The government has continued to prioritize programs to strengthen the social safety net, including the provision of food packages among vulnerable families. Sixty thousand food packages were distributed in April.

Government will cover 50% of the June "prima" ("Christmas bonus") for workers who receive up to a minimum wage.

To access this subsidy, companies must certify that during the pandemic their income has decreased by at least 20%. The other 50% of the premium must be…

Illinois government announced $270 million in funding for childcare providers through the Coronavirus Urgent Remediation Emergency (CURE) Fund for businesses who lost revenue due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Child Care Restoration Grants will be administered by the Illinois Network of Child…

Arkansas: The federal government is giving more than $40M to Arkansas childcare providers; and essential workers.The additional payments to providers are designed to keep their doors open during the pandemic.

The money will also be used to help offset the cost of sanitizers and masks…

TCIG will waive all charges for water for the months of April –June 2020. No disconnections would be carried out during the period April to June 2020. ($9.7m Write Off of Long Outstanding Water Arrears) The projected revenue to be foregone is $9.7m. This stimulus item would encourage clean…

Under this stimulus-package the government has increased the social welfare budget by 100 percent. From this increased amount an additional $500,000 has been added to the budgetary allocation to further boost the home-help programme that is being managed through the social welfare programme.…

$15 million will be made available in direct assistance to employees and self-employed within the hospitality industry that would have been laid off, ceased operations or terminated since March 16, 2020. This includes a proposed one-off payment of $1,200 per employee. This is in addition to the…

The Turks and Caicos Islands Government has by virtue of Section 11 of the Emergency Powers (Covid-19) (Economic Relief Measures) Regulations 2020 established the Coronavirus Business Assistance Grant. This relief measure makes it possible for eligible small businesses (MSMEs) and self-employed…

The Coronavirus Social Enhancement Aid Stimulus Package which provides access to vulnerable persons within the TCI who have been significantly affected in terms of their social needs.

The benefit is in the amount of $200 to provide food assistance to support a family of four (4) or less.…

Banks have agreed to allow a moratorium of up to six months’ payment on existing loans and mortgages.

Price ceiling on basic food items and essential medical supplies. These items and supplies will constitute the Covid-19 Basket of Goods.

An Order will be issued giving effect to the Covid-19 Basket of Goods which will make it mandatory that every vendor, that includes supermarkets and…

Price ceiling on basic food items and essential medical supplies. These items and supplies will constitute the Covid-19 Basket of Goods.

An Order will be issued giving effect to the Covid-19 Basket of Goods which will make it mandatory that every vendor, that includes supermarkets and…

All citizens of Tuvalu are to get just over $US17 a month.

Overseas students are eligible for grants between $US44 and $US88 dollars a month.

Civil servants overseas will get $US53 dollars a day and a risk allowance for police of $US44 a day.

The government said the money…

$2m is being made available to the Ministry of Health to ensure that health-related spending is available to protect people’s wellbeing, take care of the sick, and slow the spread of the virus. The Turks and Caicos Islands Government Contingency Fund has been increased to $7m.

Members of the National Provident Fund will receive a one off payment of $US215

Members of the National Provident Fund made redundant are being given $US215 each month for three months, and those forced onto reduced hours get $US108 for the same period.

Those living abroad and required to provide a life certificate to continue receiving a benefit, may provide us with a life certificate by the month of June 2020.We will continue to pay the benefit to those who are required to give us a life certificate by the month of June (benefit payment will…

The possible use of banking services for the payment of social security pensions up to the amount of the minimum wage of the Civil Service, in order to avoid the crowding of people during the emergency situation, is exempt from all bank charges, including those due for the issue of a single…

Those eligible for the grant include self-employed workers and employee-owned businesses whose revenues did not exceed NIS 1 million during the 2018 tax year. Eligible businesses will receive up to 70% of their average monthly revenue, or a maximum of NIS 10,500.
Employee-owned businesses…

Social security benefits for disability, old age or survivors, the latter in its overall value, will be increased, on a transitional basis and at the expense of the Resilience Fund, in cases where the support granted to the population not covered reaches the minimum value of those benefits.

The FSM government has approved a US$ 15 million Economic Stimulus Package focused on supporting businesses in the tourism sector. The package includes provisions for wage subsidies, debt relief, and gross revenue tax and social security tax rebates for affected
businesses in the FSM.

Creation of a Resilience Fund to support a contingency plan for the health sector, maintain labour relations, alleviate the financial crisis of companies and rescue target groups of society without the means to survive.

In order to provide a sense of stability for employees and support for employers, during the state of emergency the state will fund sick leave from the second day of illness (sick leave certificate B), regardless of the sector in which the person works.
The state will fund sick leave from…

The government will increase allowances for child support, old age pension (AOV - social pension), people with disabilities, households who were receiving 37 SRD in aid, adding a monthly allowance for pensioners. This is part of an economic package launched by the Government to help companies…

Persons with disabilities under the age of 16 who normally receive their services every two months, had their April assistance advanced to them in the month of March to facilitate whatever preparations they needed to make. Similar arrangements were also made for persons receiving foster care…