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| The global amount of these grants is around one million euros, which will allow the Department of Social Rights, through associations, to purchase products and basic foods to reach the neediest families | The councilor for Social and Family Rights, Pilar Torres, chaired this morning the meeting of the Network for Social Inclusion of the Murcia City Council, of which the EAPN (representing 29 entities), Red Cross, Cáritas, Jesús Abandoned, CEPAIM, Gitano Secretariat, Columbares, RAIS Foundation, as well as technicians from IMAS and the General Directorate for Social Policy and municipal social services.The objective is, as Torres has indicated, "to work with unity of action with all of them, to distribute and coordinate the work to be more effective and to incorporate new proposals from these entities into the Social Support Plan that the Murcia City Council is developing, since it is Coordination with third sector entities is essential ".During the meeting, the councilor announced that the City Council will directly subsidize the municipality's social entities in order to mitigate the effects of the coronavirus crisis.

Thus, the Department of Social Rights, through the associations, will be able to acquire basic products and food so that they reach the most needy familiesThe global amount of these aids is around a million euros and the Governing Board will approve tomorrow the first of them to Cáritas for an amount of 250,000 euros and which will have to be used entirely to buy food and other basic necessities.The meeting took stock of all the actions of the Department from the declaration of the state of alarm, attentions made by the municipal social services centers, SEMAS, volunteering, dining room scholarships, care for victims of gender violence, dependent people.

..Likewise, it has been reported that the Social Support Plan is not a rigid document but is open to the proposals of the representatives of the different social entities.It has also highlighted the importance of administrative simplification that allows emergency aid to be offered to the most vulnerable people more effectively.

Thus, the modernization of procedures allows Social Rights to process more than 100 daily grants for vulnerable familiesTorres "thanked the collaboration and the words of the representatives of the different social entities of the meeting, who have shown their absolute collaboration.

We will periodically hold meetings of the Network in order to continue moving forward so that all those from Murcia who need it are cared for "

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia