Decision on the Social Assistance Fund

关于社会救助基金的决定

ຂໍ້ຕົກລົງ ວ່າດ້ວຍກອງທຶນສັງຄົມສົງເຄາະ

Summary

This decision, promulgated by the Minister of Labor and Social Welfare, regulates the establishment, use, management, and inspection of social assistance funds, specifying revenue sources, assistance targets and standards, application and approval documents, account auditing, and reporting to ensure timely, effective, fair, and transparent assistance to disaster victims and socially vulnerable groups.

Articles

Article 1

Purpose. This Decision stipulates the principles, regulations, methods, and measures for the establishment, use, management, and inspection of the social assistance fund, aiming to continuously develop and strengthen the fund and ensure that assistance to social assistance recipients is timely, effective, fair, transparent, and universal.

Article 2

Social Assistance Fund. The Social Assistance Fund, abbreviated as "ກສສຄ", is a fund used to provide assistance and services to disaster victims and socially vulnerable groups.

Article 3

Interpretation of Terms. The meanings of the terms used in this Decision are as follows: 1. Society refers to the relationships between individuals, groups, communities, or social organizations; 2. Assistance refers to help and services provided to meet the material needs of target groups; 3. Vulnerable (lacking opportunity) refers to a lack of access to services such as education, vocational skills, healthcare, food rations, daily necessities, shelter, and psychological counseling; 4. Disaster refers to hazards caused by natural and human actions, such as fires, floods, windstorms, droughts, pest infestations, epidemics, cold waves, hailstorms, landslides, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, etc., that have occurred and caused damage to life, property, economy, and the environment; 5. Emergency assistance refers to the assistance and services provided to target groups during disasters; 6. Materials used for assistance refer to food rations, household items, clothing, building materials, and tools for livelihood.

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