This is the plan "comprehensive social care for the normalization of the families affected by earthquakes," which focuses on meeting the particular cases of families and includes various types of aid and economic assistance.
Starts in July
The Councillor for Social Services City of Lorca, Maria del Carmen Ruiz, has been reported that during the last session of the Bureau for Development, held last Tuesday in the Consistory Hall of the Municipal Councils, it was decided to start up a new project called "comprehensive social care for the normalization of the families affected by earthquakes."
Jódar Ruiz explained that the purpose of this plan is to "study and comprehensively address the specific and particular needs of each family directly or indirectly affected by the earthquakes last year, to promote their integration and standardization. The project will have a duration of 6 months (July-December 2012) and may be extended if there are funds in the Bureau for Development and evaluation is positive. The inclusion therein may be requested from the month of July at the headquarters of the Department itself. "
The Edil of Social Services explained that the matter "is a project born from the experience of daily work of the technicians of the Department of Social Services, who have found the need for implementation of the new aid. A After confirming this need, has shaped a project whose beneficiaries are the families who need social care, housing and family affected by earthquakes and present gaps and needs related primarily to housing and family life. resources which will benefit these families are:
Emergency aid for fertilizers needed to maintain the residence, rented or rehabilitate housing, managed urgently, single payment and with a maximum value of 300 euros.
Regular aid to address situations of deprivation of basic needs that are not covered by other governments or entities.
Grants for the adequacy of personal, family and housing.
Aid for affected families whose financial resources are not sufficient to meet the needs of children, and this poses a risk to them (school materials and health care, clothing ...)
Financial Assistance to improve family life in the new family structures created (family members who have benefited from other people at home).
Jódar Ruiz stated that it was considered appropriate that the benefits of this new model of aid, will open a family file a report containing proposals for social approval of grants and / or family intervention.
Each case will be handled will be a comprehensive and ongoing assessment, including a forecast of the case.
This record will be made by the team of social workers of the City, which for the specific embodiment of this work will be enhanced with the addition of two new technicians.
The City Council is expected that this plan will be completed with maximum coordination between the municipal social services and oenegés the municipality, to avoid duplication of interventions.
The session began with the specific request of the Mayor, Francisco Jodar, that "not more unfounded criticism made against the Bureau for Development, especially when all members of it have all the information about your operation and help lines" .
This request was supported by all components of officers who attended that meeting (PSOE, PP, IU, UPD, Association "May 11" assembly of concerned neighbors, Red Cross and Ministry of Social Policy).
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca