to persons of adult age, who have been established by a temporary trusteeship by a court ruling or to whom the court has restricted the capacity to act and the Orphan's Court of Rēzekne has appointed a trustee. The amount of the benefit per adult person in trusteeship shall be: 1) EUR 30,00 (thirty euro, 00 cents) per month if a person in trusteeship resides outside the permanent social care or rehabilitation institution and his or her basic residence is declared in the administrative territory of the local government; 2) EUR 50,00 (fifty euro, in the amount of 00 cents per year, if a person in trusteeship resides in a long-term social care or rehabilitation institution and his or her declared basic residence, until placement in a permanent social care and social rehabilitation institution, has been in the administrative territory of the local government.
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Maznodrošinātas mājsaimniecības statusa noteikšana

Responsible	Social Department
The form	Application Form
Brief description	Low-income household income threshold is EUR 327,00 (three hundred and twenty-seven) euro, 00 cents) for the first or only person in the household and EUR 229,00 (two hundred and twenty-nine) euro, 00 cents) for other persons in the household. The status of a low-income household shall be determined in accordance with the procedures for the evaluation of the household material situation determined by the Cabinet and the procedures for granting of low-income household status.
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Identification of the missing person/family status

Responsible	Social Department
The form	Application Form
Brief description	The social service of the local government shall assess the conformity of the family (person) with the status of a poor household after receipt of the submission regarding the recognition of the family (person) as poor. The income threshold for a poor household is EUR 272 for the first or only person in the household and EUR 190 for other persons in the household. In order to assess the level of income and material status of a family (person) with the conditions of poor household status, the family (person) shall declare his or her income and other material resources in the statement of livelihoods. If the family (person) meets the status of a poor household, the local government social service shall issue a written statement regarding compliance with the status of the poor household. The family (person) is recognised as being poor starting from the month in which the decision to grant the status of a poor household has been taken. The status of poor household is determined for a period of three to six months (Chapter V of the Law on Social Services and Social Assistance)
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Health benefit

Responsible	Social Department
The form	Application Form
Brief description	Benefits for health care shall be granted: 1) persons who need a haemodialysis procedure; 2) persons with diagnosis – oncology – during treatment course (chemotherapy, radiotherapy); 3) for lonely pensioners, lonely persons who have been determined by Group I, II, III disability as medical treatment, necessary surgery, hospital, medical rehabilitation, medical devices and the purchase of goods for the purchase of goods; 4) politically repressed persons; 5) Afghan war veterans; 6) participants in the elimination of the emergency consequences of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant; 7) the members of the 1991 barricades; 8) poor and low-income families for rehabilitation measures for children; 9) persons from poor or low-income households for the partial settlement of expenditure related to health care.
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Crisis benefit

Responsible	Social Department
The form	Application Form
Brief description	The benefit in a crisis situation is an operational support for the prevention or mitigation of effects of external events. In order to receive the benefit, the claimant shall submit, in addition to the submission, copies of documents substantiating the facts of the crisis situation (showing organ), within 3 (three) months after the occurrence of the crisis situation.
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Allowance for an orphan and child who has died without parental care

Responsible	Social Department
The form	Iesniegums par vienreizēju pabalstu Iesniegums par pabalstu ikmēneša izdevumu segšanai Iesniegums par pabalstu īres ikmēneša izdevumu segšanai
Brief description	The benefits after the end of extra-family care shall be entitled to claim orphans and children left without parental care, regarding whose non-family care decisions have been taken by the Orphans' Courts of Rezekne. The allowance shall be granted in accordance with the procedures laid down in the laws and regulations regarding social guarantees for an orphan and a child remaining without parental care who is in extra-family care, as well as after the end of extra-family care. Children remaining in orphans or without parental care shall be entitled to the following benefits: 1) one-off benefit for the commencement of permanent life; 2) one-off allowance for the purchase of household items and soft inventory; 3) a benefit for the payment of monthly expenses to an orphan or a child remaining without parental care if the child successfully continues training in a general secondary, vocational or higher education institution; 4) a benefit to cover the monthly expenses related to the rent of the residential space until the granting of the residential space.
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Foster family allowance

Responsible	Social Department
The form	Application Form
Brief description	The allowance for foster families shall be granted in accordance with the procedures laid down in the laws and regulations regarding children, regarding which placement in a foster family has been placed, the decision taken by the Orphan's courts of Rezekne (hereinafter - Orphan's courts). The basis for granting a local government aid foster family is a contract of a social service and foster family, which is signed by the head of the social service and one of the members of the foster family, regarding children whose principal place of residence prior to the adoption of the decision has been in the administrative territory of the municipality of Rezekne. Types of foster family: 1) the amount of monthly allowance for the child's diet; 2) allowance for the purchase of clothing and soft inventory. In order to receive monthly allowance for the purchase of a child and a benefit for the purchase of clothing and soft inventory, one of the members of the foster family, presenting a personal identification document, shall submit a submission regarding the granting of the benefit to the social service.
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Allowance for child nutrition at a general educational institution and pre-school educational institution

