Editing Melilla (section)

=== Social services ===
The [[social services]] provided in the city of Melilla include the provision of protection, [[guardianship]], and social promotion services for individuals or groups in disadvantaged situations, both from local, autonomous community, or private charitable entities, such as [[Caritas Spain|Caritas]], [[Red Cross]], or other [[NGOs]]. The Autonomous City classifies social services into community and specialized services.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Consejería para la Igualdad y Bienestar Social |title=What are community social services? |url=http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/igualdadybienestarsocial/export/Servicios_Sociales_Comunitarios/HTML/Respuesta1.html |access-date=14 June 2011}}</ref>

The Community Social Services in Melilla are managed by the Social Welfare and Solidarity Department of the City Hall. The social services offered are divided into four distinct action groups: the Social Information, Orientation, and Evaluation Service (SIVO), the Social Coexistence and Reintegration Service (CORE), the Home Assistance Service, the Social Cooperation Service, and the Dependency Care Service.

The Specialized Social Services address more specific and detailed needs and are developed in three lines of action: homelessness and immigrants (COIS), slum population, and emergency situations. These specialized services are divided into the care of the following population groups: [[elderly]], [[disabled]], [[children]] and [[families]], homeless individuals, [[drug addicts]], and [[immigrants]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ciudad Autónoma de Melilla - Servicios Sociales |url=https://www.melilla.es/melillaportal/contenedor.jsp?seccion=distribuidor_menus_texto.jsp&language=es&codResi=1&codMenuPN=601&codMenuSN=2&codMenu=145&layout=contenedor.jsp |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=www.melilla.es}}</ref>