chile solidario: building family-focused networks
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Building family-focused networksBuilding family-
focused networks
The case ofThe case of
OutlineOutline
1. A problem to solve
2. Changes needed
3. Solution chosen
4. Outcomes and impacts
1. A problem to solve
2. Changes needed
3. Solution chosen
4. Outcomes and impacts
The problemWhat was happening with extreme poverty?
The problemWhat was happening with extreme poverty?
Something was not working ...Something was not working ...
Extreme poverty rate had stopped decreasing in 1998
WHY?
Extreme poverty rate had stopped decreasing in 1998
WHY?
Motivation for reform (analysis 2000)
Motivation for reform (analysis 2000)
“Waiting list” model for service delivery.
Targeting problems.
Deficit of information among client families.
Families were excluded from social and community networks + poor self-perception.
Social interventions focused on individuals, not on families.
Very limited links and coordination between social programs.
“Waiting list” model for service delivery.
Targeting problems.
Deficit of information among client families.
Families were excluded from social and community networks + poor self-perception.
Social interventions focused on individuals, not on families.
Very limited links and coordination between social programs.
What did we need to change?What did we need to change?
Main changes ...Main changes ...
Better use of the existing resources (targeting poorest)
Strengthen local public institutions – municipalities are the leading providers of social services.
Improve the performance of social services.
Social intervention strategies focused on families (rather than administrative strategies to maintain programs over time).
Better use of the existing resources (targeting poorest)
Strengthen local public institutions – municipalities are the leading providers of social services.
Improve the performance of social services.
Social intervention strategies focused on families (rather than administrative strategies to maintain programs over time).
1. Linking families to services1. Linking families to services
What was required?Chile Solidario’s
answer
Connect with families in need.Use available information from the targeting instrument to reach out
potential beneficiaries
Engage beneficiaries in the process - build a framework of shared
responsibility
“Contract” between beneficiaries and CHS: task-centered approach
for better results
A development agent to support families in knowing and using
institutional and social networks
Psychosocial Support Services (“Family Support”) - personalized and delivered by a social worker
Strengthen opportunities in local networks
Local network for social intervention, coordinated by the
Municipality.
2. More efficiency and efficacy 2. More efficiency and efficacy
What was required?Chile Solidario’s
answer
To rearrange available resources focusing on extreme poor families
A system for coordinating social services and benefits - offering a
menu of services tailored to beneficiaries
To define common and measurable goals for both: institutions and
beneficiaries
53 minimum living conditions organized into 7 dimensions:
citizenship (ID, documentation), health, education, family dynamics, housing, employment and income.
To have adequate information to organize service delivery and be
effective
Comprehensive Social Information System to record demand,
formulate requirements for supply and manage the service provision
3. Ensure basic economic resources to families
3. Ensure basic economic resources to families
What was required?Chile Solidario’s
answer
A temporary cash support to finance trabsaction costs of
accesing the network
Flat cash transfer for family - granted for 24 month - delcining shares each 6 months. Aimed to finance transaction costs related
with the inclusion process
Ensure economic resources to support those who couldn’t generate their own income
Guaranteed cash transfers to support extreme vulnerable
families and enable their participation in the networks
Design and implementationHow did Chile Solidario work?
Design and implementationHow did Chile Solidario work?
Chile Solidario isn’t a social program
Chile Solidario isn’t a social program
CHS becomes a coordination mechanism to organize service delivery to support extreme poor familes to overcome their social and economic condition.
CHS is a management model, based on the articulation of institutional and local networks to provide social protection to extreme poor families.
CHS becomes a coordination mechanism to organize service delivery to support extreme poor familes to overcome their social and economic condition.
CHS is a management model, based on the articulation of institutional and local networks to provide social protection to extreme poor families.
Key attributes of CHS’s Management Model
Key attributes of CHS’s Management Model
Psychosocial SupportPsychosocial Support
Psychosocial support approachPsychosocial support approach
Single entry poitn to CHS
Voluntary decision, formally expressed through a Participation Commitment
Home visits, decreasing frequency, 2 years
Specific methodology for each session
Contract-based family intervention
Two phases: intensive + monitoring & follow up
Task-centered approach: setting a goal + identifying family resources + listing actions needed to reach the goal + identifying support required = ACTION PLAN
Single entry poitn to CHS
Voluntary decision, formally expressed through a Participation Commitment
Home visits, decreasing frequency, 2 years
Specific methodology for each session
Contract-based family intervention
Two phases: intensive + monitoring & follow up
Task-centered approach: setting a goal + identifying family resources + listing actions needed to reach the goal + identifying support required = ACTION PLAN
Psychosocial support: how much is it?
Psychosocial support: how much is it?
Outcomes and ImpactsOutcomes and Impacts
On the beneficiariesOn the beneficiaries
Human capital accumulation
Employment and incomePsychosocial well-
being
Enrollment in pre-schoolMore likely to be involved in labor
and training programasBetter perceptions of the
future
Adult literacyRural households: significant gains (employment, total income, labor
income, poverty statusIncreased self-efficacy
More awareness of public programs at local level
Urban households: gains in labor income for young families, significant in women labor
participation (second earner)
Increased self-confidence
More likely to proactivily look for help from local institutions
Less depression symptoms
On the social policy and programs implementation
On the social policy and programs implementation
On the social policy and programs implementation
On the social policy and programs implementation
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