Family Policy as A Social Investment: An Effort to Initiate the Decentralization of Social Policy in Indonesia

Abstract

According to the definition of Law No. 10 of 1992, family planning is no longer just a matter of birth control but is more broadly related to issues of family resilience and welfare. The discourse of social policy decentralization has become a global discourse in the last two decades. Decentralization has produced many well-targeted policies, including family-based development. Pasuruan Regency has a fairly strategic policy, where environmental issues become a substantial aspect of family sustainability. Various programs are offered that lead to aspects of family-based development and community survival. So that in this research it will be interesting if there is a decentralized implementation model of social policy that sees the family as the direct beneficiary target. So that the gap between the ideals of family policy and family welfare is not only expected to be answered with the implementation of social policy decentralization but is also expected to be more targeted if the beneficiaries are families. This seems like wanting to place the family as a measure of development success. This makes it necessary to pay attention to Pasuruan Regency government policies in implementing social policy decentralization with an emphasis on family-based development policies that have a positive effect on family welfare and resilience in Pasuruan Regency.