Public Social Partnership (PSP)

The Public Social Partnerships (PSPs) are three-year contractual agreements between the Ministry for the Family, Children’s Rights and Social Solidarity (MFCS), and respective NGOs which hail from the social field. Currently, MFCS has around thirty-three. PSPs with 25 different NGOs, and 15 disability PSPs with eight NGOs in the disability sector. The 33 PSPs in the non-disability sector deal with the following social issues:

• The well-being of children/adolescents with challenging behaviour;
• Clients who suffer from substance abuse;
• Clients who suffer from mental health issues;
• Children’s homes;
• Homes that provide a roof for the homeless;
• Shelters for domestic violence victims;
• Programmes for former inmates;
• Community programmes;
• Assistance to the LGBTIQ community;
• Assistance to the families of the terminally ill;
• Professional counselling together with support services;
• Services such as Kellimni.com;
• Psychosocial assistance related to palliative care.