The Social Welfare Services operate State Institutions across Cyprus which provide shelter, protection and care to children, the elderly, people with disabilities and victims of sexual exploitation, on a 24-hour and daily basis.

State Institutions are divided into the following categories:

	☉ State Institutions for the Protection of Children and Teenagers
	☉ Child Day Care State Institutions
	☉ State Institutional Care for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities