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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
General Assistance Grant:
The General Assistance Grant Facility
original called the Emergency Cases
Fund was established to assist persons/
households traumatised and rendered
needy as result of natural/other
disasters such as hurricanes, fires,
floods and landslides.
The Grants are currently used to
provide assistance to individuals /
families living in poverty and to clients
of the Social Welfare Division and other
delivery units of the Ministry of the
People and Social Development who
cannot otherwise help themselves.
Cases are considered needy, following
an assessment conducted by social
workers of the Ministry.
Victims
of natural
disasters and
clients of the
Ministry
As at July, 2013
4,596 persons
received disbursements of the
following General Assistance Grants:
•
Housing Repairs -
6
•
Household Items -
1893
•
House Rent - 146
•
Medical Equipment -
813
•
Dietary Grant -
77
•
Clothing Grant -
102
•
Funeral Grant -
955
•
Special Child Grant -
61
•
Pharmaceutical -
11
•
Education -
474
•
School Supplies Grant -
58
The number of persons receiving
the
Special Achievers Grant
for the
period October 2012 to September,
2013
amounted to 26.
The number of persons provided
with
Bus Passes amounted to
2,780
(1,674 to recipients of the
Public Assistance Grant and 1,106 to
recipients of the Disability Assistance
Grant).
TARGETED CONDITIONAL CASH
TRANSFER PROGRAMME (TCCTP)
The TCCTP is a food assistance
and developmental programme,
aimed at providing social protection
by promoting nutritional and food
security for vulnerable households.
The Programme is comprised of the
following components:
Poverty
Reduction
and Human
Capital
Development
Indigent and
vulnerable
households
Recipients of
Community –
Based Training
and Education
Self-reliant and
sustainable
communities
