Informação: Applications for housing programmes can be made by electronic means
The Regional Directorate for Housing has made changes to its portal with the aim of simplifying applications for the "Renovated Home, Inhabited Home" programme as well as for ongoing public tenders whose application period is taking place during the month of April. With these changes, applications can be submitted electronically with documentation that can be obtained on the Internet, without th... Mais >>

Informação: Regional Government creates COVID-19 Reception Centre at Ribeira Grande Health Centre
The Regional Government, through the Regional Secretariats for Social Solidarity and Transport and Public Works, has set up a reception centre at the Ribeira Grande Health Centre, a secondary support space to be used whenever necessary in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. This space, which is immediately available, has the capacity to accommodate patients admitted to hospital and/or other si... Mais >>

Informação: Regional Government implements immediate measures to support household income
The Regional Secretary for Social Solidarity presented today in Angra do Heroísmo a series of immediate measures to support the income of families, following the state of emergency declaration due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Regarding the support to families, Andreia Cardoso announced the creation of a disposable income support supplement for families receiving family and parental allowances ... Mais >>

Informação: Support measures for the elderly population remain a priority for the Regional Government
The Regional Secretary for Social Solidarity stated today in Angra do Heroísmo that the Regional Government will remain attentive to the needs of the elderly population in the period of emergency that the country is living due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Andreia Cardoso spoke at a press conference where she presented a package of immediate social measures to support Azorean families and to th... Mais >>

Informação: COVID-19 information line with reinforced psychosocial support
The Regional Government has reinforced the intervention of the COVID-19 Non-Medical Information Line - 800 29 29 29 with a team of psychologists for the provision of psychosocial support. Created on March 15 to provide non-clinical information to the population, the Azores Line is composed of a multidisciplinary team, including Social Security technicians, psychologists, social workers, social c... Mais >>

Informação: Government of the Azores makes telephone calls to people over 65
The Regional Secretariat for Social Solidarity, through the Institute for Social Security of the Azores - ISSA, started making telephone calls this week to all people over 65 residing in the Azores in order to raise their awareness for compliance with the rules set for movement on public roads as well as to inform them on the availability of resources to support the supply of basic needs with the ... Mais >>

Informação: Press release from the Government of the Azores
The Government of the Azores, with the purpose of avoiding unnecessary travel to services and privileging other forms of contact available to any citizen, informs that, according to the guidelines of the Press Release from the Council of the Government of March 16, the provision of face-to-face Social Security services will be allowed under certain circumstances: 1. Only the following services wi... Mais >>

Informação: Training plays “key role” for intervention in cases of domestic and gender violence, says Andreia Cardoso
The Regional Secretary for Social Solidarity stressed in Vila do Porto the importance of training the technicians working at Local Centres for Prevention and Combat to Domestic and Gender Violence to deal with the new situations arising every day. Andreia Cardoso spoke at the end of a visit to the Local Centre for Prevention and Combat to Domestic Violence on Santa Maria Island, as part of the G... Mais >>

Informação: Applications for new "Renovated Home, Inhabited Home" to open in April, announces Andreia Cardoso
The Regional Secretary for Social Solidarity announced in Ponta Delgada that the first application period for the new support programme "Renovated Home, Inhabited Home" will take place in April, while the second is scheduled for September. Andreia Cardoso spoke at the presentation of the Regional Regulatory Decree implementing the guidelines set out in the legislation on this programme, such as ... Mais >>

Informação: Cooperation promotes community development
The Vice-President of the Government highlighted on Terceira Island the importance of cooperation between institutions, the community and local living forces to improve the quality of life of the populations. “An institution that, having been able to respond to the needs of the present and also the needs of the future, managed to congregate not only an entire community, but also the neigh... Mais >>