1. Recall :
Poverty : A lack of basic necessities that all
human beings must have such as
foods, water, shelter, educations, medical
care, security and etc.
Welfare payment: is one of transfer payment that
give to poor people.
Government introducing a variety of social
assistance to help poor people such as Social
Welfare Department, KAR1SMA, and Poverty
Eradication Programs.
2.
3. The Department was established in 1946.
From its involvement in handling various
problems resulting from the Second World
War, the Department’s role and functions have
expanded to cover prevention and
rehabilitation services on social issues as well
as community development.
4. VISION : A Prosperous and Caring Society.
MISSION : To Develop the Society towards
Social Well-Being
STRATEGY :
- To improve the well-being of society through
professional social welfare and social
development.
- To develop the community through the
process of changing attitude and increasing
capability for self-reliance
5.
6. BIL. SCHEME OF
ASSISTANCE
RATES (RM) PURPOSE SPECIFIC
ELIGIBILITY
REQUIREMENTS
ACCEPTAN
CE PERIOD
1. Public
Assistance (for
the Federal
Territories of
Kuala
Lumpur, Labuan
and Putrajaya)
Min: -
RM80.00 a
month
Max: -
RM350.00 per
month family
Provide assistance to target
groups that are not capable
and the Department needs
to alleviate their financial
difficulties on a temporary
basis until a long time or
they can be independent
• Income per month in
PLI
• disabled persons in
need.
• Stranded People.
• The destitute.
• The case of women
and girls and so on.
• Family needs and can
not afford
Other factors
considered number of
dependents in the
family, home situation,
age, guardian or head of
the family, the level of
disability and illness of
the applicant and other
aspects of the family)
12 months
7. BIL. SCHEME OF
ASSISTANCE
RATES (RM) PURPOSE SPECIFIC
ELIGIBILITY
REQUIREMENT
S
ACCEPTANCE
PERIOD
2. State General
Assistance
Monthly assistance
rates vary by state
Each state has a State
General Assistance Scheme
of its own. Conditions of
eligibility and assistance
rates are not uniform
among the states depends
on the policies and
provisions of the State
Government respectively.
Each state has a
State General
Assistance Scheme
of its own.
Conditions of
eligibility and
assistance rates are
not uniform among
the states depends
on the policies and
provisions of the
State Government
respectively.
Considered
assistance to poor
families in need.
12 months
8. BIL. SCHEME OF
ASSISTANCE
RATES (RM) PURPOSE SPECIFIC ELIGIBILITY
REQUIREMENTS
ACCEPTA
NCE
PERIOD
3. Financial
Assistance for
Children
Min: -
RM100 a month.
Max: -
RM450 per month
to family more
than four (4) in one
family.
Helping poor children
and needs to be able to
continue living with their
families to enjoy the love,
attention, and proper
care.
Help maintain and
strengthen the family
institution is involved in
order to be independent
and continue to care
their children properly.
• Families who are
providing care to the child
(children)
• A child under the age of
18 years.
• Children of school age,
it is necessary to continue
schools:
• Children orphaned /
orphan
• Children who have
parents / guardians who
can not afford or drop
their livelihood because
of sickness, disability, sick
or dependent prisoners or
detention centers.
12 months
9. BIL. SCHEME OF
ASSISTANCE
RATES (RM) PURPOSE SPECIFIC
ELIGIBILITY
REQUIREMENT
S
ACCEPTANCE
PERIOD
4. Apprenticeship
Allowance
RM200.00 a month Helping youth / especially
the children who dropped
out of school, are
unemployed or are
exposed to social problems
to get skills training or job
training.
• Children receiving
monthly financial
assistance JKM
• Ex-trainee of
welfare institution
• Case supervision
of probation JKM
6 months
10. BIL. SCHEME OF
ASSISTANCE
RATES
(RM)
PURPOSE SPECIFIC
ELIGIBILITY
REQUIREMENTS
ACCEPTANC
E PERIOD
5. Financial
Assistance for
Carers of Bed-
Ridden Disabled
and Chronivally
ill
RM300 a
month
• To help alleviate the burden of
care expenses faced by family
caregivers
• Encouraging better care to the
target groups and disabled
patients confined to chronic
disaster
• Enhancing the quality of life of
target groups involved
• prevent or reduce the entry of
the target groups concerned to
the Welfare and Institutions
• To enhance the well being of the
family.
• The applicant is the
guardian of a
disabled family
member / patient
Chronic lying
• Malaysian citizen
and resident in
Malaysia
caregiver providing
care to Chonic
Bedridden family
member on full time
basis
• household income
not exceeding RM3,
000 per month
• Family needs and
can not afford.
12 months
11.
12.
13. • Overall, transfer payments such as financial
assistance from the Social Welfare
Department can help the poor to cover the
their daily expenses or to start a business.
• Transfer payments can help increase people's
purchasing power, thus reducing the incidence
of poverty and support economic growth in
the country.
