Ministry of Social Development issues its achievement report for last September
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The Ministry of Social Development issued its achievement report for last September, in which it monitored the most prominent services it provided.
The Ministry stated in a press release issued by the Communication and Media Directorate on Thursday that it received 8,272 applications for the purpose of issuing health insurance cards, 151 transactions for the purpose of exemption from treatment expenses, while it processed 145 transactions for the purpose of settling inheritance rights, and 1,242 transactions related to exemption from work permits.
According to the report, 64 children were placed in residential childcare homes, and 45 children were released and handed over to their families, while the number of children handed over to foster families reached 15, in addition to licensing 32 new nurseries.
The report indicated that the number of women and children benefiting from the services of social service offices - Family and Juvenile Protection Department reached 200 cases, while the number of juveniles benefiting from the services of juvenile education and rehabilitation homes affiliated with the Ministry reached 227, of whom 96 juveniles benefited from vocational rehabilitation programs. As for the number of working children receiving psychological and social services and interventions according to the case management methodology, it reached 33 children, and the number of beneficiaries of social service office services in correctional and rehabilitation centers reached 260 male and female beneficiaries.
In the associations sector, the report showed that the number of temporary bodies that completed their work reached two, the number of existing temporary bodies is 12, the number of dissolution committees that completed their work is 4, and the number of associations that were issued a warning is 18.
Regarding the general register of associations, the cumulative number of associations registered and existing under the effective Law on Associations reached 5,912, as 24 new associations were registered, while the number of requests to amend the bylaws of associations reached 74, and the number of dissolved associations reached 25.
Regarding the work of the Anti-Begging Directorate, the report revealed that 564 anti-begging campaigns were conducted, during which 704 male and female beggars were apprehended.
According to the report's data on the work of the National Aid Fund, the total number of families benefiting from the monthly financial aid program reached 248,599, and the number of families benefiting from the training program reached 92, while the response rate to calls received by the Fund reached 100 percent.
