The Department of Social Policies operates within the territorial scope as an interlocutor with the authorised political bodies that provide assistance services to citizens.

• It carries out dialogue and negotiation with the institutions providing and planning territorial welfare in order to define the most appropriate social services for the community;
• It has an active monitoring role on the quality of health services provided in the Districts;
• Supervises spending by local authorities on social services;
• It aims to implement local finance equity through comparative analysis of the municipal budgets of the province of Ferrara among themselves and in different years;
• Informs citizens and users about the social and health services provided locally

West DISTRICT
Municipalities of: Cento, Bondeno, Mirabello, Sant'Agostino, Poggiorenatico, Vigarano Mainarda.

DISTRICT Central-north
Municipalities of: Ferrara, Masi Torello, Voghiera, Copparo, Berra, Formigniana, Iolanda of Savoy, Ferrarese ro, Tresigallo.

South-East District
Municipalities of: Portomaggiore, Argenta, Codigoro, Ostellato, Comacchio, Goro, Lagosanto, Fiscaglia, Mesola.

According to the principle of subsidiarity (art. 118 of the Constitution), the provision of services is the responsibility of the territorial body closest to the citizen, therefore the Municipalities and, where applicable, their Unions.
THE MUNICIPALITIES: in the province of Ferrara there are 24.

The territorial unions that identify the services to be managed inter-municipally:

Union of Lands and Rivers: Copparo, Jolanda of Savoy, Tresigallo, Ro, Formignana, Berra.

Intermunicipal Association of the Estensi Lands: Masitorello, Ferrara, Voghiera.

Intermunicipal Association of Alto Ferrarese: Bondeno, Sant'Agostino, Poggio Renatico, Cento, Mirabello, Vigarano Mainarda.

Delta Union: Goro, Fiscaglia, Codigoro, Mesola, Lagosanto, Comacchio.

Union Valleys and Delights: Ostellato, Argenta, Portomaggiore.