YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 26, NOYAN TAPAN. The Center of Social Assistance to Homeless People of the RA Ministry of Labour and Social Issues which started functioning in Yerevan from January, 2006, served 148 people till now: 22 of them underwent hospital treatment, 4 returned family, and 8 were moved to boarding houses. As Anahit Gevorgian, the Deputy Chief of the Ministry's Department on Invalids' and Elderly People's Problems informed the Noyan Tapan correspondent, there are 31 homeless people in the center at present. A.Gevorgian mentioned that recostruction works are being done in the center now, which will probably finish till November. A.Gevorgian mentioned that homeless people live in the center for 2 months, get medical-psycological service and free food. Issues connected with the latters' documents as well as a series of other social problems are solved here. It was mentioned that about 87 mln drams (about 225 thousand U.S. dollars) were allocated from the state budget for reconstruction of the center in 2006, and about 39 mln drams will be allocated the next year.

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