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The City Council of Alhama de Murcia, through the Department of Social Welfare, invests throughout the year a significant amount of money in aid budget.
This was pointed M ª Carmen Diaz, area councilor, at a press conference to account for part of the negotiations in 2013 for Social Welfare.
In 2013 55.000 euros were spent on aid more urgent need 17,000 euros through an agreement with the Red Cross for very urgent aid, in particular, to solve problems in 24 or 48 hours as power outages, water shortages ... as noted by the mayor.
In 2014, the amount of aid has become more than 100,000 euros the aforementioned agreement with the Red Cross.
As for 2013, the Councillor for Social Welfare explained that there has been an increase in families alhameñas, unusual local service, such as families with young children or elderly, with their pension, are forced to help all family.
The mayor has also explained that, before giving aid, which is always governed by the bylaws, is studied and evaluates each case individually by the techniques of Social Welfare.
In addition, extensive documentation that passes from the tax return and all kinds of legal documents, and visits of the techniques of social housing services requested.
All this is done in order to achieve a clear view of each case, then, as the scales of municipal ordinances or other free aid.
Also in 2013, clarified the mayor, 25,000 euros from the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (ERDF) were received.
This year 2014 is the help of more than 30,000 euros.
Also in Social Welfare, has been managed in 2013 the output of over 2,000 records;
1,544 food aid, aid for payments 106 bills, 111 for the payment of water bills, 184 packages of diapers, 8 aid for municipal waste receipts, 56 aid for the payment of rent, 30 for drugs and 52 for other issues such as support for dentures, glasses ... etc..
Moreover, the mayor reported that the Department of Social Welfare also provides municipal services for elderly care fully funded by the City.
In this section, there are 162 people benefiting from telecare, 51 families who are providing the service of home help service and 210 meals to people who can not fend for themselves.
"Not only did they bring food, they look like they have the fridge, the house asked how they are is a global service," noted the mayor.
Moreover, families also receive aid for the school canteen.
Grants to 18 school children and children from primary schools, specifically in 2013 were granted scholarships to 23 children are granted.
Moreover, the Department of Social Welfare, along with Education, part of Bank of Books project has made, for two years, no child in the city has run out of books.
However, Social Welfare has had to invest in education with aid for the purchase of books and school supplies in the amount of 11,000 euros.
Finally, the Councillor for Social Welfare, Maria Carmen Diaz would not finish without thanking the important collaboration of Civil Protection in the distribution of food, and the Red Cross to aid urgent need, those responsible for schools Bank of Books, and in particular to workers and Social Welfare techniques that "during this time of crisis are making a great effort and a great job."
Source: Ayuntamiento de Alhama de Murcia
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