Alexandra Figueira
the Government and the social economy organizations will review the network of children’s homes and youth to cope with the increase in the number of teens Danger. Also the reimbursement of families will change.
The deal reached last Wednesday of the Permanent Solidarity Sector Commission provides the childhood homes and youth network restructuring, a commitment that was already subscribed in previous protocols signed with the private Institutions of Social Solidarity (IPSS) but that was not achieved, ensures the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, in a statement.
it is intended to replace the social canteens for delivery to families food baskets
JN, official source of the ministry led by Vieira da Silva said that one of the reasons that forces to review the network is the fact that there are increasingly institutionalized adolescents in places prepared to receive children. “The number of teenagers is rising, either because foster children are growing and because the foster children are getting older,” he said.
The concrete molds of the childhood home network review and youth They will be detailed within the National Commission for Cooperation. The same source points out that the ministry closed commitments on Wednesday mark the start of the relationship that the current government wants to keep up with the social and solidarity sector. It is recalled that the previous government has significantly strengthened the powers conferred to social organizations.
Pooling of the magazine families
Another measure adopted is the review of pay contribution by families and beneficiaries of social services institutions. At the outset, this review will increase the amount paid by families with greater financial capacity and reduce the most vulnerable households, since the statement speaks of an “effective reinforcement of the principle of positive differentiation” and “economic and financial sustainability of the institutions” .
social Canteens serve close to 49,000 meals per day
Still, it reaffirmed the intention already announced to replace the social canteens for delivery to families of food baskets, so they cook at home. Replacement will be made in 2017 gradually to ensure that there will be no disruptions in food aid and aims to “ensure greater autonomy to the beneficiaries that constitute the criterion of food shortages,” the statement said the ministry. Social canteens serve close to 49,000 meals a day and even the National Confederation of IPSS, CNIS has been experiencing a reduction in demand.
Social canteens are just one of many responses ensured by organizations the social economy. These responses are mostly covered by cooperation agreements signed between the State and the institutions. Each agreement provides that the institution receives a share of the state budget for hosting a number of users to predetermined social responses.
Last Wednesday, the Government has committed to create a specific program ” new cooperation agreements or addenda to cooperation agreements to extend the number of places with agreement, “the statement said. Vieira da Silva has said it wants to launch these in competition cooperation agreements, so that the award criteria more transparent and predictable. The new system is expected to start in 2017.
In the short term, it should be revised restructuring fund Social Sector “to have constraints been identified in the same.” Will also be revised licensing regimes, supervision and sanctions, as well as the status of IPSS.
Finally, in collaboration with the National Association of Portuguese Municipalities, it will be rethought how state finances “operation in letiva component and family component “to rationalize and streamline the network of pre-school education, which should be” guided by the principle of equal opportunities for access and frequency of establishments “. And in Health, integrated continuum of care network will be given priority, including the area of mental health.
As the JN advanced Thursday in the print edition, has agreed an increase of 1.3 % financial contribution of the state to the cooperation agreements. In total, the Budget of Social Security this year expected 1.427 billion euros to finance the cooperation with the institutions of the social sector.
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