Latest news and stories about social services in government in Portugal for expats and residents.
Addressing the urgent need for creative and pragmatic solutions to reduce hospital bed occupancy caused by patients remaining for social rather than medical reasons.
The government has committed to funding victim support services previously reliant on EU aid, following criticism from the Livre party regarding the Prosecutor General's controversial remarks on domestic violence.
APRe! urges the Government and Parliament to prioritize and implement effective solutions to address the critical issue of social hospitalisations.
A Chega activist has been dismissed from her position at Lisbon City Hall's Social Services following investigations into her clandestine rental properties and allegations of unauthorized legal practice. The dismissal comes amid a controversy involving the activist's connections to the Chega party and her role in a split between party councillors. The Public Prosecutor's Office is looking into her activities, which include renting out substandard housing to illegal immigrants.
Andreia Galvão highlighted that the released data demonstrate “significant regional asymmetries”.
Residential care home, home support, and continuing care in a single space. Cerci Flor da Vida inaugurates the complex in Azambuja tomorrow, with funding from the PRR.
It was 4:30 am in Braga when a 3-year-old boy was found crying in the street, under the care of his 15-year-old sister. With the mother absent and the family already flagged by social services, where did the State fail?
Carlos Duarte has been named the new social advisor for the Embassy of Portugal in Paris.
In an audio message from August 5th, one week before murdering his mother, the 15-year-old minor told his family he was going to be institutionalised.
The child reported that the mother assaulted and threatened to kill his four-year-old sister. Dismissing the evidence and considering the youth manipulative, the court refused institutionalisation and the return of the children to Brazil under the guardianship of the paternal family, as reported by CM.
We are concerned that the Lisbon City Council continues to concentrate certain social services in the same territories. Opinion by Maria João Correia
The District Union of Private Social Solidarity Institutions of Braga (UDIPSS Braga) has warned of the risk that several IPSS may lose funding from the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR) due to delays that it claims are not attributable to the institutions.
22 workers may face unemployment and 78 children and 30 elderly people could be left without support, warned the Greater Lisbon Teachers' Union.
In the municipalities of Leiria, Ourém and Marinha Grande, the Jerónimo Martins Foundation is currently restoring 22 social response facilities. Five of them are already completed.
Social sector institutions have requested an extension until December for the deadlines of construction projects under the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR) that cannot be completed by July 31, suggesting a complementary financial solution for these cases.
In an open letter to António José Seguro, institutions recall that these are services in the areas of childhood, disability, continuing care, or home support that communities need.
Social sector institutions have requested an extension until December for projects under the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR) that cannot be completed by July 31, suggesting a complementary financial solution. In an open letter, they estimate that around 1,000 social support facilities, representing 50,000 places, remain unfinished. The institutions highlight obstacles such as delays in electrical grid installations and call for VAT reimbursement and clearer guidelines to ensure these vital projects for childhood, disability, and elderly care are not abandoned.
Marco Martins stated that the holiday allowance was not paid to at least two institutions. Many of these had to resort to loans or guaranteed accounts.
There are 5,987 children living in institutions, but not all meet the legal requirements to have a new family. Social Security received 800 applications from prospective parents last year.
The ratio of monitors and assistants to people requiring greater support has increased. The Activity and Training Centres for Inclusion will be able to support up to 15 more people.
Between 2019 and 2024, 1,078 Portuguese children were adopted, of which at least 35 were integrated into families living abroad in countries such as Malta, Belgium, France, Brazil, and Italy.
The Union of IPSS in the Azores claims it is owed 4.2 million euros in subsidies and blames the Regional Government, which commissioned a study on the actual costs of the institutions.
Three dozen residents from Álvares Fagundes and General Justiniano Padrel streets and the surrounding area gathered late in the afternoon in front of the overnight shelter, holding two banners that read “Moedas wants to hide the homeless”.
Ana Povo understands that 'nobody wants to have such a facility at their doorstep', but points out that the room 'is essential to address public health issues for the entire population'.
The Regional Secretary for Health and Social Security presided over the commemorations and underscored the institution's role in home support, assistance to the elderly, and social inclusion.
The recent tragic deaths of two children, allegedly at the hands of parents or guardians, highlight a brutal reality: children are still being used as pawns in adult conflicts. This article argues that the current child protection system is overwhelmed and under-resourced, failing to provide adequate safety. It calls for urgent structural reforms, including specialized protocols for different types of violence, a national network of qualified support services, and better training and stability for professionals, insisting that the country must change to ensure children are truly protected.
Discussion on the responsibility of the Portuguese State to protect children in vulnerable situations.
The head of the Union of Misericórdias has issued a warning regarding the critical state and potential collapse of the country's network of care homes.
President Seguro has called out the spiralling costs of old people’s homes in a country where old people already vastly outnumber the young. Just in the last 12 months, monthly The post President calls out spiralling costs of old people’s homes appeared first on Portugal Resident.
The association emphasises the urgent requirement for more residential care facilities for senior citizens.
