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Caribbean Conference on Horizontal Cooperation in Social Protection St. Michael’s, Barbados
January 19-20, 2011
Trinidad and Tobago: Lessons and Experiences The Rights of Individuals to Social and Economic Security, Universal Prosperity (RISE-UP)Targeted Conditional Cash Transfer Programme
Ministry of the People and Social Development
Trinidad and Tobago’ sFramework for Sustainable Social
Development
Millennium Development Goal 1:To Eradicate Extreme Hunger & Poverty
T&T National Strategic PlanPillar 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 $831.25 9,975.00
Poverty Demographics for Trinidad & Tobago
Total (Not Stated) Label 1 4.5 - 10.5Label 2 10.6 - 14.9Label 3 15.0 - 27.7Label 4 27.8 - 39.1Missing Value
PERCENTAGE OF POOR BY REGIONAL CORPORATION 2005 - Trinidad
Couva/Tabaquite/Talparo 10.5
Tunapuna/Piarco 10.5
San Juan/Laventille 14.7
Diego Martin 14.9
Point Fortin 24.6
Chaguanas 8.9
Arima 4.5
San Fernando 11.2
Siparia 27.7
Penal/Debe 12.0
Princes Town 30.0
Sangre Grande 39.1
Mayaro/Rio Claro 26.6
Port of Spain 18.0 PERCENTAGE OF REGIONAL CORPORATION POOR 2005 - Tobago
T&T’s Investment in the Social Sector 2004-2010
20042005
20062007
20082009
020406080
100
Allocation
GDP
7 7.7 10.3 10.9 15 15.7
71.3 75.8 86 90 92.188.7
TT$ Billion
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 20100%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
32%
23%23%
31%
28%
34%
36%
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 DevelopmentSocial 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 RegularizationScience,
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 & NutritionSchool Nutrition Program, Financial Assistance to Necessitous Patients, Patient Care Program, Chronic Disease Assistance Plan, Government Subsidy for Adult Cardiac Surgery, Special Diet Assistance
Labor MarketUnemployment 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
The Network has created opportunities for building awareness and dialogue in support of major social development issues relevant to member states;
This programme has allowed Caribbean nations to share experiences and learn from each other;
The effort of the Network, through its various training initiatives in the area of social development and poverty alleviation, has helped to strengthen human resource capacity in the formulation and implementation of poverty reduction initiatives;
This exchange of experience reduced the challenges/pitfalls experienced and helped us to expand social capital in our programme;
Improved capacity building - study visits, internships, workshops, seminars and the virtual platform was valuable in the transfer of social technology
Challenges Experienced: At the organizational level included -:
Turnover of Staff
Competing responsibilities
Benefits of the Horizontal Cooperation Programme to T&T
Evolution of the RISE-UP Programme in T&TSocial 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
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 areasof family life & construct the STEPS to a higher standard of living: Minimum conditionsestablished.
Developmental Programmes
Life Skills
EmploymentOpportunities
SocialProtection
Programmes
FIN
Minimum ConditionsAchieved
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 Identificatio
n
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
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 GrantMicro-enterprise Loans
Public Utilities Community
Development
-Women in Harmony
-Utilities Assistance-National Social Development Programme
Health Education
Housing
TCCTP Administrative Structure
National Director
Assistant Director
Database Administrator
(1)
Outreach Coordinator
(1)
Regional Managers (4)
Regional Coordinators/ Offices
(15)
. .
. .
.
Executive Assistant (1)
Project Secretary (1)
Drivers (2)
How is RISE-UP implemented ???
Liaison Officers / Family Case Workers (105)
Data Entry Clerks (5)
Programme Needs New Approaches in RISE-UP Outcomes
New Targeting Model •Geographic Targeting: Direct Impact- Reaching Out to the People/Seeking out the People •Community Targeting•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
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 vulnerable
Family Intervention Network Preferential access for vulnerable families to a suite of social services
Agent of change who commits to the families during the process and links them to the networks.
Integrated Enterprise Case Management System
Psychosocial support through the provision of a social worker who works directly with the families: the Family Worker
Direct Impact-Reaching Out to the People The Ministry of the People and Social Development 'Direct Impact' Outreach in Penal
23 July, 2010 03:14:00
The Ministry of the People and Social Development's "Direct Impact” Outreach to communities was at the Siparia MP’s constituency office, Penal Junction on July 21, 2010. Minister of the People and Social Development Dr. Glenn Ramadharsingh delivered remarks at the event, and Prime Minister Kamal Persad-Bissessar attended in her capacity as MP.
Staff of the Ministry of the People and Social Development assist residents in filling out application forms for various social programmes in Penal.
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
Review of TCCTP-Survey of over 15,000 households
Review of TCCTP
Initiatives of the MPSD Decentralisation of Social Services Delivery (One-stop approach to social services delivery would provide the structure to facilitate RISE-UP)Development of an Integrated Social Enterprise Management System (Create the information technology platform to facilitate an Integrated Enterprise Case Management System)
The Way Forward: RISE-UPDevelopment of a Policy for RISE-UP to ensure the integration of the conditional component of the programme and establish clear linkages with in-house social services and external services (housing, education, health) This Framework would incorporate a Rights-based Approach, where clients are given preferential access to social protection measures. Movement to a Multiple-Grant Card and card rebranding
Main Tasks to be Addressed by Technical Teams: o Cabinet Approvalso Formalisation of relationships with key social sector Ministries and stakeholders o Staffing, Training and Financial Resources
Targeted Conditional Cash Transfer Programme (TCCTP) Recipients - Trinidad
4080
42284228
1552
321
1451
1262
33373337 3345
2312
3345
1552Sangre Grande
Princes TownMayaroRio ClaroPenal/Debe
Siparia
CouvaTabaquiteTalparo
San Juan/LaventilleTunapuna/Piarco
POSDiego Martin
San Fernando
Point Fortin
ChaguanasTotal (Not Stated)
Label 1 321 - 1,451Label 2 1,452 - 2,312Label 3 2,313 - 3,345Label 4 3,346 - 4,228Missing Value
TCCTP CARD RECIPIENTS - TOBAGO
2, 372 Cards distributed throughout country
2,3722
2,372
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