According to the Departmental Council, the processing time for files at the MDPH (Departmental House for the Disabled) has dropped from 7.8 months in 2020 to 3.4 months today.
Better in disability care. Last year, the MDPH was targeted by several opposition politicians, denouncing the excessively long processing times for allocating the AAH (disabled adult allowance). During the last departmental council last week, the vice president delegated to Autonomies, Christophe Serre, gave some rather encouraging news: “ Today the AAH processing time is 3.4 months versus 4.3 months nationwide. Two years ago in the Gard we were at 7.8 months! »
This improvement comes from several parameters: We’ve changed the way our teams workexplains the vice president, we are in the third phase of testing an optical reading robot for file processing. If this phase is conclusive, the Department Council will purchase the instrument “. Investment cost: around €600,000. Also, as well, ” some fixed-term contracts have arrived to strengthen the MDPH’s 80 agents. This allowed us to conduct two punching operations to recover. »
220,000 euros issued by the CNSA
The other good news is the agreement signed with the CNSA (National Fund for Solidarity with Autonomies). These state services have approached the Gard to establish a diagnosis of MDPH’s needs. ” Four positions will be funded by the Fund: an assessor, an instructor, an administrative assistant and a physician “says Christophe Serre. The goal, even there, is to streamline the examination of disability-related practices such as PCH (Disability Compensation Benefit).” whose period of education is longer than that of the AAH. »
Finally, on Saturday 3 December, the MDPH opens its doors on the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. The opportunity to discover the services and its teams around various activities and entertainment.
Coralie Mollaret
