T h e 1 6 t h A S E A N & J a pa n H i g h L e v e l O f f i c i a l s M e e t i n g o n C a r i n g S o c i e t i e s P ro g r a m m eD e c e m b e r 5 t h ,2 0 1 8

Country Presentat ion by

Children and Youth32%

Adult53%

Elder15%

Children and Youth in Thailand

“Child” = a person who ages under 18-years old;

“Youth” = a person who ages between 18-25 years old.

C o u n t r y P r e s e n t a t i o n b y

Thai Population = 66,046,557

Thai Population by Age Rangesas of 2017

0-5 years20%

6-12 years26%13-17

years

18-25 years

Children and Youth by School Years

kindergarden

elementary

high school

college

National Child and Youth Development Promotion Act (No.2), 2017 - Article 4

= 35,004,675

= 21,379,609

= 9,906,983

Best Practice of Collaboration in Health/Welfare Services for

Children/Youths Needing Support in Thailand

The Child Support Grant Project

Target Group : Newborn Babiesfrom poor/near-poor families

C o u n t r y P r e s e n t a t i o n b y

Qualifications :

The child must have been

born on October 1, 2015 and

after.

The child must have been

born into a poor/near-poor or

a family at risk of becoming

impoverished.

Thai citizenship

Not currently receiving

welfare or other benefits from

a government agency or state enterprise.

Documents required for

grant application: A certified document of Household

Income Status. (proxy-mean test)

LOA, MoI

A copy of health records of the

mother and the child. by MoPH

A copy of birth certificate of the

newborn. MoI

A copy of bank account book.

Ages for children who have the right to receive the grant range from newborn to 3 years old. (36 months)

The Child Support Grant Project

C o u n t r y P r e s e n t a t i o n b y

Number of Children born during Oct 2015- Sep 2018

approx, Total : 1,806,699

Source: MSDHS, DCY

63%

32%

5%

37%

Non-

Applicants Applicants

Qualified

for the Grant

Non-Qualified

The Child Support Grant Project

C o u n t r y P r e s e n t a t i o n b y

Level: National-level Policy

as a Social Protection & to Reduce Inequality

Stakeholders : MSDHS, Ministry of Public

Health(MoPH), Ministry of Interior(MoI), Ministry

of Labor(MoL)

1. Provincial / Local Administrative Organization (MoI) and Village Health Volunteers: Find the targets

If qualified, the applicant will receive the grant of $18 via transfer directly into their bank account.

2. Social worker under MSDHS provincial

: Receives targets’ information

: Process application forms and documents

3. Provincial Public Health / Labor office

: Visit target at home

: Provide medical / social welfare service

The project grant is $18/month as a basic

benefit allowance that the mother /parent /guardian of the newborn shall receive.

Objectives : - offsets the cost that support

quality care and appropriate

development of a newborn

- ensures a child’s right for

survival and livelihood as

stated in the Convention on the Rights of the Child

The Child Support Grant Project

C o u n t r y P r e s e n t a t i o n b y

C o u n t r y P r e s e n t a t i o n b y

Further Benefits :

an opportunity for parents-to-be / new parents

to receive services such as maternity information.

The Child Support Grant Project

Applying for the grant also

requires families to get in

touch with a medical team.

These medical professionals

will be able to follow up on

mothers and check on the development of

the children in the long run.

UNICEF

Evaluation

1. Improve of access to social service of the mother and child

2. Good nutrition for the newborns

3. Empowerment of woman (mother) in a family

RESULT : Newborn’s Development under the Project

- the babies received medical service at an early stage

and significantly reduced the number of child delayed-

development.Newborn 330,160

go through development

screeningin

Suspected

delayed

Gross Motor

Fine Motor

Receptive

Language

Expressive

Language

Personal and

Social

396 461 559 644 273

1

2

3

4

source: HDC, 18 Nov 2018

23%(77,403)77%

(252,757)Good development

Received Medical Service to improve newborn’s health

and development within 30 days

Follow up

the

suspected

delayed

cases

(65,840)Delaye

d

2%

(1,048)98%(64,792)

Good development

C o u n t r y P r e s e n t a t i o n b y

Fiscal year 2018

In the occasion of Thailand Chairship of ASEAN

C o u n t r y P r e s e n t a t i o n b y

Next year, Thailand will launch the ATCSW in Bangkok

Vision : “to be a leading

training centre on social

work and social welfare

in ASEAN.”

Purposes of ATCSW

To provide training courses for

development of social work and

social welfare in ASEAN

To provide technical and professional

skills, knowledge of social work and

social welfare in ASEAN

To enhance a collaborative network

for training of social work and social

welfare among ASEAN Member

States

Three training courses that will be initially

offered are on

- human trafficking

- global social work and social welfare

- social protection

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