Research Report “Needs Assessment Survey and Capacity Gaps Analysis of Social Services in Chernihiv Oblast’s Hromadas”

October 3, 2023

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This survey was implemented by the Charitable Fund "Right to Protection" under the framework of the project “Emergency Aid Ukraine/Chernihiv: Resilience Assistance to Social Service Institutions in Chernihiv Oblast” supported by AWO International with the funding provided by Aktion Deutschland Hilft. The survey was carried out in cooperation with the research agency Info Sapiens over April-June 2023 in five communities of the Chernihiv oblast (Horodnya, Kozelets, Nizhyn, Pryluky, Chernihiv).

The main task of the study was to assess the needs for social services at the community level, both from the current and potential recipients, to determine whether the needs for social services are met, and how recipients assess the quality and availability of social services. At the same time, we investigated the needs of social service providers, identifying which needs are priorities for ensuring the sustainable provision of quality services to their beneficiaries in the context of martial law. A separate task was to analyze the resilience of communities in the field of social services in the context of martial law, and to identify the main factors influencing resilience.