The Mayor of Totana, Juan José Canovas, has recently met with the Minister of Family and Equal Opportunities, Thomas Violante, to converse about the procedure and system of financing social services in the municipality of face 2016, coinciding precisely with the entry into force of the Act Streamlining and Sustainability of Local Government.
At the meeting, held at the headquarters of the Ministry, and which was also attended also the managing director of IMAS, Miguel Angel Miranda, and Council of Social Welfare and Seniors, Javier Baths and Antonia Camacho, respectively, It was reported that Totana Town Council continue to be responsible for dealing with citizens in 2016.
The application of this standard, which defines municipal responsibilities, will not prevent municipalities in the region remain in charge of providing social services to the residents;
to which the Autonomous Community raises allocate more than 20 million euros for the consistories, of which half will go to primary care.
The meeting is part of the policies pursued by the Mayor with members of the regional government, and in this case, to learn about the continuity of funding in this important area of ​​municipal management.
In addition, other important projects support addressed to families, action to combat poverty, support for the most disadvantaged and vulnerable groups, such as the disabled and others.
In this regard, it has not yet developed regulations on local and regional farms to establish financing mechanisms and the immediacy of the compliance dates necessitate reform that has been requested to avoid jeopardizing the continued provision of these services.
The Regiona Assembly approved on Thursday of the previous week, unanimously, an amendment to the law which fixed the deadline for the transfer of powers to the Autonomous Community social affairs on 31 December.
Through it, the primary management services, social services and promotion and social reintegration, continue to be exercised by municipalities or commonwealths, as was done until now.
Also, the assumption of the same should not be a major expense for the authorities involved, as in most games municipalities, increasing in specific cases with a slight upturn in investment remain.
Municipal officials moved to the minister the need to maintain the investment for day centers for people with disabilities, whose agreements have been recently renovated, and CAVI and heading to combat child poverty and reconciling work and family life.
