The Canary Islands government has allocated a budget of more than 250,000 euros to hire nine technicians who will carry out administrative tasks to speed up the data entry of applicants for the Canary Islands citizenship income, with the aim of resolving more cases for a greater number of grants.
In this regard, the Minister of Social Welfare, Equality, Youth, Childhood and Families, Candelaria Delgado, stressed this Tuesday in a statement that efforts and resources continue to be expanded to improve care for vulnerable individuals and families, hence the incorporation of a new team of professionals that will allow for faster resolution of Canary Islands citizenship income cases.
The incorporation of the new team will allow for faster data entry to complete the files of social assistance applicants, with the aim that the Directorate General of Social Services can assess and resolve them as quickly as possible.
"Our goal is to reach those who may still be outside this social protection umbrella, especially young people and people with migratory backgrounds, hence the importance of increasing funding and personnel to provide coverage to as many people as possible," Delgado emphasizes.
The minister states that the Canary Islands income has consolidated its role as a complement to the Minimum Vital Income and as one of the key pillars of the social protection system in the islands and of work towards social inclusion.
"In our community, the Canary Islands citizenship income is a stable right as long as the situation of poverty or exclusion lasts," clarifies the Director General of Social Services and Immigration, Elisabet Santana, who points out that through this aid, "an economic cushion" is offered to almost 13,000 Canary Islands households in situations of social vulnerability or at risk of poverty.
The Canary Islands citizenship income exceeds 106 million euros in grants, "thereby consolidating this benefit as a support network for people in situations of poverty and vulnerability," Delgado concludes.
