Social protection is achieved through social programs containing measures and tools to ensure the raising of the standard of living and quality of life and protecting the public from the adverse effects that can occur in certain periods due to various economic and social conditions. Through its two components, social security and social assistance, social protection provides a level of welfare and social security for the entire population and especially for people who can not have minimum life conditions . Returning to the theme chosen may be mentioned that in the context of the functioning of the contemporary society, the social policy provides a set of tools for correcting imperfections of the market economy to provide equal opportunity for groups of citizens affected by the peculiarities of their life and to compensate the losses of other groups of citizens resulting from these imperfections.