Head of the Social Service of Papua Province Rebekah Haluk ensured that the number of recipients of Cash Social Assistance (BST) in Papua increased to 150 thousand families.
Previously, the initial data of Cash Social Assistance recipients in Papua Province only reached 64 thousand families.
With that in regard, Rebekah asked the regents and mayors of Papua to encourage the relevant agencies to immediately verify the recipient's data. Because it is feared that there are still families who deserve Cash Social Assistance but have not been accommodated and recorded.
"The additional data collection schedule of Cash Social Assistance recipients is only until February 2021. So the head of the region must quickly push the data that has been verified through their respective social services to be executed," she said
Rebekah said recently instructed her service staff to come down to the district to check and supervise social services in the area, to encourage the verification process of Cash Social Assistance recipient families.
"Because it is very important for the district and city governments to immediately verify the additional data of Cash Social Assistance recipients".
"Although these additional numbers or quotas are ready, they still have to wait for confirmation from the Ministry of Social Affairs to be followed up immediately in the field," she said.
It is known that the cash assistance from the Ministry of Social Affairs includes Family Hope Program, Staple Food Card Card, Cash Social Assistance.
The Family Hope Program recipient target is 10 million families with a budget of Rp28.7 trillion, for Staple Food Card, intended for 18.8 million families with a budget of Rp45.12 trillion, while Cash Social Assistance for 10 million families with a budget of Rp12 trillion.
For this January, layoffs for 10 million families amounted to Rp7.17 trillion, Staple Food Card Cards for 18.8 million families amounted to Rp3.76 trillion, and Cash Social Assistance for 10 million families amounted to Rp3 trillion, bringing the total to Rp13.93 trillion.