On the side of the main concerned, “We are waiting to see“, explained Dorothée Klein, president of the Federation of CPAS and the CPAS of Namur (the committed), waiting for details. And they fell this Friday afternoon.
First thing to emphasize is that the amount of 300 million for 2026 and 2027, as well as the 302.2 for 2028 and 342.6 for 2029 is “not a ceiling, But the amount that will appear in budget forecasts“explains Maxime Prévot. He can evolve for”Cover the needs of CPAS. Any budget supplements are therefore guaranteed to CPAS“He continues.
The federal ready to stem?
The agreement also provides for distinctions between first entrants (those who will be excluded from unemployment) and new entrants (those who will emerge to the CPAS once the unemployment reform is well in place). For the first, “social integration income will be assumed by the federal % the first year“underlines Maxime Prévot. Before one”Light degression of the rate in order to stimulate backing up“: from 90 % to 75 % for the fourth year and the following,”time limit“. These rates would be”nominatively acquired“, Even if a person came to find, then recurre, a job.
For new entrants, RIS will also be more funded by the Federal: 15 % more. Enough to reach 70 % for small municipalities and 85 % for major cities on the part of the federally. As for the current RIS beneficiaries, nothing changes.
As we know, one of the government’s objectives with unemployment reform is to push people to employment. In this line, the CPAS financial compensation agreement includes two systems that should encourage CPAS to participate in the employment. With individualized social integration (PIIS) projects on one side -with a bonus -malus of + 15 to -5 % in the management of the federal depending on the percentage of beneficiaries with a PIIS -and on the other a bonus of 10 % for a person “Sustainable recovery“. In total, this would allow a CPAS to benefit from the federal care of … 110 % for a large city and 95 % for a rural municipality.
For the Federation of CPAS, “It seems to go in the direction of what we asked for, but we want to take the time of the analysis“.