State targeted social assistance is a payment in cash provided by the state to individuals with a monthly average per capita income below the poverty line established in regions, cities of republican significance, the capital, in the form of unconditional and conditional monetary assistance.

Unconditional monetary assistance is provided:

1) Single and (or) low-income persons living alone with limited opportunities to participate in employment promotion measures in connection with:

reaching retirement age;
disability of the first or second group;
the presence of a disease in which a temporary disability period of more than two months can be established.

2) Low-income families, all able-bodied family members of which are disabled of the first or second group and (or) have diseases in which a temporary disability period of more than two months can be established, and (or) take care of:

a child under the age of 3 years;
a disabled child;
disabled person of the first or second group;
elderly;
those in need of outside care and assistance.

Conditional monetary assistance is provided to single and (or) low-income able-bodied persons living alone, as well as low-income families with an able-bodied (able-bodied) member(s), subject to his (their) participation in measures to promote employment and (or), if necessary, social adaptation.

Who is assigned targeted social assistance?

Targeted social assistance in the Republic of Kazakhstan can be received by categories of persons with an average per capita income not exceeding the poverty line:

citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
oralmans;
refugees;
foreigners;
stateless persons permanently residing in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The poverty line is the limit of income required to meet the minimum needs of one person, which is set as a criterion for determining the amount of targeted social assistance.

Who can't get targeted social assistance?

According to The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On State social targeted assistance" do not have the right to assign social targeted assistance:

persons (families) with an average per capita income exceeding the poverty line established in regions, cities of republican significance, the capital;
families whose able-bodied family members refused to participate in employment promotion measures, with the exception of minor children, including children studying full-time in secondary, technical and vocational, post-secondary education, higher education institutions, after they reach adulthood until the time they graduate from educational institutions (but not more than before reaching the age of twenty-three);
persons (families) who have provided deliberately false information and unreliable (fake) documents for the appointment of targeted social assistance.

The amount of targeted social assistance

According to the Law "On State Targeted Social Assistance", the amount of targeted social assistance per person or family is calculated by the authorized body in the form of the difference between the average per capita income and the poverty line established in the regions based on each family member. In the event of a change in the composition of the family and income, the amount of targeted social assistance is recalculated. The applicant is obliged to report the circumstances that may serve as a basis for changing the amount of targeted social assistance to the authorized body within 10 working days.

How is the average per capita income calculated?

Determination of the total income of a person applying for targeted social assistance is made on the basis of documents submitted when applying for targeted social assistance and information obtained from the information systems of state bodies.

The total family income includes all types of income, except housing and targeted social assistance, as well as state support measures within the framework of participation in active employment promotion measures received in cash or in kind for a specified period of time.

The average per capita income is calculated by dividing the total income received in the quarter preceding the quarter of applying for targeted social assistance by the number of family members and by three months.