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Contemporary theories of politics, and social assistance – stress that the effectiveness of social programs in the field of community work with groups at risk of marginalization processes is determined by quality of service provided in this area at the level of local institutions. The financial crisis of the welfare state – has highlighted the weakness of the central management of social programs, at the level of individual regions, and thus the need for a new approach to the problems of the excluded. Long-term unemployment, disability, many children and sex are those factors that promote the processes of exclusion – in Poland, a group particularly at risk are women who live outside large cities. The analysis shows that the appropriate support by local aid institutions – raises the prospect of becoming independent women still excluded from the labor market. However, in order to be successful, must be complied with certain conditions into account the local conditions of socio-economic potential. A chance for the preparation of programs targeted to a specific group, including its characteristics and needs – are carried out from 2008 projects under the Human Capital Operational Programme, funded by the European Union. In this elaboration I present the experience of three municipalities voivodeship with the implementation of programs for the group of unemployed women.

This case study, developed by the author, describes the case of three municipalities of North Masovia: Pszasnysz, Chorzele i Myszyniec, whose Municipal Social Assistance Centres were conducting projects within the framework of the Human Capital Programme. According to the document National Strategic Frameworks of Reference (National Strategy of Cohesiveness,) all European Social Fund resources in Poland during the years 2007 – 2013 (9.7 billion Euro) were used for tasks as part of the Human Capital Programme. Th e Human Capital Programme aims primarily to increase of employment and social cohesion. Several sub-targets are derived from this main goal: 1. Increasing the level of work activity and employment capabilities of the unemployed and jozbpassive; 2. Decreasing areas of social exclusion; 3. Improving employees' and firms' capabilities to adapt to a changing economy; 4. Improving the cohesion of society's education on every level of learning by simultaneously increasing the quality of educational services and linking them more strongly to a knowledge -based economy; 5. Increasing public service's potential within the range of developing polices, providing high quality services and strengthening mechanisms of partnership 6. Increasing of territorial integrity. Th is case study seeks to answer the question: How many of the local government's implementations using European Union funds fulfil the Human Capital Programme's assumptions? Th e study of these three municipalities provides a basis for further studies in which I will conduct a more detailed analysis of implemented programs' efficiency and their impact on communities' social and economic development.