Administration of Community Social Services Ploiești*
Available procedures
PREPARATION OF CANTEEN FILE*
Social assistance canteens provide social services free of charge or for a fee to persons in special economic-social or medical situations.
The following categories of persons may benefit from the services of social assistance canteens:
a) children up to the age of 18, who are dependent on families whose average net monthly income per dependent person is below the net monthly income level for a single person, taken into account when determining social assistance;
b) young people attending full-time courses in educational institutions operating under the law, until their completion, but not exceeding the age of 25, or 26 in the case of those following higher education studies with a duration of more than 5 years, who are in the situation provided for in point a);
c) persons benefiting from social assistance or other cash benefits granted according to the law and whose income is up to the net monthly income level for a single person, taken into account when determining social assistance;
d) pensioners;
e) persons who have reached retirement age, who are in one of the following situations: are socially isolated, have no legal supporters, are without income;
f) invalids and persons with chronic illnesses;
g) any person who, temporarily, earns no income.
This procedure is informational.
Normative acts:
LAW no. 208 of December 15, 1997 regarding social assistance canteens;
Request and Self-Declaration for granting the heating aid for the home from the State Budget*
The forms can be picked up from the ASSC Ploiesti headquarters at 32 Valeni Street, where they should be submitted completed and with the related documents attached.
More details on the website www.asscploiesti.ro.
*Social inquiry for obtaining the school orientation certificate (support teacher)*
Social investigation for obtaining the school guidance certificate (support teacher)
*Social inquiry for the Commission for Child Protection*
Procedure for granting educational incentive in the form of social vouchers on electronic support for educational assistance with a nominal value of 500 lei/school year*
Documents and papers required for preparing the state allowance file*
- Law no. 61/1993 regarding the state allowance
- Children up to the age of 2, or 3 in the case of children with disabilities, benefit from the state allowance of 369 lei;
- A state allowance amounting to 185 lei is granted for children aged between 2-18 years, as well as for young people who have reached the age of 18 and are attending high school or vocational education courses organized under the law.
Documents and paperwork required for preparing the state allowance file for children with disabilities*
- The state allowance for children with disabilities aged between 3 and 18 years is in the amount of 369 lei.
- Law no. 61/1993 regarding the state allowance.
Acts and documents required for the preparation of the child-raising allowance file (according to Government Emergency Ordinance no.111/2010)*
Documents and papers required for the preparation of the insertion incentive file (according to G.E.O. no. 111/2010)*
Work procedure and selection criteria for the beneficiaries of Social Shop SOMARO*
Monitoring the way of growth and care of the child with parents gone to work abroad*
- Law no. 272/2004, regarding the protection and promotion of children's rights, republished, with subsequent amendments and completions;
- Government Decision no. 691/2015 for the approval of the Procedure for monitoring the manner of growth and care of the child with parents working abroad and the services to which they can benefit, as well as for the approval of the Working Methodology regarding the collaboration between the general directorates of social assistance and child protection and the public social assistance services and the standard model of documents drawn up by them;
- Order no. 219/2006, regarding activities of identification, intervention, and monitoring of children deprived of parental care during the period their parents are working abroad.
Documents required to prepare the employment file as Personal Assistant*
Social inquiry for the Medical Evaluation Commission for Adults with Disabilities*
Procedure for emergency situations and guarding objectives*
Procedure for admission to the elderly home*
The social service "Elderly Home", C.A.E.N. code 8730 is organized and operates within the Community Social Services Administration Ploiești, an accredited social services provider according to Accreditation Certificate series A.F. no. 001468/23.07.2014.
The Elderly Home operates in the space located in Ploiești, str. Cosminele no. 11 A - pavilion B3, assigned to the administration of the Community Social Services Administration Ploiești by H.C.L. no.185/03.12.2004.
Mission
The mission of the social service "Elderly Home" is to provide accommodation, personal care, medical assistance, functional recovery/rehabilitation, socialization, social and/or family integration/reintegration services to people who have reached the retirement age established by law, who are in a situation of social vulnerability.
The Home has a number of 24 permanent places, of which 4 places are allocated to elderly people with disabilities.
Description of the target group
In order to benefit from the services of the Elderly Home, elderly people must meet the following situations: They have a stable residence in Ploiești, which is a mandatory condition for people benefiting from social services in the residential system.
OPERATIONAL PROCEDURE regarding the admission of beneficiaries within the Emergency Social Center for homeless people Ploiești*
- Establishes the manner of carrying out the activity of admitting beneficiaries to the Emergency Social Center for homeless people as well as the persons involved in carrying out this activity;
- Provides assurance regarding the existence of adequate documentation for carrying out the activity;
- Ensures the continuity of the activity, including under conditions of personnel fluctuation.
Scope of application of the operational procedure:
The activity of admitting beneficiaries to the center is the process by which a person requesting social services becomes a beneficiary of these services. The admission activity is carried out in accordance with the provisions of the law and only if the Emergency Social Center can provide the minimum necessary services to meet the needs of the beneficiaries. Beneficiaries and/or their legal representatives know and accept the admission conditions.
*Measures to support the most disadvantaged categories of people who benefit from hot meals based on social vouchers on electronic support for hot meals (according to EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 115 of July 16, 2020)*
Documents and papers required for preparing the minimum inclusion income (VMI) file (according to Law no. 196/2016)*
On the website https://asscploiesti.ro/sps/ letter C you will find the necessary information regarding the changes made (instead of ASF, the minimum inclusion income - VMI is entered)
If you go to the site and click on the words written in blue, the law, the form, or what you want to access will open.
C. MINIMUM INCLUSION INCOME
(According to Law no. 196/2016)
Information regarding persistion of the minimum inclusion income (VMI)
Legislative framework
– the provisions of Law no. 196/2016 on glob minimum inclusion income, as subsequently amended and supplemented;
– the provisions of G.E.O no.114/2022, for the amendment and supplementation of Law no.196/2016 on minimum inclusion income, as subsequently amended and supplemented;
– the provisions of G.D no. 1154/2022 for the approval of the Methodological Norms for the application of Law no.196/2016, regarding minimum inclusion income, as subsequently amended and supplemented;
Thus, the minimum inclusion income (VMI) is established, which represents the financial support granted by the state in, order to ensure the minimum standard of living for families and single persons in difficult situations, as well as to prevent the risk of poverty among children and to stimulate their participation in the educational system.
The minimum inclusion income consists of one or more of the following categories of financial aid:
a) inclusion aid;
b) aid for families with children.
Depending on the needs of the family/single person, the minimum inclusion income is accompanied by other complementary social assistance measures, granted in cash and/or in kind, as follows:
– incentives – special measures for stimulation of participation in the labor market, granted in cash or as deductions applied to personal income;
– contributory facilities – insurance in the health social insurance system, without payment of social health insurance contributions;
– other complementary rights – financial transfers and/or support in kind, aimed at facilitating social inclusion and preventing the risk of social exclusion, granted to the beneficiaries of minimum inclusion income or other categories in special situations, consisting, as the case may be, of:
(i) payment of mandatory home insurance against earthquakes, landslides, and floods;
(ii) granting of community and emergency aids aimed at supporting the family/single person to overcome situations of temporary difficulty and preventing or reducing the risk of poverty and social exclusion;
(iii) access to financial support measures for promoting and supporting attendance in education courses, organized according to the law by the beneficiaries of minimum inclusion income;
(iv) measures to stimulate employment, as well as other measures leading to access for beneficiaries of minimum inclusion income to a job;
(v) access to available social services, depending on the needs identified in order to overcome difficult situations.
