Meals in the public kitchen

- beneficiaries of the guaranteed minimum compensation;

- able-bodied single person and a family in which one family member's account has been blocked in accordance with the regulations on enforcement of financial assets, and whose monthly income per household member does not exceed 100% of the basis for calculating the guaranteed minimum compensation from the Act;

- an elderly person and a person completely unable to work whose account has been blocked in accordance with the regulations on enforcement of monetary assets, and whose monthly income does not exceed 130% of the basis for calculating the guaranteed minimum compensation from the Act;

- beneficiaries of financial compensation for unemployed Croatian veterans from the Homeland War, realized in accordance with the law regulating the rights of Croatian veterans from the Homeland War and their family members.

Meals in the public dining rooms are organized daily including lunch preparation and distribution.

The right to meals in the public kitchen cannot be exercised by beneficiaries from paragraph 1, items 2, 3 and 4 of Article 32 (Decision on Social Welfare, Official Gazette of the City of Zagreb 22/22, 29/22, 08/23 and 30/ 23) who own another real estate, except the real estate they use for housing.

Exceptionally, the right to meals in the public kitchen can be exercised by persons on the basis of a letter from the competent authority in accordance with the Act, which must also contain a written assessment by the competent authority on the need to exercise the right.

The office determines monthly the beneficiaries of the right to meals in the public kitchen on the basis of a letter from the competent authority in accordance with the Act proving that the beneficiary is a guaranteed minimum benefit, office records proving that the beneficiary is a beneficiary of monetary compensation for unemployed Croatian veterans from the Homeland War, FINA's certificate of blocking of the debtor's account, printout of transactions on the protected account for the previous month, salary calculation for the previous month for all employed household members, notification of pension income for the previous month for all retired household members, statements that they do not own any other real estate, except real estate which they use for housing.

Exceptionally, the office determines monthly the right to meals in the public kitchen for persons referred to in Article 32, paragraph 4 of the same decision.

The right to food in a soup kitchen for beneficiaries from Article 32 of the same decision ends if they have not used at least one third of the right to food in a soup kitchen in a three-month period, unless they were undergoing hospital treatment, which is proven by authentic medical documentation.

The right to meals in the public kitchen can be exercised again after the expiration of a period of three months from the termination of the use of the right. Beneficiaries of the right to food in the soup kitchen cannot be beneficiaries of the right to help in family packages at the same time.

In the City of Zagreb, within the framework of the "Dobri dom" Institution of the City of Zagreb, the exercise of the right to meals in the public kitchen is ensured through three public kitchens (Business Units).

Meals in public dining halls are organized by daily preparation and distribution of lunch (holidays, Saturdays, Sundays - working days).

Locations of the city of Zagreb institution Dobri dom where this right can be fulfilled:

• Business unit „Public dining room Branimirova“, Kneza Branimira 35
• Business unit „Public dining room Cerska", Cerska 3
• Business unit „Public dining room Alfirevićeva", Alfirevićeva 6