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Sixth International Seminar on Conditional Cash Transfer Santiago, Chile
September 29th -30th , 2011
Trinidad and Tobago: National CCT Programme from a Human Rights Approach The Rights of Individuals to Social and Economic Security, Universal Prosperity (RISE-UP)
Presented by Vijay Gangapersad, Director Social Welfare, Ministry of the People and Social Development (MPSD), Trinidad and Tobago Inshan Mohamed National Director, Targeted Conditional Cash Transfer Programme, MPSD, Trinidad and Tobago
Ministry of the People and Social Development
Trinidad and Tobago’ s Framework for Sustainable Social Development
Millennium Development Goal 1:
To Eradicate Extreme Hunger & Poverty
T&T National Strategic Plan
Pillar 2: Poverty Eradication & Social Justice
Core Social Sector Ministry:
Ministry of the People & Social Development
Target 1 A: Halve the proportion of people living in poverty by 2015
Preference for the Poor and Disadvantaged- To reduce poverty by 2% per annum
Corporate Objective 1: To reduce the incidence of poverty in society
Trinidad &Tobago’s Social Situation: Poverty Information
Population
(1,262,366)
Living above poverty line
(1,051,551)
Non-Poor
(937,939)
Vulnerable
(113,612)
Living below poverty line
(210,815)
Poor
(195,667)
Indigent
(15,148)
Level of Poverty and
Vulnerability lines
TT$ Per Month TT$ Per Annum Revised Poverty
Line 2009/2010
Indigence line $255.00 3,060.00 479.75
Poverty Line $665.00 7,980.00 1247.34
Vulnerability Line $831.25 9,975.00
Year Un-
employment
Rate
Year Unemployment
Rate
2000 12.17 2006 6.22
2001 10.83 2007 5.6
2002 10.4 2008 4.6
2003 10.47 2009 5.1
2004 8.37 2010 5.5*
2005 7.97
Poverty Demographics for Trinidad & Tobago
PERCENTAGE OF POOR BY REGIONAL CORPORATION 2005 - Trinidad
Couva/Tabaquite/Talparo 10.5
Tunapuna/Piarco 10.5
San Juan/Laventille 14.7
Diego Martin 14.9
Point Fortin 24.6
Chaguanas 8.9
Arima 4.5
San Fernando 11.2
Siparia 27.7
Penal/Debe 12.0
Princes Town 30.0
Sangre Grande 39.1
Mayaro/Rio Claro 26.6
Port of Spain 18.0 PERCENTAGE OF REGIONAL CORPORATION POOR 2005 - Tobago
T&T’s Investment in the Social Sector 2004-2010
Allocation
GDP 0
50
100
2004 2005
2006 2007
2008 2009
7 7,7 10,3 10,9 15 15,7
71,3 75,8 86 90 92,1 88,7
TT$ Billion
32%
23% 23%
31%
28%
34%
36%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Percentage of Budgeted Allocations to the Core Social Sector Ministries in Trinidad and Social Services
Divisions of the THA for the period 2004-2010
Allocations to Core Social Sector Ministries in Trinidad and
Social Services Divisions of the THA in Relation to GDP
(2004-2009)
Core Social Sector Ministries involved in Poverty Reduction in T&T
Ministry of the People and Social Development
Social Welfare; TCCTP; Poverty Reduction Programme
Community Development
-Non Traditional Skills Training for Women
-Defining Masculine Excellence
Education -School Nutrition
Programme -Textbook Rental/Loan
Programme
Food Production, Land & Marine
Affairs -Youth Apprenticeship
Programme in Agriculture
Public Utilities -Utilities Assistance
-National Social Development
Programme (NSDP)
National Security -Civilian Conservation
Corps -MYPART,
-MILAT
Health -Chronic Disease
Assistance Programme -Surgical Waiting List
Housing & the Environment
-Home Improvement Grant/subsidy
-Government Housing Programme
-Squatter Regularization Science,
Technology and Tertiary Education
-Youth Training and Employment Partnership Programme (YTEPP)
-Mulit-Sector Skills Training Programme (MuST)
-Retraining Programme
Finance Unemployment Relief
Programme (URP)
The SSN Landscape in Trinidad and Tobago
Social Assistance
Old Age Pension, Public Assistance, Targeted Conditional Cash Transfer
Program, Utilities Assistance Program, Disability Assistance, Urgent
Temporary Assistance, Secondary School Book Grants, Government
Assistance for Tertiary Education
Social Security
National Insurance Scheme (NIS) Widow and Orphan Fund (State) Gratuity & Severance Annuities
Health & Nutrition
School Nutrition Program, Financial Assistance to Necessitous Patients,
Patient Care Program, Chronic Disease Assistance Plan, Government
Subsidy for Adult Cardiac Surgery, Special Diet Assistance
Labor Market
Unemployment Relief, Youth Training &Employment, Multi-Sector Skills
Training, Adult Education, Civilian Conservation Corps, Adolescent
Mothers Program, multiple Micro Enterprise programs
Community-based Community Development Fund, Micro-project Fund
Housing Home Improvement Grants, Low Income Settlement Program, Low
Income Housing
Care & Protection Care and Protection Services
General Subsidies Oil and gas
Initiatives of the MPSD to achieve higher levels of empowerment and citizen inclusion under social safety net reform Consolidation and Integration of Social Services Delivery
Integrated Social Enterprise Management System
The Way Forward: RISE-UP
Development of a Policy for RISE-UP
Rights-based Approach
Multiple-Grant Card biometric
Main Tasks to be Addressed by Technical Teams
Towards the development of a RISE-UP Framework for effective & integrated social protection using a human rights
approach
Evolution of the RISE-UP Approach to implement a CCT in T&T
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 incidence 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 Policy Guidelines
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.
