Today, Tuesday took place for integration additional 500 fellow citizens us with a disability in the program ‘Personal assistant for people with disabilities’, According to the Ministry of Social Cohesion and Family and OPECA.

The new beneficiaries have emerged from the already submitted applications, which had been approved but had not been selected in the previous stages of the program.

Beneficiaries can see if they were selected in prosopikosvoithos.gov.gr By pressing my application in the field.

They will also be notified immediately by the program service office to plan their required evaluation. This will be held at home by a special interdisciplinary committee, with the aim of facilitating participants and adjusting the services provided to their individual needs.

To date, the program has produced significant results, providing a personal assistant for 1,354 disabled people, while 1,928 professionals have already contributed to the support of the beneficiaries.

The Minister of Social Cohesion and Family Domna Michaelidou He said: “With consistency, a lot of work and faith in the independent living of all, we are currently integrating 500 additional fellow citizens into the personal assistant program. For us, it’s not just a number. These are 500 lives that change. 500 people who get what is self -evident: the support they need to live with dignity, autonomy and security. To participate equally in social and professional life! We are claiming a society without exclusion, a society for everyone. And we do not do this in words, but with actions. “

The € 42 million budget program is funded by the Recovery and Rules Fund and extended until 2026, with the aim of gradually establishing it at national level through the NSRF funding.