Chinanews.com, August 20. According to the website of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the General Office of the Ministry of Civil Affairs recently issued a notice on further ensuring the basic livelihood of the people affected by the disaster and epidemic situation.
The notice requires further strengthening of social assistance in emergencies, effectively improving the timeliness of social assistance, and linking up relevant assistance policies.
Recently, severe floods have occurred in many parts of our country, and the new crown pneumonia epidemic has appeared in many provinces and points. The situation of flood prevention and disaster relief, and epidemic prevention and control is severe.
The notice requires that social assistance be fully utilized to ensure the basic life of the people in difficulties affected by the epidemic.
——Further strengthen social assistance in emergency
Local civil affairs departments must give full play to the role of the active discovery mechanism, organize and mobilize grassroots cadres, village-level organizations, social assistance coordinators, social workers, etc., go deep into the homes of the people in need, and have a comprehensive understanding of the living conditions of the people affected by the disaster and epidemic in their jurisdiction, so that early detection can be achieved. , Quick intervention and timely assistance.
Increase the support for temporary relief funds in towns (streets), and find that people who are experiencing difficulties in their basic lives due to the disaster and the epidemic should provide temporary relief in time; if the situation is urgent, "first aid" can be implemented, and the situation can be supplemented afterwards.
Removal of restrictions on residence and residence applications will be effective for migrant workers affected by the epidemic, temporarily unable to find a job and unable to receive family support, temporarily stranded due to traffic control and other reasons, and those who are not registered locally. Disaster-affected people, etc., will directly provide temporary assistance from the place where the emergency occurs, so as to help all people in difficulties and rescue in times of difficulty.
-Effectively improve the timeliness of social assistance
All localities should further simplify and optimize social assistance review and confirmation procedures in accordance with the actual conditions of flood prevention and disaster relief and epidemic prevention and control, and actively implement the online processing of the entire process of social assistance applications such as subsistence allowances and assistance for extremely poor people to improve the timeliness of assistance.
Encourage places where conditions permit to delegate the authority to review and confirm the subsistence allowances and extreme poverty support to townships (streets).
Scientifically and flexibly adjust the forms of household surveys, democratic appraisals, and public announcements, and no more democratic appraisals for uncontroversial aid applications.
According to the impact of the disaster and the situation of the epidemic situation, it can be decided to suspend the withdrawal of subsistence allowances, so as to improve the ability of people affected by the disaster and epidemic situation to resist risks.
Unblock the social assistance service hotline, earnestly do a good job in data comparison and visits, and give full play to the monitoring and early warning functions of the national low-income population dynamics monitoring information platform and database to ensure timely detection, rapid response, and immediate assistance.
——Do a good job of linking up relevant rescue policies
All localities should follow the Central Leading Group's ``Notice on Further Doing a Good Job in Protecting People in Difficulties During the Period of Epidemic Prevention and Control'' (Guo Fa Dian (2020) No. 9), and ``The Ministry of Emergency Management and the Ministry of Civil Affairs on Further Strengthening Cohesion and Cooperation Opinions on Doing a Good Job in Guaranteeing the Basic Livelihood of the Disaster-Affected People (Emergency [2019] No. 120), strengthen the effective link between basic living assistance and disaster-affected people’s assistance policies, and effectively guarantee the basic lives of the people in difficulties due to disasters and epidemics.
Focus on urban and rural residents who are unable to go out for work, business, or employment due to disasters and epidemics, and those who meet the conditions must be included in the scope of the minimum living guarantee in a timely manner; those who are particularly poor due to the disaster and the epidemic must be implemented in a timely manner Relief and support policies, consolidate care and service responsibilities, and strengthen the protection of the bottom line, so as to "guarantee everything that should be guaranteed and rescue everything that should be rescued."
Implement the linkage mechanism between social assistance and security standards and price increases, and provide temporary price subsidies in a timely manner.
Improve the coordination mechanism for the basic livelihood security of the people in difficulties at the county level. For those with major difficulties, the "one matter, one discussion" approach can be adopted to increase the degree of assistance.
——Strengthen care services for people with special difficulties
All localities should give full play to the role of village-level organizations, township social work stations, and social assistance coordinators, and strengthen the visits to people with special difficulties such as scattered supporters, the elderly, minors, and severely disabled people in the subsistence allowance and marginal families of the subsistence allowance. Increase the frequency of visits, understand the disaster situation and the impact of the epidemic on their lives in time, and help solve practical difficulties.
We must continue to strengthen centralized support services, and do our utmost to accommodate those who are willing to support centralized support and cannot take care of themselves in extreme poverty.
Further strengthen the decentralized care services for the extremely needy people, urge care service providers to earnestly implement the entrusted care service agreement, fully implement various care services, and take care of the daily life of the extremely needy people.
If the care provider is unable to provide care services due to the disaster due to the epidemic, other personnel shall be designated in time to do the care services.
The disaster-affected areas must carry out a comprehensive survey of the decentralized support and extremely poor people, and timely resettlement to support service agencies for hidden dangers such as housing, drinking water, and electricity.
——Effectively strengthen organizational leadership
All localities must thoroughly implement the concept of “people first and life first”, fully understand the importance of ensuring social assistance, especially the basic living security of the people in difficulties affected by the disaster and epidemic, and further improve political positions, strengthen awareness of the overall situation, and establish Keep bottom line thinking and improve work measures to ensure that the basic lives of the people in need are effectively guaranteed. It is necessary to fully implement the "top leader" responsibility system, with the main responsible comrades taking the lead in researching plans, deploying arrangements, and promoting the implementation of various work measures, and layering the responsibilities of the work, so as to be responsible for keeping the soil, shouldering the responsibility, and fulfilling their responsibilities. It is necessary to actively seek the support of the local party committee and government, and coordinate the financial department to increase the funding for the basic living security of the people in need. It is necessary to strengthen coordination and cooperation with relevant departments, strengthen information communication, work exchanges and resource coordination, and form a joint assistance force to ensure that the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the State Council are fully implemented.