O público e o privado no Sistema Local de Assistência Social do município de Varginha

Abstract

This research is dedicated to the study of social assistance as a public policy, seeking to respond what characterizes the performance of the private network of the SUAS and how their coexistence with the public network enhances or limits the development at the municipal level, of the Social Assistance as public policy. The aim of this paper is to discuss, from the analysis of the institutional context of the city of Varginha, MG, such as the coexistence of public and private assistance network promotes social assistance network or dismantles, at the municipal level, the development of social assistance as a public policy. Has its specific objetives seek to characterize the local systems of public policy, detailing its shape and its institutionalization in the Social Assistance sector; analyze, from the perspective of social workers SUAS in Varginha, the planning and implementation of the Social Assistance Policy in the City; discuss how the coexistence of public and private assistance network favors or mischaracterizes the development, at the municipal level, the Social Assistance as public policy. The methodology combines strategies of the case study and documental research, also drawing upon the bibliographic research as the theoretical and thematic analysis of categorical content analysis to interpret the data collected. The results report that Varginha is a city with Local System Structured Social Assistance, from the existence of the Council, Plan and Social Assistance Fund and public facilities and services in accordance with the Unified Social Assistance System, but uses the partnership with ONG´s for Social Assistance, from routes and implementing administrative services, which bring no direct contribution to its implementation as a public policy.