The Councillor for Social Services City of Lorca, Fátima Mínguez, reported this morning that the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia has granted the Consistory Lorca a grant of 120,161 euros from the budgets of the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality for the development of projects to support the family and children in our town.
The Councillor for Social Services said that "the main objective of these actions is the fight against poverty, enhancing efficiency and access to social services to improve care for the most vulnerable people, thus meeting the conditions of severe material deprivation of families with dependent children through social services ".
Fátima Mínguez explained that "in our town the amount of this grant is to be allocated to two types of projects. The first is aimed at alleviating and improving the situation of social vulnerability of families, covering basic needs and facilitating access other services such as health (purchase of medicines, vaccines and transportation to health centers), education (aid to meet the need of food in the summer period covered by school canteens during the course), housing ( rental and improving the living conditions of housing, supplies, etc.) and employment, as well as support and social work with families. "
The mayor of Social Services added that "the second type of project is to support the family reconciliation and is intended for families in processes of socio-labor integration with dependent children, such as expenses for nursery schools, care children props needs to cover conciliation services complementary support educational or other regulatory services that guarantee the right of children to care and proper development ".
Minguez said that "among the programs we are doing from the Department of Social Services include the assistance we are providing to the project" Renacer "developed by the Company of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, which we try to promote social integration of women between 16 and 20 years in disadvantaged who have been mothers at an early age or are pregnant. with part of the grant money from the State becamos attendance of children to the nursery to reconcilable and make possible its educational activities. with this and other programs that are launching from the city of Lorca pretend that families overcome certain social emergencies, and to promote the reconciliation of personal, work and family ".
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca