{"id":151432,"date":"2022-05-13T10:18:32","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T14:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=151432"},"modified":"2022-05-13T10:18:51","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T14:18:51","slug":"social-protection-awareness-campaign-a-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/social-protection-awareness-campaign-a-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Protection Awareness Campaign A Success"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The rollout of sweeping changes to the social protection system aimed at improving the lives of thousands of people in Antigua and Barbuda has been making considerable headway.<\/p>

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In August 2021, the Ministry of Social Transformation, Human Resource Development and the Blue Economy, in collaboration with UNICEF, launched an awareness campaign to educate the public on the significant changes to the Government\u2019s Social Protection system and the move from the Poor Relief Act of 1961 to the Social Protection Act of 2020.<\/p>\n

The changes represent a transformation in the way social protection is perceived and delivered. Under the Poor Relief Act, there were no clear standardized eligibility criteria to identify poor and vulnerable individuals who needed to be supported, decisions were left to the Board of Guardians on a case-by-case basis.<\/p>

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The new Social Protection Act remedies this and makes other critical modifications. It represents what Social Protection policies and programmes should be: an inclusive approach where the vulnerable are covered and have the ability to thrive.<\/p>

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The new Social Protection Act was enacted with the goal to improve the plight of those in need, especially the poor and vulnerable.<\/p>

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