Beneficiaries
VMI consists of all amounts related to the financial aids provided by art.3 par.(2) of the law, which are established depending on the adjustment of the monthly incomes earned by the family, within the following limits:
1. for inclusion aid, up to a net adjusted monthly income of up to 346 lei inclusive, which is taken into account when establishing the cumulative family income;
2. for inclusion aid, up to a net adjusted monthly income of up to 504 lei inclusive, which is taken into account when establishing the income of a single person aged at least 65 years;
3. for aid for family with children, up to a net adjusted monthly income of up to 880 lei inclusive.
In this respect, new concepts have appeared, such as: equivalence coefficient (1 for the single person and for the legal representative of the family), family size (the amount of the equivalence coefficient corresponding to the family representative = 1 + 0.5 for each family member) and net adjusted monthly income (obtained by dividing the total net family income actualized in the month prior to the request by the family size), for calculating the eligibility threshold and the amounts granted as inclusion aid or aid for families with children.
Amounts granted
The monthly amount granted as inclusion aid will be up to:
– 346 lei, for a single person without income;
– 504 lei, for a single person at least 65 years old, without income;
– 519 lei, for a family consisting of two persons (346lei * 1.5 family size);
– 692 lei, for a family consisting of three persons (346lei * 2 family size);
– 865 lei, for a family consisting of four persons (346lei * 2.5 family size);
– 1038 lei, for a family consisting of five persons (346lei * 3 family size);
The amount granted as aid for families with csr children is established according to the level of the net adjusted monthly income and the number of children in the family, as follows:
1. For a family with net adjusted monthly incomes up to 346 lei/month, the monthly amount of aid for a family with children is:
– 135 lei, for a family with one child;
– 270 lei, for a family with 2 children;
– 405 lei, for a family with 3 children;
– 539 lei, for a family with 4 children or more.
2. For a single-parent family with net adjusted monthly incomes up to 346 lei/month, the monthly amount of aid for families with children is:
– 153 lei, for a family with one child;
– 303 lei, for a family with 2 children;
– 453 lei, for a family with 3 children;
– 604 lei, for a family with 4 children or more.
3. For families with a net adjusted monthly income between 348 lei/month and up to 880 lei inclusive, the monthly amount of aid for families with children is:
– 108 lei, for a family with one child;
– 215 lei, for a family with 2 children;
– 322 lei, for a family with 3 children;
– 428 lei, for a family with 4 children or more.
4. For single-parent families with net adjusted monthly incomes between 348 lei/month and up to 880 lei inclusive, the monthly amount of aid for a family with children is:
– 140 lei, for a family with one child;
– 271 lei, for a family with 2 children;
– 409 lei, for a family with 3 children;
– 541 lei, for a family with 4 children or more.
*If the calculation results in an amount less than 63 lei, then 63 lei is granted.
Details:
For the calculation of the adjusted net monthly income, all amounts received/earned by the single person or by each member of the family in the month prior to applying for VMI are taken into consideration, with the exception of the following incomes:
a. amounts received as social benefits under Law no.448/2006 regarding the protection and promotion of the rights of persons with disabilities, republished, as subsequently amended and supplemented;
b. state child allowance granted under Law no. 61/1993 regarding state child allowance, republished, with subsequent amendments;
c. amounts awarded as scholarships or other forms of financial support intended exclusively to support the education of preschoolers, pupils and students through programs of the Ministry of National Education and Scientific Research, other public and private institutions, including non-governmental organizations;
d. amounts received from activities carried out as a day laborer, under Law no.52/2011 on the performance of occasional activities by day laborers, republished, with subsequent amendments, as well as those obtained as a domestic service provider under Law no.111/2022 on the regulation of the activity of domestic service providers;
e. amounts received by able-bodied family members as a result of participating in professional training programs organized under the law, if these are not wages;
f. amounts received occasionally from individuals or legal entities, as well as amounts as emergency aid received from the state or local budget;
g. educational incentive granted under the provisions of Law no.248/2015 on stimulating participation in preschool education of children from disadvantaged families, republished, as a social voucher to stimulate participation in preschool education of children from disadvantaged families;
h. occasional amounts granted from the state or local budgets as compensation or financial support for exceptional situations;
i. heating aid and energy supplement granted under Law no.226/2021, as subsequently amended;
j. monthly food allowance granted under Law no.584/2002 on measures to prevent the spread of AIDS in Romania and to protect persons with HIV or AIDS, as subsequently amended and supplemented, and the monthly food allowance provided for in Law no.302/2018 on tuberculosis control measures;
k. amounts received as support, provided from the state budget or non-reimbursable funds, granted under the law or operational programs approved.
