The Câmara de Lagoa has already channeled more than 300 euros, in the last four years, to encourage births. Birth support measures began to be applied in the municipality in 2016, a year in which 35 families were covered. During the year 2019 the number rose to a hundred».
In a note sent to the editorial offices, the Lagoa Council explains that «to access the two thousand euros allocated by the Municipality to each child registered as Lagoa, parents must have been resident in the municipality for more than two consecutive years, at the time of birth, and registered for at least one year'.
In a total of four years (2016-2019), according to the municipality, 315 families have already been supported with this incentive, which aims to "increase birth rates in the municipality of Lagoa, but also to settle the population and improve their living standards" .
Adoption cases are also covered by this regime, regardless of age.
The Câmara de Lagoa also emphasizes that “they may also be eligible for complementary support for medical treatments for postpartum depression, or even for fertility for those who cannot generate a child without medical support”.
In a review of the application of the birth incentives program, made by the municipal executive, at the end of 2019, the municipality found that support has already amounted to more than 322 euros, "it is expected that this year the amount may continue to grow”.
The Câmara de Lagoa considers this as “a strategic measure that stands out among a wider set of proximity social action policies”.
With the investment in family incentive policies, the Municipality of Lagoa «intends to help counteract the demographic trend of decreasing birth rates, registered throughout the country, but which assumes significant expression in this Algarve territory».
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