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

Review of TCCTP -Survey of over 15,000 households

Review of TCCTP

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

TCCTP CARD RECIPIENTS - TOBAGO

2, 372 Cards distributed throughout country

2,372

2

2,372

Thank You