The fight of welfare boarding schools "The children will have to go home".

45 welfare boarding schools refuse to sign an agreement with the Ministry of Welfare in protest of the meager budgets they receive. They also petitioned the High Court of Justice to force the ministry to raise the budget: "We are really under-budgeted ".

Thousands of children who were removed from their homes by the authorities may return to them or move to unsuitable frameworks after the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor did not increase the budget transferred to welfare institutions. 45 boarding schools decided to petition the High Court of Justice and not sign the agreement with the ministry until the budget is raised.

Every few years the welfare publishes a tender that defines the requirements of the boarding schools, such as the number of patients and instructors, food requirements and more. The Ministry of Welfare and Labor are supposed to be budgeted by the Ministry according to the requirements they set. Despite this, according to the boarding schools, the ministry partially funds them and sends them to supplement the budget with donations.

Forty-five of the boarding schools decided to unite and begin the year without a signed agreement with the Ministry of Welfare. This means that at the beginning of October, when they are supposed to receive the budget, they will not be able to transfer the funds technically and legally. The interns are entrenched in their position that they can not continue to function in the current situation. A few months ago, one of the boarding schools, Reut, in Jerusalem, closed down due to financial difficulties and some of the boys moved to Rehovot and fell into the cycle of crime.

Last month, the boarding schools decided to petition the High Court of Justice demanding that the Ministry of Social Affairs be forced to fund the boarding schools in accordance with the requirements. There will be no movement in this matter - institutions will collapse and these children will have to go home. Until now they have built on the good will and soul of social workers and educators. "

applebouim "Every year, as an administrator, I have to raise funds in millions of shekels to maintain it and provide services to these children, such as That is necessary. "

In his words, the gap between the current budget and that required is NIS 100 million. "It is inconceivable that I, who heads a non-profit public organization, will go to fundraising, when I have no financial backing behind me.

About a year and a half ago, the boarding schools turned to the court after the Ministry of Welfare issued a tender that did not detail the budgeting of the boarding schools, but only a directive regarding the ministry's demands. Following the request, the tender was canceled and the Ministry was required to publish a new tender with a transparent tariff for each demand, a tariff that allows proper handling of children.

The boarding schools agreed to work for another year with the previous conditions in order to allow the ministry to reorganize according to the court's demands, but at the end of that year no changes were made and the tender was declared invalid by the court.

The Ministry of Welfare has not yet responded.

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