Sekadar mengetahui sepanjang 2023 lalu terjadi pengurangan jumlah penerima Program KEluarga Harapan (PKH) sebanyak 2.361 Keluarga Penerima Manfaat.
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Sedangkan untuk program Bantuan Pangan Non Tunai (BPNT) sebanyak 2.422 Keluarga Penerima Manfaat.
Mereka adalah masyarakat yang saat menerima berstatus memenuhi syarat ekonomi namun saat ini kondisi ekonominya sudah membaik.
Currently, applications for or removal of recipients of social assistance or social assistance cannot only be done by the Social Service.
However, villages already have their own social operators who are tasked with managing data on social assistance recipients from the village, regional government to the Ministry of Social Affairs.
Head of North Bengkulu Social Affairs Agus Sudrajad, SKM explained that villages can apply themselves, including applying for replacements.
However, this must be based on village deliberations carried out by the village government with the Social Service.
"Because the village government knows best the conditions of their respective communities, including social assistance recipients," he explained.
The North Bengkulu Regency Government has also installed stickers or markers at every house that receives social assistance.
So that people can also know clearly who the social assistance recipients are in their respective villages.
"Including it is hoped that people who feel that their economy has improved can withdraw independently from receiving social assistance," he explained.
For people who are able and want to withdraw from receiving social assistance, he asked not only to declare their resignation but also to make a statement.
So that a replacement can be proposed with a community that is more entitled to receive social assistance so that it can be submitted by the village operator.
"We hope that this social assistance can directly touch people in need so that there will be changes in the economic status of the community," concluded Agus.