Presentación de Inshan Mohamed, National Director TCCTP, Ministry of the People and Social Development, realizada durante el Sexto Seminario de Transferencias Condicionadas de Ingresos, realizado en Santiago de Chile el 29 y 30 de septiembre 2011.

1. Sixth International Seminar on Conditional
CashTransfer
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

2. Trinidad andTobago’ 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

3. 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

4. Poverty Demographics forTrinidad &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

5. 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)

6. Core Social Sector Ministries involved in Poverty Reduction inT&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)

7. 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

8. 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
TheWay Forward: RISE-UP
Development of a Policy for RISE-UP
Rights-based Approach
Multiple-Grant Card biometric
MainTasks to be Addressed byTechnicalTeams

9. Towards the development of a RISE-UP Framework for
effective & integrated social protection using a human rights
approach

10. Evolution of the RISE-UP Approach to implement a CCT inT&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

11. 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 andTobago
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

12. 8 Pillars of RISE-UP: Conditional Component ofTCCTP
RISE-
UP
Personal
Identification
Income
Education
Employment
Family
Dynamics
Health
Housing
Safety &
Security

13. 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
Overall
Goal
Direct Psycho-social
support based on
Family Casework
Reduction in
psychosocial
barriers to
development of
family members

14. Linkages among Social Protection measures inT&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

15. 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)

16. 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 Family Intervention Network Preferential access for vulnerable families to a suite of

17. 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

18. Review ofTCCTP
-Survey of over 15,000 households

19. Review ofTCCTP

20. Targeted Conditional CashTransfer Programme (TCCTP) Recipients
-Trinidad
Sangre
Grande
Princes Town
Mayaro
Rio ClaroPenal/Debe
Siparia
Couva
Tabaquite
Talparo
San Juan/Laventille
Tunapuna/Piarco
POS
Diego Martin
San Fernando
Point Fortin
Chaguanas

21. TCCTP CARD RECIPIENTS - TOBAGO
2, 372 Cards distributed throughout country
2,372
2
2,372

22. Thank You