The creation of the Social Welfare Service, planned in the Estrat gia Nacional de Combate Poverty, is currently in discussion or parliamentary.
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The European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN) Portugal fears that the imposition of social work on those receiving the Single Social Benefit (SSP) will increase the stigma on beneficiaries, further penalising those in poverty or social exclusion.