Jakarta Citizens' Cash Social Assistance Distributed By DKI Jakarta Provincial Government

ILLUSTRATION / City Hall of DKI Jakarta (Diah Ayu / VOI)

JAKARTA - The DKI Provincial Government, through the Social Service and Bank DKI, has begun distributing cash social assistance to residents of Jakarta whose economic conditions have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bank DKI corporate secretary, Herry Djufraini said, cash assistance will be distributed to 1,055,216 families starting today. Cash social assistance is distributed in stages and in turns from one administrative area of DKI Jakarta to another.

"The amount of BST for DKI Jakarta is Rp. 300 thousand per month which is given for four months, starting from January to April 2021," Herry said in a written statement, Tuesday, January 12.

The location of cash social assistance distribution is in 160 location points from each administrative city area of DKI Jakarta. The BST is distributed through the account and given in the form of a Bank DKI Savings Card and ATM Card.

The DKI Provincial Government distributes cash social assistance by limiting the number of residents who receive it in one location. Per location point, DKI Pemprov only serves a maximum of 500 recipients in one day in order to maintain the implementation of health protocols.

"After arriving at the cash assistance distribution location, beneficiaries are required to always wear a mask, wash their hands and check their body temperature and maintain a distance inside and outside the cash assistance distribution room," said Herry.

According to him, residents who received cash assistance previously received an invitation no later than H-1 before the distribution and the invitation was delivered by the social center to the RT-RW to be given to beneficiary families.

In retrieval, cash assistance recipients are required to bring invitations, ID cards and family cards in original and photocopied forms. If the BST Recipient is unable to attend according to the distribution schedule, the recipient will be invited back on the second invitation and the third invitation made after the first distribution is complete.

For information, there are two parties who distributed cash assistance to residents of DKI. Apart from the DKI Pemprov, as many as 750 thousand families were handed over through PT Pos by the Ministry of Social Affairs.

Apart from cash assistance, the government also has an assistance program in 2021, namely the Family Hope Program (PKH), namely the Basic Food Card. This assistance is provided to families other than cash assistance recipients.

There are also details of PKH funds for pregnant or postpartum mothers of IDR 250,000 per month, IDR 250,000 for children from 0-6 years old, IDR 200,000 for people with severe disabilities, and IDR 200,000 for seniors, children's education. SD / Equivalent Rp. 75,000 per month, education for junior high school / equivalent children Rp. 125,000 per month, and education for high school / equivalent children Rp. 166,000 per month.

Funding assistance provided is for a maximum of 4 people in one beneficiary family. PKH is distributed once every three months, namely January, April, July and October.

Meanwhile, the basic food cards provided are in the form of cash food assistance with the value of Rp 200,000 per month per family for one year.