Responsible	Social Department
The form	Application Form
Brief description	The allowance for catering in educational institutions and pre-school educational institutions is intended for children from poor or low-income households, families of children, foster families and families with child guardians who attend pre-school educational institutions, primary education, general secondary education institutions and do not provide free food. In order to receive an allowance for the feeding of a child, the parents shall submit to the social service a statement from the educational institution in which the child commences or continues to study.
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Pabalsts pirmklasniekam

Responsible	Social Department
Brief description	The allowance for pre-grading school students is EUR 30,00 (thirty euro, 00 cents) once a year before the beginning of the school year for the acquisition of the school accessory, without assessing the material condition of the pupils' parents. The school accessory kit is issued to pupils attending local government institutions, irrespective of the declared place of residence.
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Burial allowance

Responsible	Social Department
The form	Application Form
Brief description	The right to receive a funeral allowance shall be the person who has committed to the burial of the deceased person, if the last residence of the deceased person was declared in the administrative territory of the local government and for which the funeral allowance specified in the State Social Insurance Agency (hereinafter – SSIA) is not received from the State Social Insurance Agency (hereinafter - SSIA), or THE SSIA has granted a benefit which is less than the amount of the funeral benefit determined by the local government, and, in accordance with the Civil Law, there are no legal dependants or legal dependants have reached the age of age, or the legal dependants are poor persons. If the funeral allowance granted TO THE SSIA is less than the death allowance determined by the local government, a benefit shall be paid in order to cover the difference between the benefit determined by the local government and THE SSIA. A funeral allowance shall be granted if it is requested not later than 3 (three) months from the date of issue of the death certificate of the deceased person.
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Benefit from imprisoned person

Responsible	Social Department
The form	Application Form
Brief description	The right to benefit is a person whose declared place of residence has been in the administrative territory of a local government before deprivation of liberty. The benefit is one-off and amounts TO EUR 30,00 (thirty euro, 00 cents). The allowance shall be granted no later than 1 (one) month after the release of the prison. In order to receive the benefit, the claimant shall submit a statement regarding release or a court judgment regarding release issued by the prison administration when presenting the personal identification document.
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Benefit in a significant life anniversary

Responsible	Social Department
The form	Application Form
Brief description	A benefit in a significant life anniversary shall be entitled to receive persons who have declared their habitual residence in the administrative territory of the municipality of Rezekne. 85 years of anniversary – EUR 85.00 (eighty-five) euro, 00 cents); 90 years of anniversary: EUR 90,00 (ninety euro, 00 cents); 95-year-anniversary – EUR 95.00 (ninety-five euro, 00 cents); 100 years of anniversary: EUR 100,00 (one hundred euro, 00 cents); 105 years of anniversary: EUR 105,00 (one hundred and five) euro, 00 cents). The benefit is one-off and the entitlement to the benefit remains within 1 (one) year from the anniversary date.
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Social work

Responsible	Social Department
The form	Application Form
Brief description	The social service service, which includes social cases, provides professional activities to help individuals, families, groups of persons and society as a whole to promote or rebuild their ability to function socially, to create favourable conditions for this functioning, as well as to promote the reduction of social exclusion and risk factors by developing the resources of the person (s) themselves and involving support systems. The social service service shall be provided to the social service in accordance with Cabinet Regulation No. 288 of 21 April 2008. “Procedures for the receipt of social services and social assistance” Article 5.
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Long-term social care and social rehabilitation in the institution for adult persons

Responsible	Social Department
The form	Application Form
Brief description	The municipality of Rezekne is located in the homeland of the old people of the municipality, hereinafter referred to as the pansionāts, providing pensions to persons of retirement age, as well as the day-to-night care, social rehabilitation and permanent residence of persons with disabilities in Groups 1 and 2. The right to receive this social service is pensions for persons with disabilities and persons with disabilities (except persons who have reached 18 years of age with severe mental disorders) if the necessary amount of the social care service exceeds the amount specified in the care home or day care institution, as well as in cases where such social service is the most appropriate for the needs of the person in the particular situation. To receive long-term social care and social rehabilitation services in the institution. For adult persons, a person or her or her legal representative shall submit documents to the social service professional of the social service in accordance with the requirements laid down in the laws and regulations of the Republic of Latvia.
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Long-term social care and social rehabilitation in the institution for children

