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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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