| Date: | 2021 - |
| Description: | The Social Pension Program is intended for people over the age of 75 who do not receive pension benefits or support from government anti-poverty programs. |
Characteristics
| Target population: | People aged 75, who are citizens of Jamaica and do not receive any type of benefit from the State |
| Geographic scale: | National |
| Targeting method: | Direct Means Test |
| Instrument of selection: | … |
| Registry of recipients: | … |
| Exit strategies or criteria: | The recipients will be disqualified from obtaining the pension if they are inmates of a public institution that offers free accommodation. |
| Comments: | People who meet the requirements and are enrolled in the PATH program will be automatically transferred to the Social Pension. |
Institutionality
| Legal framework: | National Insurance Act 1965 and Ministry Paper 27 of 2021 |
| Responsible organization(s): | Ministry of Labour and Social Security |
| Executing organization(s): | Ministry of Labour and Social Security |
| Responsible organization(s) for the registry of recipients: | Ministry of Labour and Social Security |
| Source of funding: | … |
1) Old Age Pension
| Recipient(s): | Users of the program |
| Mode of transfer: | Flat transfer |
| Mode of delivery: | Cash |
| Periodicity of delivery: | Monthly |
| Recipient of the transfer: | The recipient of the pension or someone authorised to collect the pension |
| Maximum per household: | … |
| Conditionalities: | nan |
| Sanctions: | If false statements have been used to acquire the pension, penalties will be awarded in the form of a fine |
| Comments: | nan |
| Amount : | J $3,400 in 2023. See data in Excel format. |
