The Regional Government calls for the social foster care contract for 2.65 million

The Department of Deregulation, Family, and Social Aid has called for concerted action in the field of child protection for the provision of services in foster care procedures and temporary stays for minors with protection files, with a maximum price of 2,656,400 euros excluding VAT for the 2027-2028 biennium. The call is formalized through Order DES/1226/2026, dated November 6, signed by Counselor Carlos Pollán Fernández and published in the Official Gazette of Castilla y León (BOCYL) No. 220, dated November 13, 2026, in Section I (Other provisions).

The order develops the bases approved by Order FAM/1367/2023, dated November 27, and is supported by Decree 3/2022, dated February 17, which regulates the legal regime of the social concert in certain areas of the Public Responsibility Social Services System of Castilla y León. The file incorporates the report from the General Directorate of Family dated August 27, 2026, and updates the authority to call and resolve: the 2026 departmental restructuring (Decree 2/2026, dated June 13, and Decree 13/2026, dated June 29) transferred family and childhood to the new department and assigned the Social Services Management to the Department of Health and Social Welfare; therefore, references in the bases to the presidency of that body are now understood to refer to the head of the department.

The objective consists of two distinct benefits. Foster care seeks to ensure that minors separated from their family of origin live in a restorative family environment that responds comprehensively to their physical, emotional, cognitive, and social needs; temporary stays offer family coexistence, for specific periods, to minors who are in residential care. The scope of action covers the nine provinces of the Community.

Two lots and a maximum price of 2.65 million

The call divides the services into two lots, with maximum prices set for an execution period of two years from the start (annualities 2027 and 2028):

• Lot 1, foster care and temporary stay services: 1,174,000 euros per annuity excluding VAT, 2,348,000 euros for the biennium, and 2,582,800 euros including VAT.
• Lot 2, training service for foster care and temporary stays: 154,200 euros per annuity excluding VAT, 308,400 euros for the biennium, and 339,240 euros including VAT.

The concert will be financed through budget application 09.21.231B05.25.000.0, and its effectiveness is conditional upon the existence of adequate and sufficient credit in each fiscal year. The execution period is two years from formalization and may be extended, by mutual agreement, without exceeding four years in total, including extended periods.

Ten business days and mandatory electronic processing

Entities must submit their application through the electronic office (https://www.tramitacastillayleon.jcyl.es) within ten business days starting from the day following the publication of the call, that is, as of November 14. Electronic processing is mandatory in all phases.

Along with the application, the following documents, among others, must be provided:

• Copy of the entity’s NIF (Tax ID) and accreditation of the representative’s power of attorney.
• Deed or document of incorporation and bylaws, in the case of legal entities.
• Action project including objectives, methodology, evaluation system and indicators, and human resources forecast.
• List of physical spaces and quality management certificate.
• Economic proposal per lot, excluding VAT, which may not exceed the maximum price under penalty of exclusion.

Applications will be scored out of a maximum of 130 points, based on criteria such as the entity’s experience, specific experience with minors in the protection system, the quality of the project, innovative practices, respite and leisure resources for foster families, territorial implementation outside provincial capitals, and the possession of quality certificates. The instruction corresponds to the General Directorate for the Family and the resolution to the head of the department, within a maximum period of three months from the end of the application period.

Teams in the nine provinces and 24-hour emergency telephone

The technical specifications require the entity awarded Lot 1 to provide an autonomous technical coordinator, administrative staff, two autonomous teams for the assessment, search, and selection of families—composed of one person with a degree in Psychology and another in Social Work—and a specific autonomous team for temporary stays. The minimum territorial staffing reaches 10 Psychology full-time equivalents (FTEs) and 11 Social Work FTEs distributed among the provinces, with a half-time position in Soria; a headquarters in each provincial capital and 24-hour emergency telephone assistance 365 days a year are required.

For Lot 2, an autonomous team with at least two full-time psychologists and one part-time administrative professional is required. Initial training will be mandatory and a prerequisite for making the offer; it must begin within a maximum period of two months from the referral and will only be provided in another province when a minimum group of six people is not reached, with travel expenses borne by the entity. Personnel attending to minors must present a negative certificate from the Central Registry of Sexual Offenders, renewed at least every six months.

Monitoring will be the responsibility of a verification and monitoring commission chaired by the competent Service Head for child protection, along with two technicians from the managing center, which will meet at least twice a year.

The call establishes the rules for the resource that supports the majority of foster care in Castilla y León and conditions the funding of the social entities managing the programs for the coming years. The recipient minors are not chosen by the entity, but are determined by the Territorial Managements of Social Services, and the contracted entity proposes the most suitable family for each case to the Child Protection Sections.

Source: Official Gazette of Castilla y León, no. 220, of November 13, 2026, section I (Other provisions), pp. 102-132 (official reference: BOCYL-D-13112026-220-17).