Single-parent register…

May 22, 2008 News

In excess of 31,000 catalogued

…verification process commences today – Manickchand

More than 31,000 single parents have already been registered to the ‘Single Parent Register.’
This was disclosed by Minister of Human Services, Priya Manickchand, yesterday, during a telephone interview with this newspaper.

According to Minister Manickchand, from today the Ministry will begin a verification process of all the registrants. This, she says, is to ensure that there are no duplications to ensure that nobody cheats the system and to have the most persons benefit from the proposed assistance programme.
The Minister also noted that the registrations have been coming from each of the 10 regions and understandably the largest section of registrants is from Region Four.

The Minister is quoted in the media as emphasising that the specific form or method of assistance has not been arrived at yet given that the ministry will have to analyse the data received to determine how best to assist the single parents.

“Single parents by their very nature are recognised by government as a vulnerable group and so the process will allow for information on the numbers of people we are dealing with and the type of intervention they need,” she had said during last month’s launching.

The programme was launched by the ministry as skyrocketing food prices began to take its toll on single-parent households and, it is generally aimed at cushioning the high cost of living.

At the launch, when she made the announcement during a press briefing at the Ministry’s Water and Cornhill Streets office, Minister Manickchand was joined by six female parliamentarians: Dr Desrey Fox, Gail Teixeira, Jennifer Westford, Jennifer Webster, Pauline Sukhai-Campbell and Indra Chandrapaul.
“The rising food prices are largely because of external factors and it is something they have no control over so government has taken several measures to address the high cost of living,” Manickchand stated.

The move, described as a Cabinet initiative, is targeting women who act as sole financial anchors as well as men who run single-parent households.

Over 200,000 forms were printed and were available at the Ministry, all schools and at the National and Regional Democratic Councils.

Minister Manickchand had said that the register complements a growing list of government assistance programmes including difficult circumstances, uniform and public aid.

She stated that even before the National Budget allocation, more than 16,000 persons were benefiting from public assistance.

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