This publication was prepared by the Institute for Retraining and Advanced Training of Leading Personnel and Specialists of the Social Protection System of the City of Moscow, the Scientific and Methodological Center for Social Development of the International Assembly of Capitals and Large Cities. It contains unique information on modern social practices and technologies of social support for the family, motherhood, fatherhood and childhood, implemented in state institutions of social protection of the population of the Russian Federation, as well as practices implemented by public volunteer organizations.