Developmental Programmes
Life Skills
Employment Opportunities
Social Protection
Programmes
FIN
Minimum Conditions Achieved
Graduation
RISE-UP Model: Trinidad and Tobago
The Rights of Individuals to Social and Economic Security-Universal Prosperity was designed to implement the conditional component of the TCCTP and is to be executed via the Family Intervention Network (FIN).
RISE-UP utilises family caseworkers to provide ongoing psychosocial support to clients by addressing eight dimensions: personal identification, health, education, housing, employment, family dynamics, safety/security and income
8 Pillars of RISE-UP: Conditional Component of TCCTP
RISE-UP
Personal Identification
Income
Education
Employment
Family Dynamics
Health
Housing
Safety & Security
Programme Logic
Participation
of families
living in
Poverty in the
TCCT
Programme
Exposure of family
members to Skills
Training in areas
required by the market
Exposure of the family
members to Life Skills
Development Sessions
Increased
Income earning
capacity of the
family
Short term cash
transfer/access to
other grants
Transformation
of families
living in
Poverty into
self-sustaining
entities with
improved
quality of life
for all
members-strong
families
OverallGoal
Direct Psycho-social
support based on
Family Casework
Reduction in
psychosocial
barriers to
development of
family members
Linkages among Social Protection measures in T&T
Social Sector
MPSD
TCCTP/
RISE-UP
-Electronic debit Card
-Life skills training
-Developmental programmes
-Psycho-social support
Social Welfare
Poverty Reduction Programme
-Public Assistance Grant -General Assistance Grant
Micro-enterprise Grant Micro-enterprise Loans
Public Utilities
Community Development
-Women in Harmony
-Utilities Assistance -National Social Development Programme
Health Education
Housing
National Director
Assistant Director
Database Administrator (1) Outreach
Coordinator
(1)
Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist(1)
Regional Managers (4)
Regional Coordinators/ Offices (15)
RISE-UP Secretariat (National Training Coordinator (1) & Human Development
Officers (3)
Executive Assistant (1)
Project Secretary (1)
Drivers (2)
Liaison Officers / Family Case Workers (105)
Data Entry Clerks (5) Clerks (15)
Clerk Steno (15)
Programme Needs New Approaches in RISE-UP Outcomes
New Targeting Model •Geographic/Community Targeting-: Direct Impact Direct Effect,- Reaching Out to the People/Seeking out the Indigent and Vulnerable •Categorical Targeting based on specific characteristics eg. Persons who are differently abled – Cerebral Palsy •Means Testing •Self Selection •Referred Clients
A more pro-active approach to targeting the vulnerable by
meeting them at their doors and within communities
A co-responsibility framework
with beneficiaries to achieve
their commitments during the
process
Social Contract
A system that allows clients to become agents of their own
change instead of assuming the role of passive recipients
Comprehensive approach to
poverty reduction
•RISE- UP/ Life -Skills Training •Linkages with other Social Sector Programmes •Rights-based Approach – Conducting research to guide the legislative framework
Greater emphasis on the family unit-addressing the
individual’s problems in the context of the family’s
situation
Basic support which enables
beneficiaries to function within
the system.
Multiple Grant Card Integration of the various offerings into a coordinated and
coherent system. This will allow the TCCTP to address the
diverse expressions of poverty and make a comprehensive
offering to beneficiaries to promote sustainable poverty
reduction.
Reorganization of existing
resources with a focus on the
Family Intervention Network Preferential access for vulnerable families to a suite of
social services
Direct Impact-Reaching Out to the People
Ministry of Social Development on community visits..... The Ministry of the People and Social Development has embarked on a series of community visits aimed at reaching out to the people The initiative is entitled ‘Direct Impact’ Other ministries have also come on board, and even members of civil society have been prompted to reach the most vulnerable in society and ensure they are given a better quality of life. At the visits, the public is informed about social services that are currently available such as the TTCARD and social welfare as well as how to access them. The Princes Town community visit came off as planned and Minister of the People and Social Development, Glenn Ramadharsingh had an opportunity to speak with residents
Govt plans multiple application card for needy By MELISSA DASSRATH Sunday, October 10 2010
Targeted Conditional Cash Transfer Programme (TCCTP) Recipients
- Trinidad
Sangre Grande
Princes Town Mayaro Rio Claro Penal/Debe
Siparia
Couva Tabaquite Talparo
San Juan/Laventille Tunapuna/Piarco
POS Diego Martin
San Fernando
Point Fortin
Chaguanas