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The amount for 2014 is 2 million and will help more than 2,800 families Murcia The development and maintenance of programs to cover the basic needs of citizens, welfare programs to keep seniors in their family and social programs and health promotion will be key next year
Provide better services and improve the welfare of needy citizens is the foundation that supports the budget of the Department of Social Welfare and Health, directed by María del Carmen Pelegrin, for next year 2014.
The total amount by which the Department will be of 25,327,131 euros, 4.10% more than in the current year.
Social Services
Undoubtedly, the most significant increase occurs in the line to Emergency Financial Assistance for the care of the social needs of families, which increased by one million euros, compared to 2013, in which they requested, to date, more than 2,800 have been approved aid and far aid amounting to more than EUR 1,700,000.
The allocation for 2014 has been increased to 2013, to ensure social needs and to ensure coverage of the basic needs of its members: food, rent, etc..
The maintenance and consolidation of programs continue to be offered to the public has been and will remain objective to the Department.
In 2007 they were 17,000 cases seen through the Social Work Units, exceeding 32,000 in 2011 families served, a number that has remained steady in recent years and the current year 2013.
Working with children for the next year will be a priority next year, hence to increase the budget, in order to improve social skills, social and educational programs (school reinforcement) remain with project activities children (a total of 34) in neighborhoods and districts, truancy control and maintenance of schools and summer camps, and always keeping the collaboration with several NGOs in the municipality through agreements (EDUCA, New Future or Association los Almendros).
Care devices people experiencing social exclusion and families who have higher levels of social difficulty reinforcing.
In this sense would highlight the important efforts to pursue collaboration with Jesus Abandoned, Traperos Emmaus, Rais Foundation, Habit Association, Caritas Roma Secretariat, among others.
In this line of priorities is also training for employability and acquisition of women's social habits, basically, with a customized itinerary for your job search.
It will increase the base for social emergency financial assistance, transportation vouchers and personalized professional support in their social integration pathways, promoting training and employment skills.
SOCIAL WELFARE
Despite the disappearance of other government funding over the current year, the city of Murcia will continue to keep all care and aged care, at the same levels of quality achieved, in order to continue provide the Service Home Care, Family Respite, Home Delivered Meals and Telecare, the City made to this special and important budgetary effort.
In the case of Home Care Service provides care for more than 1,800 users and 3,000 beneficiaries in their various family units, with an average 370,000 annual hours of service.
For Telecare Service, not only maintained but improved its current quality levels expanding the installation of fire-smoke detectors, gas, mobility and falls for service recipients that their level of independence so require.
They serve more than 3,000 beneficiaries with an annual average of 10,000 interventions.
75,000 menus are dispensed through the Meals on Wheels service with over 250 users.
They serve approximately 125 users through the service Municipal Day Care Centres.
They keep the services for people with disabilities, both through Bonotaxi aid as Collaboration Agreements and grants to organizations for support in developing their annual activity projects.
Bonotaxi aid will be awarded more than 195 people and more than 20 subsidized entities disabilities through various cooperation agreements and grants.
Likewise be maintained all the major activities for partners in the Social Centres for the Elderly 76 township (gerontogimnasia, training courses, clubs, physiotherapy service, cultural tours, daily newspapers and other recreational and cultural activities and direct grants to assist in their annual programs of activities) and the maintenance of infrastructure, construction, equipment, furniture and facilities expenses themselves.
Thus, around 700,000 euros earmarked for the development of activities with over 35,000 associates at 76 major centers in the municipality.
The total cost of maintenance of Social Centres for the Elderly amount to 2.2 million euros.
Investments in this service will be to reform the social centers and replacement of facilities and equipment (over 745,000 euros).
HEALTH
The department's budget for next year will be devoted primarily to the maintenance of all programs of health promotion and services provided to citizens, while maintaining the subsidies provided for prevention and promotion health by associations and municipal plan derived Drug Dependence.
Respect educational programs promoting health, conducted in 2012, involving 137 schools, with more than 15,000 school, Primary and Secondary, and about 800 teachers and parents.
Respect investment, 500,000 will be spent next year to further improve the facilities of the municipal cemetery (niches repair, wall repair, storm evacuation and rehabilitation of cemeteries) and also take action in peripheral clinics network with more 200,000 euros.
The development of all programs of the Department of Social Welfare and Health hosts a total number of persons employed outside amounting to more than 650.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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