The renamed Kharberd Care Centre will provide round-the-clock care and accommodation for qualifying children aged 16–18 without parental care and, in cases set by law, people formerly in that category.
Armenia’s Cabinet approved the renaming of Kharberd Specialized Orphanage as Kharberd Care Centre and revised its mandate on 12 November 2026. The institution remains under the Ministry of Labour and Welfare.
The centre will provide round-the-clock care and long-term or fixed-term accommodation to children aged 16–18 who lack parental care and have severe organic and functional damage to the central nervous system. People formerly classed as children without parental care will also qualify in cases specified by law.
The centre will also provide corresponding services to older people and people with disabilities who have mild or moderate intellectual impairments or other mental and behavioral disorders, Civic.am, a news site close to the governing Civil Contract party, said. The account of the adopted decision does not specify those services.
A pre-meeting account of the proposal said those beneficiaries would receive round-the-clock care and accommodation. It also described proposed paid services including short-term and daytime care, rehabilitation and consultations; it did not establish the final wording adopted by the Cabinet.
The changes aim to make social services more targeted and accessible and to support beneficiaries’ social inclusion and quality of life.
The orphanage was established under Government Decision No. 1907-N of 28 November 2002. A published draft proposed changing that decision and using the name Kharberd Specialized Care Centre; Civic.am’s account of the adopted decision gives the name as Kharberd Care Centre.
The published draft proposed that the decision take effect the day after official publication. It also gave the responsible minister one month after entry into force to arrange changes to the centre’s charter and submit those changes and the new name for state registration.
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