Participating in the 2023 Poverty Reduction Policy Dialogue Conference were more than 170 delegates, including 40 delegates who are village officials and more than 130 poor, near-poor households, and people who have just escaped poverty from wards: Quang Phu; Guangdong; Quang Cat; Quang Tam belongs to Thanh Hoa city.
Mr. Hoang Van Tuan – Deputy Head of the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs of Thanh Hoa City, said that this is one of many activities to implement Plan No. 597/KH – City People’s Committee on implementing the National Target Program on sustainable poverty reduction. 2023 in Thanh Hoa City.
Participating in the 2023 Poverty Reduction Policy Dialogue Conference in Quang Phu Ward (Thanh Hoa City) had more than 170 delegates. Photo: NT
Participating in the dialogue, many poor households and policy household officials in residential groups asked questions related to the conditions for being considered poor households, poverty reduction policies… and also sent recommendations to the community. local and State agencies in devising and implementing poverty reduction policies.
Previously, on December 14, implementing the national target poverty reduction program, Thanh Hoa City Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs also coordinated with the professional department to organize a dialogue conference on poverty reduction in 2023 at the Commune People’s Committee. Hoang Quang.
Mr. Nguyen Quang Danh – Head of Residential Group 8, Quang Cat Ward, proposed: There should be a policy to support 100% of the cost of health insurance for near-poor households and households that have just escaped poverty because this group is still facing difficulties. At the same time, Mr. Dan also proposed that the locality have a solution to provide monetary support to the group of lonely and helpless elderly people, people in difficult circumstances, but not eligible (enough points) to vote for households. poor.
Mr. Nguyen Quang Danh – Head of Residential Group 8, Quang Cat Ward, proposed that the state management agency issue health insurance cards to near-poor households and households that have just escaped poverty. Photo: NT
Representatives of the City Social Insurance, Bank for Social Policies and representatives of the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs of Thanh Hoa City answered questions from poor households and residential group officials about issues related to poverty reduction policies.
Many petitions from the poor have been recognized by the authorities, or transferred to relevant units.
Previously, the report of the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs of Thanh Hoa City also showed that in recent years, social security work has always been taken care of. At the beginning of the poverty reduction period in 2021, the city had 172 poor households, a rate of 0.18%, the average annual poverty rate decreased by 0.03%.
At the beginning of 2018, there were 18 poor households living on the river, and 190 poor households in the city. By the end of 2022, it will decrease to 137 households, exceeding the target of the resolution of the city Party Congress by 0.02%.
In 2023, poor households in Thanh Hoa City have decreased from 137 households (accounting for 0.13%) to 68 households (accounting for 0.06%), exceeding the target assigned by the province.
