GAUTENA is an Association of Families governed ultimately by an Assembly. There is also a Board of Directors which represents all the families and is elected by the Assembly.

With the aim of guaranteeing the maximum participation of all families and ensuring that their contributions are effective, there are a number of Service Monitoring Commissions made up by both representatives of the families and those responsible for the services. There are currently five such commissions:

• SCHOOL COUNCIL: responsible for monitoring the education service.

• DAY SERVICE COMMISSION: responsible for monitoring the housing service.

• DCC COMMISSION: responsible for monitoring the day care centres.

• LEISURE COMMISSION: responsible for monitoring the leisure and free time programme.

• QUALITY IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE: responsible for monitoring the quality improvement norms.