Targeted State social assistance (hereinafter referred to as targeted social assistance) is paid in cash to a person or family with an average per capita income not exceeding the poverty line (for the second quarter of 2020, 21,298 tenge per family member).

Depending on the social situation of the family or an individual, assistance is divided into two types: unconditional and conditional.

Unconditional cash assistance is provided to low-income persons (families) with limited opportunities to participate in active measures to find employment. These include the following:

1) Low-income persons living alone or lonely:

Persons who have reached the retirement age established by article 11,

paragraph 1, of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan «On pension provision in the Republic of Kazakhstan»;

Persons with disabilities in the first and second groups;

Persons with illnesses for which a period of temporary incapacity for work of more than two months is established;

2) Low-income families with no able-bodied persons or a single able-bodied member caring for a child up to three years of age, a disabled child, a disabled person in the first or second group, or an elderly person in need of care and assistance.

Unconditional cash assistance is granted for the current quarter from the month of application and is paid monthly.

Conditional cash assistance is provided in the form of monthly or one-off cash payments, to lonely and (or) living alone low-income, able-bodied persons, and to low-income families with an able-bodied member(s) including natural persons who are the payers of a single bundled payment, providing that s/he (they) participate in measures to find employment and (or) if necessary social adjustment.

Conditional cash assistance is granted by the authorized body for the period of validity of the social contract (for the current quarter) from the month of application and is paid monthly or in a lump sum for the period specified in the social contract.

Conditional cash assistance is conditional on:

The conclusion of a social contract indicating obligations of the parties to participate in active employment measures and (or) in social adaptation programmes;

The participation of able-bodied members of a low-income family in active measures to find employment and in social adaptation programmes.

In 2019, targeted social assistance was allocated to 301 families (1,204 recipients) in the amount of 102,419,000 tenge. The national budget allocated 60,282,000 tenge, the local budget allocated 15,367,000 tenge and the national fund 26,770,000 tenge:

- 95 families (322 recipients) were awarded unconditional cash assistance in the amount of 25,625,157 tenge.

- Conditional cash assistance for 205 families (886 recipients) in the amount of 62,685,653 tenge.

As of 1 June 2020, 156 families (634 recipients) had been paid out 22,598,284 tenge from the national budget:

- unconditional cash assistance paid to 38 families (126 recipients) in the amount of 5,342,494 thousand tenge;

- conditional cash assistance paid to 118 families (508 recipients) in the amount of 17,255,790 tenge.

To apply for the targeted social assistance benefit, please contact your village Akimat at the place of residence or the State Municipal Institution «Employment Centre of the Akimat of the Shemonaikhinsky district».