Da articulação entre Educação e Assistência Social: estudo sobre um Centro de Referência de Assistência Social na cidade de São Paulo

Abstract

This study addresses the dialogue between Education and Social Assistance, considering the criticism regarding economic, political and social processes of Capitalism in the 20th Century as well as the changes between the productive forces and social relations of production. The State, under Capitalism, appears to be insufficient and fragile when it comes to implementing social policies, which makes poor social classes even more vulnerable. Based on these premises, the main goal of this research is to analyze the relationship between Education and Social Assistance, considering that they are distinct social spheres, with specific historical paths and constituted by consolidated organizational structures and instances. The dissociation of these two social spheres has raised criticism resulting in proposals, programs and projects aiming at coordinated actions between them. The object of the study is the articulation between education and social assistance. Critical theory supported the bibliographic development of the study. The assumption is that social actions, if carried out in an articulated way, and in the same space, can positively interfere in processes of emancipation of individuals who participate in a perverse cycle of exclusion promoted by the capitalist system. The study considered the process of creation and operation of the Social Assistance Reference Center (CRAS) Itaim Paulista II, at the Unified Educational Center Parque Veredas João Antônio da Silva, in the district of Itaim Paulista, located in the extreme east of the city of Sao Paulo. The research methodology comprises a critical theoretical outline based on documentary analysis and interviews with municipal public agents who were part of the team responsible for planning and implementing the aforementioned CRAS