The Consortium of municipalities of Area 5 Atripalda is based in Atripalda, Italy. Its primary objective is to manage social services for citizens of the 28 associated municipalities. The management activity is based on the principle of consultation with the social cooperatives and voluntary associations. The Consortium aims at ensuring people and families with an integrated system of interventions and services that promote a good quality of life, equal opportunities, non-discrimination, citizenship rights and improvements for people with disabilities.

Main Areas of Work

• Children and young people
• Children at risk of social exclusion
• Homeless
• Elderly
• People with addiction
• People with physical disabilities
• People with mental disabilities
• Mental health
• Social justice
• People who are socially vulnerable
• People in situations of difficulty or precarity
• Victims of domestic abuse
• Migrants
• Social Integration
• Beneficiaries of minimum income
• Poverty
• Recipients of care

Responsibilities/ Services

• Providing social services
• Transformation of care models
• Promotion of systemic change
• Role of the social worker
• Integration of technological tools
• Issuing of guidelines and policies for the district’s councils
• Home care services for the elderly and dependent people
• Child protection
• Telecare
• Programs for the prevention of addictions in young people
• Assistance in cases of energy poverty
• Financial support
• Social insurance
• Fostering cooperation with non-governmental organisations and the promotion of social volunteering
• Research/ identifying and monitoring of social problems