Required documents
The minimum inclusion income (VMI) is granted based on a single application submitted by the applicant, accompanied by supporting documents.
– Standard VMI application form, which contains information on the applicant and the composition of the family; download application
– Agreement on the processing of personal data; download agreement
– Statement on own responsibility; download statement, and, as the case may be, download statement 2,download statement 3
– Payment commitment (for situations where undue rights may be found; download commitment;
– Identity document of the applicant and family members (identity card/bulletin, birth certificates);
– Income certificates for all sources of income;
– Death certificate for any deceased family member;
– Proof of schooling for children aged between 3 and 16 years;
– Other documents specific to the applicant’s/beneficiary's situation:
a. the contract regarding the ownership of the property in which they live;
b. utility bills;
c. marriage certificate, as the case may be;
d. court decision on custody/approval for adoption, according to the law;
e. court decision, or, where appropriate, the decision of the committee for child protection for placement measures, according to the law;
f. court decision conferring temporary delegation of parental authority to the designated person, in accordance with the provisions of art.104 and art.105 of Law no.272/2004 on the protection and promotion of children's rights, republished, as subsequently amended and supplemented;
g. the decision of the general director of the general directorate for social assistance and child protection, or, where appropriate, the court decision for emergency placement, according to the law;
h. court decision establishing household, or, as the case may be, the disposition of the tutelary authority, according to the law;
i. proof of the status of legal representative of the minor person lacking full capacity for the exercise of civil rights, namely parent, guardian, curator, another person designated as legal representative through the decision of the general director of the general directorate for social assistance and child protection or, as the case may be, by court decision;
j. court decision declaring the spouse missing;
k. court decision whereby the spouse is preventively arrested for a period of more than 30 days or is serving a custodial sentence and does not contribute to the maintenance of the children;
l. as the case may be, other supporting documents relating to the composition of the family.
The family structure, the children's filiation, and their legal status with respect to the legal representative will be checked/validated by the staff of the Social Protection Service through field checks and/or via SNIAS.
Assets leading to VMI exclusion
The establishment of the right to minimum inclusion income is made considering the family's assets or, as applicable, the single person’s, contained in the List of assets that lead to exclusion from minimum inclusion income. The list can be consulted below.
LIST of assets that lead to exclusion from the minimum inclusion income award
A. Real estate
Buildings, other living spaces apart from the home of residence, as well as land located within the city limits with an area larger than 1,200 sqm in urban areas and 2,500 sqm in rural areas, excluding land attached to the house and the yard.
1. Movable goods
1. More than one vehicle over 10 years old, with the right to travel on public roads;
2. A vehicle with the reportedly right to travel on public roads less than 10 years old, except for those used and/or adapted for passenger transport with disabilities;
3. Motorboats, motor boats, yachts, or other types of boats, except for those required for transport in case of people living in the “Danube Delta” Biosphere Reserve area;
NOTE:
In the case where one or more assets owned by the single person/family beneficiary of the minimum inclusion income is rented/leased/concessioned, this property will be taken into account for the person/family who rents/leases/concessions it, and for the owner the income obtained from transfer of use will be taken into account.
A person or family that owns, in addition to their home, a share in another building/living space/real estate can benefit from the minimum inclusion income regardless of the value of the share, if the asset cannot be monetized through such ownership.
