{"id":590493,"date":"2026-05-28T19:19:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T16:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/2026\/05\/590493\/porridge-on-pause-mykolaiv-asks-the-state-for-money-to-feed-children-until-the-end-of-the-year\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T19:19:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T16:19:57","slug":"porridge-on-pause-mykolaiv-asks-the-state-for-money-to-feed-children-until-the-end-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/en\/2026\/05\/590493\/porridge-on-pause-mykolaiv-asks-the-state-for-money-to-feed-children-until-the-end-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Porridge on pause? Mykolaiv asks the state for money to feed children until the end of the year"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Mykolaiv<\/strong>, city budget funds for organizing meals in preschool education institutions will be sufficient only until 24 June 2026<\/strong>. To avoid a disruption of children’s meals and to finance the service until the end of the year, deputies of the Mykolaiv City Council<\/strong> appealed to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine<\/strong> and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine<\/strong> to allocate an additional subsidy from the state budget. The corresponding draft decision was supported by deputies during the meeting<\/a> of the session on 28 May <\/strong>2026.<\/p>\n

Head of the Education Department of the Mykolaiv City Council Hanna Lychko<\/strong> explained that when forming the city’s budget for 2026<\/strong> it was not possible to fully cover the real needs of the education sector for meals.<\/p>\n

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“The need as of 1 January 2026<\/strong> amounted to 324 959 332 hryvnias.<\/strong> We were allocated a maximum amount of 271 669 000 hryvnias.<\/strong> These funds are not sufficient according to our annual need. The expenditures we allocated for meals were largely directed to preschool institutions. After all, our schools have co-financing: to date 70% for feeding grades 1-11<\/strong> comes from the state<\/strong> budget, and 30% – from the local<\/strong> budget. Whereas kindergartens and compensation payments are financed exclusively from the local budget<\/strong>“, – said Hanna Lychko<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

According to the official, the current school year in the city was completed successfully and with full organization of meals. However, the limits provided specifically for preschool institutions are practically exhausted<\/strong>. Hanna Lychko<\/strong> emphasized that without additional funding the city risks being left without resources to pay for children’s meals in kindergartens in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n

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“We face the risk that the available funds may be sufficient only until 20 June<\/strong>. Therefore we have an urgent need for funding the feeding of preschool institutions”, – declared the head of the department.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Overall, to provide children with meals until the end of 2026<\/strong>, Mykolaiv<\/strong> additionally needs 149 million 485 thousand hryvnias<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The funding deficit is distributed as follows:<\/p>\n