Process description
Service requests
A social services person or his or her lawful representative shall request from the Social Service of Riga.
In order to receive a social service, a person or his or her lawful representative shall present a personal identification document and submit to the Social Service of Riga:
1. An application specifying the problem and its preferred solution;
2. A statement of the state of health of the family doctor stating the nature (s) of the functional disorders and the signs of acute infection (if any);
3. An opinion of a psychiatrist regarding the psychological health of a child and special (psychiatric) contraindications for the receipt of a service, if a child with mental disabilities wishes to receive the service
4. Documents attesting the conformity of the child with the destination group for the receipt of the service (family doctor
an statement that a child is required to draw up AN opinion OF THE VDEATH regarding the need for special care, if one has not been settled, or an extract from a family doctor or psychiatrist regarding the need to determine the disability if the disability has not been settled). Other documents, if any, necessary for the adoption of the decision;
5. Other documents, if they are necessary for taking a decision on the granting of an appropriate social service.
You can call 67105048, 25770080 or 80005055 in the Social Service Territorial Centre.
By mail (the application must be signed manually), by signing with a secure electronic signature, or
also using an e-address.A service charge
Family income is not valued. The local government provides a co-payment of up to EUR 490 per month for a parent-selected service provider (not paid to parents!).Receipt of services
Following the decision of the Riga Social Service regarding the granting of a social care service in the person's place of residence, the person receives social care services in his or her place of residence. Service providers can be consulted at the residence of social care services on the home page of the Welfare Department of the Riga City Council, under the heading “Services” of the section “Social services for children with disabilities and their families” - “Care home providers (in the form of a voucher)” https://ld.riga.lv/lv/Socialie-services-for-children-with-functionality…
Riga City Council Welfare Department Free Information Phone: 80005055