The issue of the results of work in the region on preventing child neglect and crime for 2003 was considered today at a staff meeting in the regional state administration. As reported by the press service of the Volyn Regional State Administration, as of January 1, 2004, 1467 families of disadvantaged categories are registered with the services for minors' affairs, in which 3288 minor children are being raised. Among them: 1173 parents who abuse alcohol, 17 who use drugs, 18 who are mentally ill. In all families, an inspection of housing and living conditions was conducted. 378 parents who failed to ensure the creation of proper conditions for the life, education and upbringing of minor children were brought to administrative responsibility last year. The services for minors' affairs prepared and submitted to court 115 claims, 127 parents were deprived of parental rights regarding 163 children. In 2003, 79 children were removed from families in which the conditions of stay threatened their life and health. Last year, 57 criminal cases were opened for involving minors in criminal activity, 15 persons were brought to administrative responsibility for bringing minors to a state of alcohol intoxication. In the region, raids are systematically conducted with the aim of preventing child crime and neglect. In 2003, 766 raids were conducted under the code names "Winter Holidays," "Spring Holidays," "Children of the Street," "Railway Station," and others, during which 861 children were identified, of them 93 of preschool age, 611 school and vocational school students, 145 not working and not studying. From August 20 to September 15 of the current year, the All-Ukrainian raid "Lesson" was conducted, during which 186 children were identified who did not start studying on September 1. In the region, work is being carried out on the development of family forms of upbringing of orphan children and children deprived of parental care. In the region, there are two family-type children's homes: in the cities of Kivertsi and Volodymyr-Volynskyi. In the first - the Cherep family - 13 minor children are being raised, in the second - the Buchkovsky family - 5. Last year, a foster family was created in the Lutsk district. On December 18, 2003, a shelter for women who found themselves in difficult life situations began operating in the region: victims of human trafficking, domestic violence.