Responsible	Social Department
The form	Provide service on the basis of a decision of the Orphan's Court
Brief description	Long-term social care institution Those children's house for orphans and children remaining without parental care shall provide day-to-day care, residence, social rehabilitation, as well as promote reunification of the child and family or the acquisition of a new family. The right to receive long-term social care and social rehabilitation services in the homes of children shall be: 1) for children remaining in orphans and without parental care, if the extra-family care of a child is not possible in a foster family or a guardian; 2) children remaining in orphans and without parental care, reaching the age of majority, until the receipt of the residential space, if they successfully learn, (acquire general, vocational education), continue studying at an institution of higher education or college and observe the regulations of the institution's internal procedures. A child of a children's house shall be entitled to a certain amount of money for personal expenses in accordance with the requirements laid down in the laws and regulations of the Republic of Latvia. For orphans and children remaining without parental care, the service shall be provided on the basis of a decision of the Orphan's Court of Rezekne.
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Temporary social care and social rehabilitation in the institution for adult persons (social beds)

Responsible	Social Department
The form	Application Form
Brief description	The temporary social care institution shall ensure the day-to-day social care for adult persons, for whom the necessary amount of the care service exceeds the amount specified in the care home, during the post-operative period, during the recovery period or until receipt of the service in the institution of long-term social care and social rehabilitation. Temporary social care in the institution is provided up to 3 months. The term of provision of a social service shall be extended until the time of improvement of the health of the client or the receipt of a service of a long-term social care and social rehabilitation institution. The right to receive temporary social care in the institution is pensions for persons of retirement age and persons with disabilities if they need supervision and social care; in order to receive a temporary social care service person or her legal representative, the person or her legal representative shall submit the documents prescribed by the Cabinet in accordance with the procedures laid down in the Cabinet. (social beds) social beds provide day-to-day social and health care, persons who, because of functional disorders, cannot be cared for themselves and who are not based on medical indications in hospital treatment. Social bed services are eligible for retirement age and disabled persons with physical handicaps who cannot care for themselves because of their health.
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Social care services at home - care at home

Responsible	Social Department
The form	Application Form
Brief description	Care at home ensures the satisfaction of the basic needs of the person, assistance in the performance of home works and personal care for persons who have objective difficulties in taking care of themselves due to age or functional disorders. The right to receive a care home service is a person who resides in one or all of the family members living together because of age, health or employment cannot provide the necessary care to it. The services of the care home shall include the minimum necessary care of the person in assessing the self-care capacity of each person. In order to receive a service at home service, the person or her legal representative shall submit documents to the social worker in accordance with the procedures laid down by the Cabinet. The social worker shall visit the person's place of residence (if necessary for the taking of a decision) and assess the needs of the person after a care home service, including information on the person's needs assessment card in accordance with the requirements laid down in the laws and regulations of the Republic of Latvia, if the adult person has requested a care home service.
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Social rehabilitation for a child who has suffered from illegal activities

Responsible	Social Department
The form	Application Form
Brief description	Social rehabilitation shall be provided to a child who is a victim of illegal activities – criminal offence, exploitation, sexual exploitation, violence or any other illegal, cruel or dignified activity – in order to recover physical and mental health and integrate into society in accordance with Cabinet Regulation No. 1613 of 22 December 2009, procedures in which the necessary assistance is provided to a child who has suffered from illegal activities ”.
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Social rehabilitation service for perpetrators

Responsible	Social Department
The form	Application Form
Brief description	Violent behavioral abatement service. Group classes. It is based on psychologically educational and therapeutic specialists – psychologist and social worker working with the group. Personal psychologist advice. The aim of social rehabilitation is to help the violent person to be aware of his behaviour and stop the use of violence. Activities and consultations shall be determined in accordance with the time periods and procedures laid down in Cabinet Regulation No. 790 “Procedures for the provision of social rehabilitation services from victims of violence and persons who have committed violence”. Individual psychologist consultations, up to 10 consultations, 16 two hours of group activities.
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Benefit for the achievement of social rehabilitation objectives

Responsible	Social Department
The form	Application Form
Brief description	The benefit shall be granted in order to prevent or reduce the negative social consequences of disability, disability, health disorders, dependency, violence or other factors in the life of the client and to ensure the recovery and integration of the customer's social status in society. The benefit is eligible for households with poor and low-income household status and, on the basis of the assessment of the social worker, is a condition for the development of the child, it is necessary to contribute to the improvement of social functioning and the improvement of the quality of life.
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Psychologist service