1. Bank deposits
At least one family member holds, as account holder, one or more bank accounts/deposits, whose total sum is more than 3 times the value of the gross average salary provided by the Social Insurance Law. (Currently the value is 6095*3=18285 lei)
Holder’s obligations
The holder of the minimum inclusion income is obliged to communicate to the city hall in whose territorial area they have their domicile or residence, any changes regarding address, income, and the number of family members, within a maximum of 10 days from its occurrence.
Single persons and families drawing the minimum inclusion income are obliged to file at city hall, every 6 months, the statement on their own responsibility regarding changes, accompanied by supporting documents, as appropriate.
Persons fit for work who do not earn income under an individual employment contract, service relationship, or another legal form of employment, nor from independent activities or agricultural activities, as defined by Law no.227/2015, as subsequently amended, are obliged to present themselves, whenever requested by the territorial employment agency where they are registered as jobseekers, for employment or participation in employment-stimulating and professional training services.
In the case of single persons and families that benefit from the minimum inclusion income consisting only of aid for families with children, the above obligation does not apply.
In the case of families benefiting from a minimum inclusion income that includes the inclusion aid component, one of the able-bodied adult members of that family is obliged to perform, on request of the mayor, activities or works of local interest, respecting the normal working time and the health and safety at work regulations.
Exception: families for which the sum related to the inclusion aid is up to 63 lei. For these, the working hours are set quarterly and performed in any of the months of the quarter.
*Documents and paperwork required for preparing the social housing file*
Legal Basis:
Approval of the declaration for requesting the social tariff for electricity*
Monthly allowance for persons classified with severe disability with personal assistant*
Preparation of social aid file*
a) families and single persons who have their domicile or, as the case may be, residence in Romania, with or without Romanian citizenship, as well as stateless persons;
b) families and single persons who do not have Romanian citizenship benefit from the provisions of Law no. 416/2001 if they find themselves in one of the following situations:
- foreign citizens or stateless persons during the period in which they have their domicile or, as the case may be, residence in Romania, under the conditions of Romanian legislation;
- foreign citizens and stateless persons who have acquired, under the law, the status of refugee in Romania or have been granted another form of protection provided by law.
c) in the case of spouses separated in fact, each of them benefits from the provisions of Law no. 416/2001, if they have declared different domiciles and if the conditions provided by this law are met.
It is granted based on an application and a statement on own responsibility accompanied by supporting documents regarding the family composition and the incomes earned in the month prior to the submission of the application by its members registered at A.S.S.C. Ploiesti. Verifications are made in the field and the social inquiry is drawn up for the granting/not granting of social aid, following which the mayor's decision is issued.
The monthly level of the guaranteed minimum income is: a) 142 lei for a single person; b) 255 lei for a family of 2 persons; c) 357 lei for families composed of 3 persons; d) 442 lei for families composed of 4 persons;
e) 527 lei for families composed of 5 persons;
For each person above the number of 5 in the family, 36.5 lei is granted.
After processing the files and establishing the right, the centralized monthly situation is drawn up, including the beneficiaries and the amount of aid granted, which is forwarded to the County Agency for Payments and Social Inspection in order to make the payments.
In accordance with the provisions of Law no. 416/2001 regarding the guaranteed minimum income with its subsequent amendments and completions and the provisions of Decision no. 337/29.09.2017 of Ploiesti Local Council regarding the establishment of cases in which some emergency aids are granted, emergency aids may be granted to families or single persons who have a net monthly income per family member less than the gross minimum wage per economy, in the following situations: a) the dwelling was affected by fire - in the amount of 2000 lei, depending on the severity of the situation; b) The death of a person who benefited from a severe or accentuated disability allowance, this being the only income earned - in the amount of 400 lei; c) The death of a social aid beneficiary - in the amount of 400 lei. AID for heating the home with wood, coal, petroleum fuels: Guaranteed minimum income beneficiaries who use wood for heating receive a monthly aid of 58 lei.
File for admission to a residential center*
Request and Statement on own responsibility for granting nimble heating aid from the local budget*
more details on the website www.asscploiesti.ro.
