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The management of these measures will be carried out by the Social Services of Primary Care in collaboration with the Department of Education, through direct benefits to families during the months of July, August and September, "with the aim that they can see satisfied basic needs of food and hygiene.

" The mayor of Lorca, Diego José Mateos, has announced, this morning, the aid that the City Council will continue to provide to the neediest families in our municipality for this summer period. The Mayor of Lorca explained that "from the City Council, through the Department of Social Services we will continue to provide our support to our boys and girls also in summer with the continuation of aid from school canteens to beneficiary families in this course 2020 ". Diego José Mateos explained that "with the end of the school year, boys and girls in our municipality have ceased to have guaranteed income to cover the basic right to food, so, from the City Council, through Social Services, This intervention project has been launched with which to meet the needs of one of the most vulnerable populations, such as children during the months of July, August and September.

" Mateos Molina has detailed that "the planned investment exceeds 82,000 euros, thanks to which 163 families and one 249 boys and girls from our municipality will be able to benefit." The First mayor stressed that "the main objective is to guarantee the basic right to food for boys and girls who have already benefited from a scholarship or canteen during the school year that has just ended, and that they have done so through the aid coming from the Ministry of Education and Culture and from which 132 families and a total of 201 boys and girls have benefited ". Mateos recalled that "with the entry into force of the state of Alarm, on March 14, there were, among other measures, the closure of educational centers, and from March 16 to the end of the course, from Social Services of the City Council have been fully managed 201 scholarships with a grant from the Ministry of Education and Culture of 69,222 euros, included in the Decree of April 2 n ° 12/2020 approved by the Governing Council for the direct granting of subsidies to City Councils of the Region to guarantee the right basic feeding by closure of educational centers as a result of COVID and which determined that the management of these measures was carried out by the Social Services of Primary Care.

" The mayor has reiterated "the commitment of this government team to the most needy families, we already did it last year during the summer months with the implementation of school canteens for those families in need, a project for which no We had a budget and for which there was no planning when we arrived at the municipal government, but we looked for the formula for its development, aware that this meal might be the only one to which the participating minors had access throughout the day.

" Lastly, Mateos has stated that "it is clear that this year the circumstances are completely different from last year, but the needs are similar, so this financial aid will allow parents to buy these products to continue taking care of food and hygiene of their children in their homes.

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Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca