Municipalities hold millions on care budget – NU.nl

According to a study on the cost of the youth care and WMO taken by the NIS and the journal Internal Administration .

Nine in ten municipalities kept money in day care, guidance and support. And six in ten municipalities had last year even money on the shelf are for domestic help.

Survey

The survey took almost a third of the municipalities, 126 of the 390 , with it. More than half of them had the post WMO (Social Support Act) even a surplus of 15 percent or more. For all municipalities, that would amount to an amount of at least 310 million euros.

This year, more than expected surpluses back half of the municipalities in the SSA expenditure. Be afraid municipalities (four in ten) that they have lost more money for youth than was budgeted.

The municipalities thinking about keeping this year’s money, because they have on the various posts last year cut and were stricter with purchases.

Angry elderly

the elderly Federal ANBO calls it “outrageous” that municipalities perform such a conservative policy in terms of the SSA. “Many municipalities blew tall tower that they had too little money to provide good support, and now they turn over to take over,” says director Liane den Haan.

According to Den Haan keep municipalities money because they allocate too few hours of domestic help cut down on rates of home care, dismiss case managers and math to high personal contributions making people avoid care.

she believes that monitoring of the WMO budget needs to be increased considerably so that the money is properly spent.

unacceptable

also, trade union FNV considers it “unacceptable” that money intended for the care, do not go to health care. “ It is incomprehensible that concern money is not being spent as tens of thousands of home care workers are fired or forced to surrender wages and more vulnerable people losing their health care,” said Sarah Dobbe of the FNV.

State Martin van Rijn (Health, Welfare and Sport) in a reaction told the NIS to be frugal “is never good.” “Aldermen and councilors in municipalities a good start to counsel themselves and answer the question, we are frugal or are we a little too frugal?”

Still, Van Rijn will find it too fast concluding that municipalities consciously leave money on the table. “Municipalities have to become more responsible than WMO care alone. I have signals that municipalities spend admittedly slightly less than estimated a total budget of WMO and Youth of about 8.6 billion in 2015. But it seems that they are on the premises work and income just spend more “

by:. ANP