Information: Government subsidises works of the Home for Children and Youngsters in 200 thousand Euros
Under the Statutory visit to the island of São Jorge, the Regional Secretariat for Labour and Social Solidarity signed on Monday a cooperation agreement with the Santa Catarina Institute to subsidise the renewal works of the Home for Children and Youth up to a maximum of 200 thousand Euros. These interventions are intended to install a day and night centre in the village of Urzelina on S... more >>

Information: Government signs contract for elderly home care
The Government of the Azores signed in Angra do Heroísmo on Monday a contract for the provision of home care with Home Instead Senior Care, whose services will be rendered by the company Sousa & Sousa, Lda. With this contract, the Government intends to create and develop elderly home support services on the island of Terceira. This is another private investment carried out in the social ... more >>

Information: Government grants financial support to the housing sector
The Regional Secretariat for Labour and Social Solidarity has awarded a new package of housing support in a global amount over 677 thousand Euros that will benefit 42 families from the islands of Graciosa, Terceira, São Miguel, Faial, Flores and Pico. Granted under the programmes to support the renewal of degraded housing and the construction and acquisition of housing, this financial suppo... more >>

Information: Government will subsidise interest housing loans for the unemployed
The Government will create measures to support families with unemployed members by subsidising interest housing loans. The measure was announced in Angra do Heroísmo on Wednesday by the Regional Secretary for Labour and Social Solidarity, after being heard by the General Policy Commission on a resolution proposed by the Socialist Party concerning this matter. Ana Paula Marques acknowledges ... more >>

Information: Government subsidises leasing of 89 houses for households with severe housing shortage
The Government of the Azores will subsidise the leasing of 89 houses for households with severe housing shortage on the island of São Miguel in the amount of two million Euros for a 12 year period. The initiative is part of a collaboration agreement signed between the Regional Secretariat for Labour and Social Solidarity (SRTSS), the Ribeira Grande City Hall and the Institute for Housing and ... more >>

Information: New Teleassistance Service to start in the District of Ponta Delgada
The Teleassistance Service to Support Domestic Violence Victims will be implemented in the District of Ponta Delgada, a pilot experience regarded by the Regional Secretary for Labour and Solidarity with expectation. “I hope that this experience, one of the first to start at a national level, may bring excellent results and that victims may be better defended.” Ana Paula Marques spo... more >>

Information: Government supports the construction of social infrastructures in Rabo de Peixe and Arrifes
The Azorean Government will support, up to the maximum amount of 5.3 million Euros, the construction of several social infrastructures under the supervision of the “Casa do Povo” of Rabo de Peixe and the Arrifes Social and Parish Centre on the island of São Miguel. This governmental support is integrated in the cooperation-investment agreements, published in the Official Journal... more >>

Information: Professional Enhancement and Business qualification programmes comprised 127 workers in 2010
During 2010 the Professional Enhancement and Business Qualification Programmes comprised 127 workers, whose employment contracts had been suspended, and another five applications involving 28 workers have already been registered under these programmes this year. The Business Qualification and Professional Enhancement programmes, developed by the Azorean Government, are addressed at business and ... more >>

Information: Government of the Azores supports the Santa Casa da Misericórdia of Praia da Graciosa
The Government of the Azores will subsidise the renewal and adaptation works of four homes for the elderly at the Santa Casa da Misericórdia of Praia da Graciosa up to a maximum amount of 298,000 Euros. Under a cooperation-investment agreement signed between the Regional Secretariat for Labour and Social Solidarity and the Santa Casa da Misericórdia of Praia da Graciosa, this governmenta... more >>

Information: Government subsidises renewal of elderly home on Graciosa in the amount of 900,000 Euros
The Government of the Azores will subsidise the renewal and adaptation works of the elderly home of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia in the village Santa Cruz da Graciosa; the total amount being of 903,207.75 Euros. Under a cooperation-investment agreement signed between the Regional Secretariat for Labour and Social Solidarity and the Santa Casa da Misericórdia da Vila de Santa Cruz da Gr... more >>