Responsible	Social Department
The form	Application Form
Brief description	The psychologist service includes individual psychologist consultations with the aim of stabilising the client's psychotic condition. The right to receive a psychologist service is a person (family): 1) who has come into a crisis situation; 2) in cases of child behavioural problems; 3) in accordance with a written request of the Orphan's court, law enforcement institution or other competent authority. In order to receive a psychologist service, a person or her legal representative shall submit a personal identification document to the social service.
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Psihosociālā darba konsultācijas

Responsible	Social Department
The form	Application Form
Brief description	Psihosociālā palīdzība ir sociālā darba virziens, kura nolūks ir palīdzēt personai un ģimenei risināt starppersonu un sociālās vides problēmas, sniedzot atbalstu. Ar psihosociālā darba konsultēšanu saprot sociālā darba praksi ar klientu ar mērķi palīdzēt klientam pārvarēt personīgās, starppersonu un vides grūtības. Psihosociālā darba konsultēšanas mērķis - atjaunot, uzturēt un paaugstināt cilvēku personīgo un sociālo funkcionēšanu, apzināt resursus un iespējas.
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Assistant service

Responsible	Social Department
The form	Application Form
Brief description	A assistant service shall be granted to persons with a disability group I or II and a person from five to 18 years of age with disabilities, following an opinion provided by the State Commission of the State of Health and Working Ability regarding the necessity of the assistant service to a person, if it is necessary for the performance of such activities outside the dwelling which, because of its functional restrictions, cannot be performed independently. In order to receive an assistant service, the person or his or her legal representative shall submit to the social service: 1) a written submission regarding granting of the assistant service; 2) a document certifying the right of representation of a legal representative (copy), if the assistant's service is requested by the legal representative of the person; 3) The Commission's opinion: 3.1. regarding the necessity of the assistant service if the assistant service is requested by a person, older than 18 years; 3.2. regarding the necessity of special care due to severe functional disorders, if the assistant service is requested for a child from five to 18 years of age; 4) a statement of the institution regarding the participation of a person in events for which a service of assistant is required (such certification has been issued by the relevant institution which organises the relevant activities outside the dwelling (for example, active work in the association or foundation, active occupation with sport, active participation in self-action collective, out-of-school events for children)); 5) a statement of the employer that the person is a worker at the relevant employer (if the person works); 6) attestation of an educational institution that a person is acquiring an appropriate educational programme in a particular educational institution (if the person is studying); 7) a certification of the day care centre or other rehabilitation service provider (if the person is attending the relevant institutions).
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State-funded social rehabilitation services

Responsible	Social Department
The form	Application Form
Brief description	Social rehabilitation services regarding State budget resources shall be received: 1) persons with functional disorders at working age, as well as persons with functional disorders after working age who are working (hereinafter – persons with functional disorders), if functional disorders comply with the criteria specified in these Regulations; 2) politically repressed persons; 3) the participants in the elimination of the emergency consequences of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and the persons affected by the emergency of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant; 4) persons with predictable disability at the working age and persons with predictable disability after working age who are working (hereinafter – persons with predictable disability), if the functional disorders of a person comply with the criteria specified in these Regulations and the personal rehabilitation plan approved by a person approved by the State Commission of the State Commission of Health and Working Ability has determined the necessity to receive services.
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Allowance for accommodation for persons moving in wheelchair

Responsible	Social Department
The form	Application Form
Brief description	The purpose of the adjustment of the dwelling is to make the housing environment accessible to the person, to increase the capacity of the person to perform the activities of the person and to reduce dependency on the assistance of another person. The purpose of the benefit is to pay the person the costs of preparing the documents necessary for the adjustment of the dwelling, the preparation of the work as well as the maintenance of the dwelling. A person shall be granted an allowance for the adjustment of one dwelling. An allowance for the adjustment of the dwelling, a person or his or her legal or authorised representative may be requested once every three years. In order to receive an allowance for the adjustment of the dwelling, the person or his or her legal or authorised representative, presenting a personal identification document, shall submit to the social service of the municipality of Rezekne: 1) a written submission indicating the problem and the preferred solution thereof; 2) a copy of the declaration of residence of the place of residence (presenting the original); 3) a copy of the certificate of disabled person, 4) a statement issued by the family doctor from the medical card of the outpatient patient (form No. 027/u) with recommendations for the adjustment of the dwelling and improvement of the functional capacity of the person; 5) a copy of the document or rental contract certifying ownership of the property (presenting the original); 6) a written consent of the owner of the dwelling for the adjustment of the dwelling if the person is not the owner of the dwelling; 7) other documents upon request.
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