The State Secretariat of Social Services sits under the Ministry of Social Rights.

Areas of Intervention

• Families
• Children and adolescents
• Roma Population
• Homeless people
• People at risk of poverty or social exclusion
• People with disabilities
• Older people
• Care-dependent people

Responsibilities/ Services

• Promotion of social services
• Fostering cooperation with non-governmental organisations and the promotion of social volunteering.
• Family support
• Child protection
• The articulation of the System for Autonomy and Care for Dependency.
• Policies aimed at people with disabilities