Regional Decree No. 808-pp validating Regional Program for the reduction of the share of the population with incomes below the regional minimum subsistence.

Regional Program for the reduction of the share of the population with incomes below the regional subsistence minimum is a multi-sectoral regional policy document aimed at achievement of the target indicator "halving the poverty rate compared to indicator of the year 2017 and ensuring the rate of sustainable increase of the population's real income not lower than inflation rate. The period of implementation of the Regional Program shall be 2020-2030.
The tasks of the Regional Program shall be as follows: (a) increase in the level of income of citizens and the growth rate of citizens' income, including average wages, exceeding the inflation rate; (b) development of a social assistance system for citizens in need; (c) development of social contract system; and (d) organization of social adaptation of low-income citizens. Targeted state social assistance is aimed at reducing the level of poverty, also on the basis of a social contract.
The recipients (beneficiaries) of social support measures are socially vulnerable categories of citizens, families with children, the older generation, as well as citizens with state awards and honorary titles. The largest number of social contracts are concluded for the purpose of smallholding and repairing housing facilities and outbuildings.