SOCIAL SECTOR INVESTMENT PROGRAMME
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SUSTAINING GROWTH, SECURING PROSPERITY
CHAPTER 5: REVIEW OF SOCIAL PROGRAMMES
AND INITIATIVES FOR 2013
INITIATIVE
MEDIUM
TERM
PRIORITY
(Where
Applicable)
BENEFICIARY
CATEGORY
PROJECT
OUTPUT
ACHIEVEMENTS
OUTCOME
MINISTRY OF THE PEOPLE AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
•
Multi-purpose Community Based
Telecentre Project
Multi-purpose Community-based
Telecentres were developed to enhance
individual and community development
through the use of Information
Technology. These centres provide
citizens with access to the internet,
affordable use of computers and access
to computer and internet literacy
training.
New Micro-
Enterprises
Established
within
Communities
Communities Recipients of
Community
based training
and Education
For the period October 2012 to May
2013:
•
A total of
1,851 new users
were
recorded
•
8,710 persons
accessed walk-in
services
•
3,830 persons
utilised the
Business Services provided at the
Telecentres and
•
1,245 persons
received
technology training
SOCIALWELFARE DIVISION (SWD)
The SWD is concerned with reducing
the incidence of poverty among
vulnerable groups and offers a range of
financial assistance/grants to persons
in need. The core services are:
•
Senior Citizens Pension
•
Public Assistance Grant
•
Disability Assistance Grant
•
General Assistance Grant
Poverty
Reduction
and Human
Capital
Development
Vulnerable
citizens of
Trinidad and
Tobago
Improved
Access
to Social
Protection
The following Grants were distributed
during the period October 2012 to
September 2013:
A efficient and
Effective Social
System for the Poor
and Vulnerable
&
Reduction in the
incidence of Poverty
•
Public Assistance
This grant provides financial aid to
persons who are unable to support
themselves or to earn a living because
of ill health.
It is also granted on behalf of
necessitous children where the father or
both parents is/are dead, incarcerated,
disabled from earning or has/have
deserted the family and cannot be
found.
Public Assistance Grant:
1 person: $850
2 persons: $1,100
3 persons: $1,300
4 or more persons: $1,450
The
unemployed,
persons
unable to
work, or who
have little
means of
financially
supporting
themselves
and guardians
necessitous
children.
As at September, 2013,
25,825
persons
were in receipt of Public
Assistance Grants. Of this total,
5, 071
were new applicants.
