From now on, 115,000 households in the Pyrénées-Orientales are beneficiaries of the CAF. This is 20% more than four years ago. Half of the population of the department benefits from allowances. The Family Allowance Fund distributes both the RSA and housing allowances, disabled adults or the activity bonus. This increase in the number of beneficiaries makes the Pyrénées-Orientales the poorest department in France, on a par with Seine-Saint-Denis. This is nothing new, but the situation has worsened further.
“The Covid is not the only responsible“, summarized this Tuesday morning the president of the CAF of Pyrénées-Orientales, Jérôme Capdevielle, guest of France Bleu Roussillon. According to him, the jobs in the department are often “seasonal” Where “_low income_, such as part-time work“.
The allowance, the only income for a quarter of beneficiaries
The president of CAF describes the profiles of the beneficiaries in the Pyrénées-Orientales. “Sometimes these are accidents of life, such as divorces or single parent situations.” The files are therefore complex to process.
Some are in extreme poverty. A quarter of the beneficiaries of the department live with the only income, allowances.
It is imperative to recruit at the CAF des Pyrénées-Orientales.
Jérôme Capdevielle, also general secretary of the Force Ouvrière union in the Pyrénées-Orientales, calls on the state to hire. “Negotiations are starting soon.“