The New Family Group To present the relationship between the Organizations connected to the New Family Cooperative it is necessary to summarize the path of social commitment carried out over the years by Fr Leandro Rossi. Priest from Lodi, with a degree in Moral Theology and Canon Law, in the first part of his priestly life he dedicated himself to wisdom study and doctrinal teaching activities. In 1979, to make his evangelical choice concrete and evident, he welcomed the first drug addict into the rectory of Cadilana. That was the beginning of a path of witness that has seen the birth of various Organizations over time. The first was, in 1979, the "Comunità Famiglia Nuova" Volunteer Association. The unease expressed by drug addiction emerged with all its strength in the 1980s and Don Leandro, with the volunteers of the Association, understood that, in the absence of an effective institutional response, it was urgent to welcome the people who knocked on his door. The first experiences of social enterprise were born from the private sector . In 1981, when the need for legal and organizational evolution arose, the New Family Cooperative of solidarity and work was established, which today manages numerous therapeutic communities, offering an opportunity for recovery to drug addicts and other services always aimed at the person and his needs. or difficulty. Queste esperienze si consolidarono e, nel 1991, il legislatore prendendo atto dell'esistenza di queste realtà ha regolamentato con la L. 381 la Cooperazione Sociale. La legge imponeva alle cooperative una scelta precisa distinguendo l'attività sociale e socio sanitaria di cura delle persone (cooperative di tipo "A") dall'attività di inserimento lavorativo di categorie "svantaggiate" (cooperative di tipo "B"). Famiglia Nuova assume quindi la tipologia di Cooperativa Sociale di tipo "A" . Per facilitare l'inserimento lavorativo delle persone in uscita dai servizi di Famiglia Nuova, nasce nel 1997 da un atto di scissione la Formica (Cooperativa Sociale di tipo "B" ). Per consolidare maggiormente la relazione tra le due Cooperative e l'Associazione ciascuna è entrate a far parte della base sociale dell'altra. L'impegno di ciascuna è quello di contribuire, con le proprie caratteristiche, specificità, e risorse, a consolidare ed implementare qualsiasi azione volta al perseguimento della "Mission" che è comune e che si può sintetizzare come volontà e impegno costante al contrasto di qualsiasi forma di esclusione sociale. The Cooperativa Famiglia Nuova has continued in all these years to develop new services for the person, reading the needs that emerged in society and developing its own social thinking. Today the Cooperative employs more than 100 people and manages a variety of services in agreement with the public. Among the most significant, beyond the communities for drug addicts, is a home for AIDS patients, an integrated multidisciplinary service. New Family Group