More than 80 thousand families of Kazakhstan received updated address social assistance

As part of the implementation of social measures of Elbasy "Aleumettik kamkorlyk" since April 1 this year reception of documents for receiving the updated address social assistance (ASA) is conducted. Applications are accepted in employment centers and rural akimats.

As of May 2 of this year, through the "E-halyk" in total 148 649 of statements were received (799 032 people), of which 100 566 statements were approved, 41 647 - are under consideration. Most of the applicants are registered in Turkestan – 30 382 families (180 179 people), Almaty region – 17 698 (93 399 people) and Shymkent 17 275 families (88 478 people).

In addition, in the automatic mode 48 380 (269, 330) to the recipients of ASA result in a recalculation of the previously assigned amounts.

To date, address social assistance of the updated format has been paid to 84 287 families totaling 9.4 billion KZT.

At the same time, the Ministry of labor and social protection of the population of RK reminds that address social assistance is assigned from the month of application and does not depend on the day of application.

According to the order of the Elbasy in Kazakhstan since April 1 this year, the criterion for the provision of ASA increased from 50% to 70% of the subsistence minimum, amounting to 20 789 KZT. As a result, the number of beneficiaries will increase from 571.6 thousand people to more than 830 thousand people. At the same time, if the average size of the ASA for each family member previously amounted to 4 834 KZT, now 20 789 KZT will be paid for each child.  

In total, more than 130 billion KZT is provided for address social assistance in 2019.