The Veneto welfare model, defined over the last twenty years by regional legislation, is characterised by the integration of social and healthcare policies and by the active collaboration between public and private bodies within and beyond municipalities.
Integration is achieved through a system of social services and highly integrated social healthcare services, by their unitary management in areas covered by Local Health Authorities (ULSS) and through the municipalities' delegation of service management to these Local Health Authorities. Alternative agreements may also be drawn up by the interested bodies.
The network of social services and their integration with the social healthcare system are mainly put into effect by a local plan, which is drawn up and approved by the Mayor or by the Conference of Mayors and received by the Local Health Authority. The stakeholders are, therefore, the Municipalities, the Provinces, the Region and other public sectors (local State authorities: schools, law and employment bodies, IPAB, Mountain Communities, etc.) who intervene to reach targets of common general interest. Tertiary sector bodies also have a role in drawing up the local plan.
The local plan lays out what is available in terms of services, care, financial intervention and support in various areas. These include childhood, minors and the family, those reliant on care, disability, addiction and social marginalisation.
(Chapter 14 in figures)