Heads of Household Transition Project

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The Heads of Household Transition Project for Argentina aims to help: (1) reduce poverty by supporting the workfare component of the Heads o f Household Program, including continued improvements in Program management and governance; and (2) promote activities aimed at getting more Program beneficiaries into full-time employment, thereby enabling them to graduate from the Program. There are four Project components. Component A (the largest) would continue financing transfer payments to beneficiaries o f the Heads o f Household Program who comply with the requirement to participate in workfare or training/education activities. Support would also be given the Ministry of Labor to reorient these activities so that they contribute more to improving the employment prospects of beneficiaries. Component B provides grants for productive sub-projects proposed by small groups of Program participants. Component C covers activities related to the establishing and strengthening employment services in some municipalities and testing instruments to facilitate the labor market insertion of Program beneficiaries. Component D supports governance improvements in the Program, as well as Project management, and monitoring and evaluation.