the year 2022 improve yourself closed with a positive balance in terms of social assistance in the Dominican Republic, with the implementation of comprehensive initiatives and projects, which benefited some four million Dominicans and Dominicans in vulnerable conditions, reported today the social program Supérate.
The state entity pointed out that thousands of families received contributions through conditional and unconditional transfers, such as the Alimentate, Bonogás Hogar, Aprende, Avanza, Bonoluz, Supérate Mujer, the Emergency Bonus and/or the Christmas Bonus); or participated in training and support programs for job placement and/or economic empowerment.
Specifically, one million 343 thousand 450 families received the Alimentate subsidy, with an amount of RD$1,650.00 pesos per month. Complementarily, one million 352 thousand households were given the Bonogás Hogar, whose rate, for the purchase of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), went from RD$228.00 to RD$470.00 pesos per month.
The Bonoluz, intended to pay for the electric power service, reached 415,880 low-income families, with amounts of RD$597.00 and RD$617.00 pesos per month. While the Aprende y Avanza bonds, provided for families with members of school age who attend basic and secondary levels, respectively, were delivered to 230,587 households.
Supérate highlighted that 700 women were specifically benefited from the Supérate Mujer bonus, in the amount of RD$10,000, delivered in close coordination with the Ministry of Women (MMUJER), a support aimed at victims of gender violence, to promote their economic autonomy And social. This bonus also reached families that take in children and adolescents who have been orphaned due to femicides.
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The Emergency Bonus, officially activated after Hurricane Fiona passed through the national territory, was delivered to the most affected families in the provinces of La Altagracia, La Romana, San Pedro de Macorís, Santo Domingo, El Seibo, Hato Mayor, Monte Plata , Duarte, La Vega, Santiago, Samaná and María Trinidad Sánchez, reaching 35 thousand 932 households.
In another order, at least 100,000 beneficiaries had access to technical-vocational training and financing options through seed capital. Added to this are the results of various training and awareness sessions that had the active participation of at least 45,894 young people and adolescents, implemented by the Juventud Supérate component.
The social program also explained that it had operational achievements such as the recertification of the ISO 9001-2015, G35 and G38 Standard, in quality, gender and social responsibility; and the score of 99.70 in the Index of Use of ICT and Implementation of Electronic Government (iTICge), which measures the performance in this matter of 281 State institutions, this being the highest score among all institutions, far exceeding the national average of 66.57%.
Likewise, Supérate reported good results in the establishment of strategic alliances, managing to sign 29 agreements that will contribute to the achievement of its programmatic objectives, for the sake of poverty reduction.
From several of these firms there are already fruits harvested. This is the case of the alliance with the company CAPITEC, SRL., whose new restaurant SuperFresh Kitchen, located at the International Airport of Las Américas – José Francisco Peña Gómez (AILA-JFPG), hired 40 graduates under conditions of dignity Center for Gastronomic Improvement Supérate (CSGS), in Los Botados, Boca Chica.
Another example is the agreements with banking entities, which have generated financial education, banking and savings initiatives, in favor of at least 13,260 citizens.
By 2023, the social program projects to continue positively impacting the lives of thousands of Dominicans, from strategic and comprehensive actions, with key innovations such as the National Fund for Children and Adolescents with Disabilities, in conjunction with the Cabinet for Children and Adolescents ( GANA) and the National Council on Disability (CONADIS), which plans to financially support 500 families with members from 0 to 18 years of age who live with disabilities.
With the Care Communities strategy, in the pilot phase and designed to respond to the demands for early childhood care, the elderly and people with disabilities, in the most vulnerable populations, an effort will initially be made to reach 4,350 households. As part of this first effort, the conditions and opportunities of people who dedicate themselves to care have already been improved, from a gender, rights, development and co-responsibility perspective, creating 1,200 jobs in care
When this policy is expanded, the inter-institutional goal is to support 849,327 citizens with care needs, identified through an official survey of the Single Beneficiary System (SIUBEN).
