According to Irene Gavidia, regional secretary for Primary Care and Social Services, Valencia’s dependent care service decodes 140 files per day of new people joining the system. Gavidia adds that according to the data corresponding to the first period of 2022, about 3,000 files are resolved per month.
The district secretary noted that from January this year to June 30, 17,333 files had been created from people requesting recognition of addiction, ensuring that “the work continues so that more people who request it can participate.”
Of the total resolved cases, 10,466 includes cancellations that have occurred in the system since January, and 6,687 new benefits and services.
In the number of applications made since the beginning of the year, 23,525 people have been registered, a figure showing that “citizens continue to trust the administration, which is run by teams of addiction professionals from both ministry and municipal units.” emphasizes the regional secretary.
On the other hand, the evaluation system implemented by Igualdad has allowed the number of evaluations to continue to grow steadily, allowing for 22,634 evaluations in the first six months of the year across the Community of Valencia, an average of 182 evaluations per year. day.
“These good valuation numbers that make Gavidia stand out are in response to the staffing increase of the valuation team, which reached 802 professionals compared to 17 in 2015”.
On the other hand, he said, “the increase in valuations is the result of good management of municipal social work teams who have done an exceptional job of recruiting and receiving services to those who need it most.” is the benefit or service that belongs to them”.
Regarding the cost of the economic benefits, the Ministry paid a total of 228.85 million Euros for the regular monthly payroll, late payments and retroactive work in the first six months of the year. Valencia dependent care system currently cares for 128,429 people through some type of service or economic benefit
Source: Informacion