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https://www.social.gov.tt/ • Provide shelters for displaced men with
dependents
200,000 persons currently benefit from these
measures up from 135,000 in 2015. In the face of • Implement policies which improve the lives
Covid-19, a range of new and enhanced social of women and children such as the National
services, such as income support for persons who Policy on Gender and Development and the
lost their jobs food cards and rent relief were National Child Policy
introduced at an estimated cost of $500M in
2020, assisting over 100,000 additional • Implement strategies that facilitate and
individuals, details of which can be found at: support behavioural change among
vulnerable groups
http://www.social.gov.tt/3744-2

In addition to current offerings, and Covid-19
support measures, the PNM will introduce new
programmes to target specific groups, such as
single mothers and fathers, children, and
vulnerable youth, to bring immediate and long-
term relief.

The PNM will:

• Establish an Integrated Community First
Responder System
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
• Implement a data management system to
quickly identify those households, women, STRATEGIES
children, and single fathers that require
support These focus on the delivery of financial
resources to bring immediate relief and
• Provide support for female-headed and provide greater coordination in the short,
single-father households medium, and long-term.

• Provide support for elderly women and other The PNM will:
vulnerable persons living alone
• Facilitate training and the enhancement of
• Provide mental health support for women meaningful, long-term employment to
and single fathers facilitate movement away from dependency
on welfare
• Provide safe houses for women with sons
over 12

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