The intention of the City Council is reinforce with these funds the telecare, food and home care services at pelderly, disabled or dependent persons pto face the new needs caused by the situation of lockdown. It also proposes to use the fund to reinforce attention in basic needs to families in situations of greatest vulnerability to serve those who join as claimants for help due to the economic consequences of the health crisis.
The municipal government also intends that this line of aid, approved by Royal Decree on March 17, serves to attend neighborhoods of the municipality with their own social problems promoting special actions in coordination with the Third Sector entities with those who already work in those places.
The vice mayor has added that she also expectsr strengthen the human services team charged to this item of 707,000 euros, while the central government releases the 2019 surplus. “This extraordinary item nIt is not even a quarter of the 3.3 million million euros in Cartagena that are still retained by the Government. It is money that we want to use to help families and companies in Cartagena and we need it now. ”
Arroyo remembers that mayoress requested the mediation of the Federation of Municipalities to release the surpluses and that the FEMP itself has told the Government that money belongs to the municipalities and what are they the municipalities that have to decide how to apply them to fight the coronavirus, reactivate economic activity and promote social welfare
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