Abstract
In this research, the preconditions which have formed a basis of process of institutionalization of social support of children are specified. First of all, the public requirements following from basic changes of system of the public relations are allocated; according to this, influence from society on the sphere of social support was considered, mainly, in the context of satisfaction of public requirements by measures of social protection from the state. From the point of view of valuable orientations of th e population, the all-Kazakhstan mental socio-cultural, historical stereotypes remaining in social memory of the population and in many respects defining modern social realities essentially influence results of an institutionalization of social support of children. As a result of the empirical analysis of value representations, conditions of living and social expectations of different groups in the contemporary Kazakh society identifies key trends transforming the institutionalization of social support for children.