title: SOCIAL ASSISTANCE IN UKRAINE: CONCEPTS, TYPES AND CONCEPTUAL CHARACTERISTICS
abstract: The author examines issues related to the definition of the concept, types and conceptual characteristics of social assistance as a complex legal institute. It is emphasized that social assistance as one of social security forms is an independent type of financial support for disabled citizens, low-income households, households with children and other persons in the form of guaranteed, regulated by law, one-time or periodic payments of social nature. The findings of the study highlight the signi
journal: Baltic Journal of Legal and Social Sciences