A national call number for reporting abuse of the elderly and disabled, the "3977" will be put into service in early February, said Valerie Létard Monday, Secretary of State for Solidarity .
85 platforms départementales
"This unique number, simplified, readable, covering the whole area, will operate with extended hours. This will not be an emergency number, but a key entrance to cries for help, to confide, gets an address .., "said the secretary of state in an interview in the" Parisien-Aujourd'hui en France ".
So far, the calls (13,600 in 2006, half of which relates to cases of abuse) were collected on the numbers of listening managed by two associations, one in Ile-de-France and one in the province, but 36 departments French and were not covered by this scheme.
"Eventually, all reports will be forwarded to the departmental platforms, which would rise gradually from 58 to 85 to cover the whole of France in 2009," said Valerie Létard.
A network of 15,000 volunteers
"We will build on what exists, a network of 15,000 volunteers, many of them pensioners who have worked in the social. I want to pay tribute to them. Here is a fine example of solidarity between generations, "she stressed.” Their work will be further facilitated by the annual 600,000 Euros that the government puts in place to enhance their training in listening, develop teams, pay for the premises," said the minister.
SOURCE: GAA
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