2023-09-14 13:23:04
The current situation is tense in several CPAS across the country. Those of Brussels, Liège and Charleroi are concerned.
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In a letter available on the website of Gazette of Antwerp, several CPAS actors are sounding the alarm. “The number of people in need continues to increase. Consequently, the CPAS and therefore the towns and municipalities are heading towards a financial disaster,” it is written.
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“We are sounding the alarm together,” they say. “It is often said that CPAS are a “social safety net”. It’s true. But without a sufficient budget, the meshes of this net become too large, which means that some people fall through”, explain the CPAS actors, who call for revising “the financing standards imposed on local governments, and the CPAS in particular » as well as to increase “the living wage reimbursement rate”.
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The risk according to them: “Many people in precarious situations risk dropping out.”
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These players in the sector also point out problems linked to buildings or even social charges. “From the social worker to the receptionist to the cleaning staff, employees are at their wits’ end.”
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