Improving the Welfare of Poor Families through theFamily Hope Program

Abstract

In Indonesia, the problem of poverty remains a significant concern regarding the government's efforts to improve society's social welfare. Poverty and unemployment are considered significant challenges that must be overcome immediately. The Family hope program(PKH) is one of the government's initiatives to reduce poverty and promote social protection. Even though it can be seen that the Family hope programhas run as expected, it is open to obstacles/things that are not by this program. The problem relatedto PKH in Ngegedhawe Village is regarding the validity of PKH participant eligibility data, resulting in errors in the use offunds given to poor households for things not recommended in the Family hope program. This research aims to describe and analyze how the Family hope programpolicy is implemented and to describe and analyze the supporting and inhibiting factors in the process of implementing the Family hope programpolicy in order to improve the welfare of poor and vulnerable families based on the Minister of Social Affairs Regulation of the Republic of Indonesia Number 10 of 2017 concerning the Family Program Hope. This research method is descriptive qualitative, focusing on communication indicators, resources, disposition, and bureaucratic structure. The results of this research show that the Family hope programin Ngegedhawe Village, Aesesa District, Nagekeo Regency is seen from the communication variable, there is socialization and training for Beneficiary Families, in theresource variable, thereare many parties involved, very minimal human resources, there is staff appointment using which has been determined by the local government in the disposition variable as well as, there is a precise distribution of responsibility and coordination among work units based on the main tasks and functions of each in the bureaucratic structure variable