THE COUNTRY (04/10/1910) - CARMEN MORAN
The Ministry of Health and Social Policy has cut budget for the municipalities to cover social emergencies, much more saturated now because of the crisis. This item (known as the Concerted Plan) is used since 1988 to municipalities so that they "give to the neediest people a last safety net when everything has fallen, when they have no unemployment benefits, no money to pay light, mortgage, for families who no longer have to eat "in the words of Patrocinio de las Heras, the man who created the Concerted Plan.
The budget for this program has never been very graceful, but always has been maintained or increased. Except once, when he ruled José María Aznar, the Minister Eduardo Zaplana cut it by 6% and won the criticism of many communities governed by the PSOE and the Executive of the party. The Socialists replenished coming to power. The cut is now greater, 12%, which reduced by more than 11 million euros to an amount already lean 97 million. "That's almost 800,000 lost hours of home help, to give just one example, loss of social workers and home attendants, "lamented the president of the State Association of Directors and Managers of Social Services, José Manuel Ramírez. The sector is considered a terrible attack on the municipal social services, whose representatives have been sent to Trinidad Jiménez the same letter that once received Zaplana. "The bill is a deep contempt towards the most vulnerable people, who no longer receive the services necessary to ensure the personal and social coexistence," adds Ramirez.
past two years Councils have seen the growing social needs of its citizens. In some municipalities workers Social ensure that people who go to their offices to ask for help paying the mortgage, so you will not cut off the light, food, it has tripled.
humanitarian organizations know: "These past two years has doubled the amount of people that we welcome," said Juan Jose Lopez, Caritas. "More than half are people derived informally from the municipal social services," he adds. "Even before the crisis is needed more resources to these social services," said Lopez.
The English Federation of Municipalities and Provinces, chaired by the mayor of Getafe, Pedro Castro socialist, declined to comment on this matter.
The budget for this program has never been very graceful, but always has been maintained or increased. Except once, when he ruled José María Aznar, the Minister Eduardo Zaplana cut it by 6% and won the criticism of many communities governed by the PSOE and the Executive of the party. The Socialists replenished coming to power. The cut is now greater, 12%, which reduced by more than 11 million euros to an amount already lean 97 million. "That's almost 800,000 lost hours of home help, to give just one example, loss of social workers and home attendants, "lamented the president of the State Association of Directors and Managers of Social Services, José Manuel Ramírez. The sector is considered a terrible attack on the municipal social services, whose representatives have been sent to Trinidad Jiménez the same letter that once received Zaplana. "The bill is a deep contempt towards the most vulnerable people, who no longer receive the services necessary to ensure the personal and social coexistence," adds Ramirez.
past two years Councils have seen the growing social needs of its citizens. In some municipalities workers Social ensure that people who go to their offices to ask for help paying the mortgage, so you will not cut off the light, food, it has tripled.
humanitarian organizations know: "These past two years has doubled the amount of people that we welcome," said Juan Jose Lopez, Caritas. "More than half are people derived informally from the municipal social services," he adds. "Even before the crisis is needed more resources to these social services," said Lopez.
The English Federation of Municipalities and Provinces, chaired by the mayor of Getafe, Pedro Castro socialist, declined to comment on this matter.
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