Social assistance
Pandemic leave payments for Canberrans part of new COVID-19 support measures
Tokha municipality to provide 150 per cent perks to frontline health workers
CM announces Rs 1,000 each for Anganwadi & Asha workers, free travel for women in UTC buses
Atlanta COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program to provide relief to residents
Saint Lucia & WFP Partner to Expand Coverage of the Public Assistance Programme as Part of the National COVID-19 Response
jointsdgfund.org (10.09.2020)
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) signs a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Government of Saint Lucia to support an expansion of the nation’s Public Assistance Programme (PAP) by 1,000 households as part of the nation’s 2019 coronavirus (COVID-19) response.
Japan: Single-parent temporary special allowance
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (09.10.2020) Single-parent temporary special allowance is paid to single-parent households if;
1. they receives child-rearing allowances of June 2020;
2. their child-rearing allowances of June 2020 are suspended due to receiving public pensions; or
3. their income dropped as low as child-rearing allowance beneficiaries.
Argentina: Prohibition to cut the services of electricity, gas, water and others
LAS EMPRESAS PRESTADORAS DE LOS SERVICIOS DE ENERGIA ELECTRICA, GAS POR REDES Y AGUA CORRIENTE, TELEFONIA FIJA O MOVIL E INTERNET Y TV POR CABLE, POR VINCULO RADIOELECTRICO O SATELITAL, NO PODRAN DISPONER LA SUSPENSION O EL CORTE DE LOS RESPECTIVOS SERVICIOS A LOS USUARIOS Y LAS USUARIAS INDICADOS EN EL ARTICULO 3°, EN CASO DE MORA O FALTA DE PAGO DE HASTA TRES (3) FACTURAS CONSECUTIVAS O ALTERNAS, CON VENCIMIENTOS DESDE EL 1° DE MARZO DE 2020.