Social assistance

Saint Lucia & WFP Partner to Expand Coverage of the Public Assistance Programme as Part of the National COVID-19 Response

Submitted by cambrosio on

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.

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Saint Lucia
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Social assistance
Cash transfers
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Japan: Single-parent temporary special allowance

Submitted by siha on

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.

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japan
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Family benefits
Social assistance
Cash transfers
COVID-19
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Argentina: Prohibition to cut the services of electricity, gas, water and others

Submitted by mmarquez on

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.

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argentina
Global challenges
Topics
Housing
Social assistance
Shocks & extreme events

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