Support of family, mother and child in Russian regions

The article analyses the experience of social support of mothers and children in Russian regions. Family policy in the regions is characterized by a variety of measures, approaches and directions of activity. A special part is assigned to social assistance for families with many children and to regional maternity capital which is enacted into law in 73 RF subjects and is granted only to families with many children. And the range of its application is significantly wider then provided for by the federal law, as this more corresponds with the needs of those families.