Summary of General Spending Levels for Implementing the Development of the Social Assistance System

The expenses for the implementation of the Social Assistance System Development Program are regulated by Circular 98 as follows:

- Expenses for information and propaganda about developing the social assistance system for vulnerable groups, preventing prostitution, drug addiction treatment, child protection, and gender equality.- Expenses for building, maintaining, operating, and managing the system, updating the database to serve the professional activities of each Project.- Expenses for surveys and statistical investigations serving the professional activities of each Project.- Expenses for translation.- Expenses for training, short-term training, and retraining.- Expenses for developing, compiling materials, training programs, retraining, training; developing professional manuals; developing electronic lectures serving online consulting, treatment, and addiction recovery training.- Expenses for organizing advisory sessions and specialized talks.- Expenses for supporting subjects during their stay in temporary shelters.- Expenses for inspecting and evaluating the implementation of support work for trafficked victims returning, providing technical support for implementing processes, standards for child protection services, etc.- Expenses for cooperation and experience exchange on social assistance for vulnerable groups, gender equality, organizing job introduction connection programs for drug addicts, etc.- Expenses for researching and developing pilot models; researching and evaluating the results and effectiveness of developing the social work profession, the care and rehabilitation for the mentally ill, etc.- Expenses for organizing competitions to understand and disseminate laws in the field of social assistance for officials, employees, and collaborators, etc.

See related regulations at Circular 98/2017/TT-BTC effective from November 15, 2017.

- Thanh Lam -

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