Transcript MINISTRY OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

MINISTRY OF THE PEOPLE AND SOCIAL
DEVELOPMENT
Trinidad &Tobago’s Social Situation
Year
Un-employment
Rate
2000
12.17
2001
10.83
2002
10.4
2003
10.47
2004
8.37
2005
7.97
Population
(1,262,366)
Living above
poverty line
Living below
poverty line
(1,051,551)
(210,815)
Non-Poor
Vulnerable
Poor
Indigent
(937,939)
(113,612)
(195,667)
(15,148)
Level of Poverty and
Vulnerability lines
TT$ Per Month
TT$ Per Annum
Indigence line
$255.00
3,060.00
Poverty Line
$665.00
7,980.00
Vulnerability Line
$831.25
9,975.00
Government’s Response
Social Help
And
Rehabilitative
Efforts
(SHARE)
• Basic Support
for the
Socially
Vulnerable
through
hamper
distribution
PUENTE
Learning
Experience
• Adaptation of
Best Practices
derived from
the Chile
Solidario
System
TCCTP/
STEP-UP
• Holistic
Approach to
Poverty
Reduction with a
conditional
component
TCCTP/Rights of
Individuals to Social
and Economic
Security –Universal
Prosperity (RISE-UP)
• Sustainable
Poverty
Reduction/
Rights-based
Approach
The T.C.C.T.P is intended to provide social protection by promoting nutrition and
food security to vulnerable households, thereby reducing the effects of poverty.
The T.C.C.T.P addresses food insecurity via a cash transfer while simultaneously
spearheading rehabilitative and developmental activities by ensuring that recipients
are afforded skills training as well as referrals and assistance in finding employment
as a prerequisite for receiving the cash transfer.
The programme also provides training in specific areas including: budgetary
planning, family planning, career guidance and life skills and is governed by
Target Population
Citizens who are
(1) ARE DEEMED
INDIGENT/HARD
CORE POVERTY
(2) MAKE UP
HOUSEHOLDS THAT
FALL ON OR BELOW
THE POVERTY LINE
(3)HAVE LIMITED
OR NO INCOME
DUE TO SPECIAL
CIRCUMSTANCES
8 Pillars of RISE-UP
Personal
Identification
Safety &
Security
Housing
Income
RISEUP
Education
Employment
Health
Family
Dynamics
Programme Logic
Exposure of family
members to Skills
Training in areas
required by the market
Participation
of families
living in
Poverty in the
TCCT
Programme
Exposure of the family
members to Life Skills
Development Sessions
Direct Psycho-social
support based on
Family Casework
Short term cash
transfer/access to
other grants
Overall
Goal
Increased
Income earning
capacity of the
family
Reduction in
psychosocial
barriers to
development of
family members
Transformation
of families
living in
Poverty into
self-sustaining
entities with
improved
quality of life
for all
members-strong
families
Enrolment
30 Months
Graduation
From here to there!!!!
Eligibility
Determination
Phase
Up to 2 months
INCLUSION
Discovery
Phase
3-8 months
Work Phase
9-24 months
DIAGNOSTIC
TREATMENT
After Care
Phase
6 months
AUTONOMY
RISE-UP Model: Trinidad and Tobago
Client Assessment
(Eligibility)
Programme Offer
Family Worker
& client will
begin to examine
the key areas
of family life &
construct the
STEPS to a higher
standard of living:
Minimum
conditions
established.
Minimum
Conditions
Achieved
Graduation
Social
Protection
Programmes
Developmental
Programmes
FIN
Life Skills
Employment
Opportunities
Status
 Programme implemented 2006(Food Support via a
Debit Card)
 RISE-UP started in 2011
 Still
in implementation mode
 Biometric
 Integrated Social Enterprise Management
 Consolidation of Social Services
Impact
 As of July 2013, 42, 202 persons are benefitting from
the programme.
 1600 clients were referred for skills training
 2808 persons received meaningful intervention from
family case workers/ liaison officers
 8898 persons successfully graduated off the
Programme by increasing household earning
 208 graduates were empowered to become
entrepreneurs
Impact
 3500 persons exposed to various agricultural projects
 50% of those persons are now entrepreneurs supplying
supermarkets or have opened up their own businesses.
 The majority of the balance have been able to cut down
on their food bill or increase savings through backyard
gardening/grow box.
• Eradicated extreme hunger (To be determined)
• Project 23: We recently partnered with prosthetic
provider and assisted 23 families with children suffering
with Cerebral Palsy.
Sustainability
 This programme has transcended political
administration. Has political support
 Only food support programme
 Government commitment to the eradication of hunger
and poverty in general
 Design is developmental in nature, current Minister of
Finance and Minister of Planning support graduating
persons from programmes
Innovation
Demand and supply driven
 Direct Impact
 Constituency and
municipality network
 Direct Effect
 People’s Bus
Temporary Food Card
Replicability
 Its components can be easily adopted or adapted.
 Core elements of the design available in all countries:
The incentive
The network of services/programmes
An approach to manage clients
Supporting administrative arrangements
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