● dental medicine services for the children accommodated in the Centre were supplied in dental practices of the community, based on a cooperation protocol and prior appointment (the “Casa Noastra” Care Centre of Zagujeni, Caras Severin county; the Family Home for Residential Protection of Children “Novaci”, Pociovalistea, Gorj county). ● the clothing and footwear of children were purchased in a centralized system in the Centres subordinated to DGASPC, considering the beneficiaries’ preferences; they were enough and suitable ot the season (the “Micul Rotterdam” Care Centre of Constanta, Constanta county; the “Casa Noastra” Care Centre of Zagujeni, CarasSeverin county; the Sf. Nicolae Care Centre of Trusesti, Botosani county; the “Casa Sperantei” Association of Campina, Prahova county). ● the buildings were equipped with access ramps for persons with a locomotor disability, which were arranged both at the main entrances of the buildings and at the secondary entrance. Furthermore, the building where girls were accommodated was equipped with an elevator to provide access to the first floor for persons with locomotor disabilities, though none of the children residing in the Centre had such disorders (the “Casa Sperantei” Association of Campina, Prahova county). ● the Centre had a library, study rooms, spaces for activities, as well as playrooms suited to the various age categories of the children; the club was equipped with a TV set and an audio-video system, arranged both for viewing and as a dancing area. The centre was connected to the TV cable and internet network (the “Micul Rotterdam” Care Centre of Constanta, Constanta county; the “Casa Noastra” Care Centre of Zagujeni, Caras Severin county; the Sf. Nicolae Care Centre of Trusesti, Botosani county; the “Casa Sperantei” Association of Campina, Prahova county; the Family Home for Residential Protection of Children “Novaci”, Pociovalistea, Gorj county). ►Visit teams of the NPM found a range of failures during the performance of their monitoring activities. In order to solve them, the People’s Advocate made recommendations to the management of each visited unit, by means of a visit report. A total number of 127 recommendations was provided in visit reports drawn up in 2018, of which 93 were drawn up pursuant to visits performed in 2018. 153