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The reports submitted by the Director of Municipal Services Center in June revealed the need to increase appropriations for the budget line for aid and social performance, initially provided 73,500 euros.

Urgent economic aid have exceeded the estimates of the Municipal Center of Social and between January and May 2012, the amount of expenditure for these items for a total of 63,292 euros.

Those supported include the payment of electricity bills to 52 families (7,072 euros granted in total) and water bills to 44 families (3,030 euros) for rental assistance to 25 families (7,245 euros) and delivery of food and hygiene products to 110 families (38,019 euros) has also funded the cost of medicines, school supplies and essential travel to 15 families (1,388 euros).

"With these data, the municipal budget provisions for grants and benefits is insufficient if demand for the coming months remains at the same rates so far," said the councilman of Social Policy, Antonio Puche.

Given this obvious need for social assistance, has proposed the transfer of funds from different items whose execution can be channeled through existing agreements with other entities such as Red Cross, or programs can be compatible with basic relief management, attention to immigrants and addiction prevention.

According to Councilman Antonio Puche, "the amount of the proposed transfers is 33,000 euros, which could face particular economic aid and urgent need for food, which currently account for more than 200 families in Yecla."

The Department of Social Policy, through the Municipal Centre of Social Services provides social aid by applying criteria based on a scale economic and social objective, which is studied and applied based on data from the month in which making the application and the previous two months.

Only considered indispensable and urgent expenditure on house rent, paying for prescriptions, school supplies and taxes, is out of this economic aid phone bill, insurance, loans and mortgages above 400 euros, as well as electricity and water bills over 60 Euros per month.

For the grant of aid is taken into account all revenues from the dwelling unit, whether or not the marriage bond, and though the children are of age.

Is the maximum amount of financial assistance is 869 euros per year.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Yecla