Tallinn is set to develop a comprehensive children's mental health action plan in collaboration with city departments and field experts. This initiative will be coordinated by Ott Oja, the current Executive Director of the Estonian Mental Health and Well-being Coalition (VATEK).
One of the main objectives for Tallinn city budget for 2022 is a comfortable and safe urban space, which includes investment in cycle paths and making streets more pedestrian-friendly. Two new green corridors will also be launched.
Tallinn's draft city budget for 2022 will provide an increase in the pension supplement to €150 per year. In addition, all primary, secondary and vocational school students will receive a €50 benefit at the start of the school year.
Applications for benefits to mitigate the rise in electricity, gas and district heating costs in Tallinn will be accepted from mid-January at the latest.
Tallinn will allocate additional funding to improve access to services for preventing and alleviating mental health problems in the city’s budget next year.
The Tallinn districts administrations will continue to give out free medical masks to multi-child families, single parents, senior citizens, and city residents receiving income-dependent support.
Tallinn City Government approved a draft regulation introducing new thresholds for housing costs that affect the amounts of subsistence benefits paid. Raising the thresholds was necessitated by a significant increase in housing costs this year.