Who is receiving targeted social assistance (hereinafter referred to as TSA)?
TSA of the new format is assigned to citizens or families whose income is less than 50% of the subsistence minimum in the form of unconditional or conditional monetary assistance.
Unconditional monetary assistance is provided to:
1) single and (or) single-living low-income persons with limited opportunities to participate in employment measures in connection with:
- reaching retirement age;
- group 1 or 2 disabilities;
- the presence of a disease in which the term of temporary disability may be established for more than 2 months.
2) low-income families, all able-bodied family members of which are disabled of group 1 or 2 and (or) have diseases in which the term of temporary disability may be established for more than 2 months, and (or) take care of a child under the age of 7 years, a disabled child, a disabled person of group 1 or 2, the elderly.
Assigned for the current quarter and paid monthly.
The right to receive assistance is confirmed quarterly by submitting the following information:
- about the income received by family members
- about the composition of the family.
Conditional monetary assistance is provided to single and (or) low-income able-bodied persons living alone, as well as to low-income families that have an able-bodied (able-bodied) member (s), provided that he (they) participate in measures to promote employment and (or), if necessary, social adaptation. It is assigned for 6 months, with the possibility of extension up to 6 months.
A mandatory condition for the appointment is:
- conclusion of a social contract, which specifies the obligations of the parties to participate in active measures to promote employment and (or) in adaptation programs;
- participation of able-bodied members of low-income families in active measures to promote employment and social adaptation programs.
Able-bodied members of low-income families under the program for the development of productive employment and mass entrepreneurship can receive state support in the form of tuition fees, subsidies of 35% of wages in social workplaces, payment for youth practice for graduates of educational institutions, or in the form of micro-loans on preferential terms.
If able — bodied members of a low — income family who have reached the age of 18 do not fulfill their obligations under the social contract, a mechanism is provided for reducing the amount of benefits: for the first violation, the TSA for able-bodied family members is reduced by 50%, for the second-by 100%. At the same time, the TSA will be maintained in full for mothers who are engaged in child care and minor children.
Participation in employment promotion measures is not required for the payment of conditional cash assistance:
1) disabled people of groups 1 and 2;
2) full-time students, students, trainees, cadets and undergraduates;
3) persons who have diseases in which the term of temporary disability may be established for more than 2 months;
4) persons who care for children under 7 years of age, a disabled child, disabled persons of groups 1 and 2, elderly people over 80 years of age who need outside care and assistance;
5) persons who have a permanent job.
Where can I contact for information about targeted social assistance?
To get information about targeted social assistance, a person applies to the employment Center at the place of residence or to the mayor of a village, village, or rural district.
During the interview, the applicant applies on their own behalf or on behalf of their family. The following documents are attached to the application:
1) identity document for each family member;
2) information about the existence of a personal subsidiary farm.
3) information about the Bank account number;
4) certificate of birth (death) of the child (for all children) (for registrations before August 13, 2007);
5) certificate of registration of the conclusion (dissolution) of marriage, in case of discrepancy of the applicant's data with the data in the child's birth certificate (according to registrations, before June 1, 2008).
For able-bodied family members, additionally attached:
1) application for registration as a job seeker;
2) proof of employment (if available);
3) document of education, qualification, special knowledge or professional training (if available). On behalf of a person who has not reached the age of 16, a written application in any form from one of the parents or their legal representatives for consent to work is also provided.
Who gets housing assistance?
Housing assistance is provided at the expense of the local budget to low-income families (citizens) permanently residing in this area, for payment:
1) expenses for the maintenance of a residential house (residential building) to families (citizens) who live in privatized residential premises (apartments) or who are tenants (sub-tenants) of residential premises (apartments) in the state housing Fund;
2) consumption of utilities and communication services in terms of increasing the subscription fee for a telephone connected to the telecommunications network, to families (citizens) who are owners or employers (sub-tenants) of housing;
3) rent for the use of housing rented by the local Executive body in a private housing Fund;
4) the cost of a single-phase electric energy meter with an accuracy class of at least 1 with differentiated accounting and control of electricity consumption by time of day, living in privatized residential premises (apartments), an individual residential building.
The expenses of low-income families (citizens) that are accepted for calculating housing assistance are determined as the sum of expenditures in each of the above areas.
Housing assistance is defined as the difference between the amount of payment of expenses on the maintenance of residential house (residential building), the consumption of utilities and communication services in terms of increasing the subscription fee phone connected to the telecommunications network, the rent for the use of the dwelling rented by local Executive body in private housing stock-cost single-phase meters of electric energy with accuracy class not lower than 1 with a differentiated accounting and control of electricity consumption by time of day living in privatized dwellings (apartments), individual residential building, within the limits of the norms and the maximum allowable level of family (citizens) expenses for these purposes, established by local representative bodies.
Procedure for assigning housing assistance
To assign housing assistance, a family (citizen) (or its representative under a notarized power of attorney) applies to the State Corporation and/or via the e-government web portal with the following documents:
1) the applicant's identity document (the original is submitted for identification);
2) a document confirming the family income. The procedure for calculating the total income of a family (citizen of the Republic of Kazakhstan) applying for housing assistance is determined by the authorized body in the field of housing relations;
3) address reference from the place of residence to the applicant (except for information obtained from the relevant state information systems);
4) certificates of the absence (availability) of real estate (except for information obtained from the relevant state information systems);
5) certificates of pension contributions (except for information obtained from the relevant state information systems);
6) certificates from the place of work or certificates of registration as an unemployed person;
7) information about child support and other dependents;
8) Bank account;
9) invoices on the amount of monthly contributions for the maintenance of a residential house (residential building);
10) utility bills;
11) receipts-invoices for telecommunications services or copies of the contract for the provision of communication services;
12) an invoice on the amount of rent for the use of housing rented by the local Executive body in a private housing Fund, presented by the local Executive body.
Payment of housing assistance
Payment of housing assistance to low-income families (citizens) is carried out by the authorized body through second-level banks in the order determined by local representative bodies.
Oralmans — ethnic Kazakhs residing permanently at the time of acquisition of sovereignty by the Republic of Kazakhstan beyond its limits, and his children of Kazakh nationality, born and permanently residing after the acquisition of sovereignty by the Republic of Kazakhstan abroad, arrived (arrived) in the Republic of Kazakhstan for permanent residence in their historical homeland and received (received) the corresponding status in accordance with the procedure established by this Law.
I'm an oralman, what rights do I have?
Ethnic Kazakhs and their family members are exempt from proof of their ability to pay when obtaining a permanent residence permit in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Persons who have received the status of oralman and their family members are provided with:
1) medical care in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the field of health;
2) places in schools and preschool institutions as citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the possibility of obtaining education in accordance with the allocated quota for admission in educational technical and vocational, secondary and higher education in the amount determined by the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
3) social protection on an equal basis with citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
4) assistance in employment in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Oralmans are granted land plots on the right of temporary gratuitous land use from the lands of rural localities, agricultural purposes, immigration land Fund, special land Fund and reserve land in accordance with the land legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan for conducting personal subsidiary farming, gardening, dacha construction.