Social Protection

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The development objectives of the Social Protection Project for Honduras are to: (a) strengthen the institutional capacity of the Ministry of the Presidency (MoP) and Family Allowance Program (PRAF) to administer and manage the bono 10.000 program (the 'program'), through the development of transparent mechanisms and instruments for targeting program beneficiaries, monitoring compliance with program co-responsibilities, and making payments to program beneficiaries; and (b) increase: (i) school attendance among students in grades one to six; and (ii) the use of preventive health services among families participating in the program. There are two components to the project, the first component being institutional strengthening of the bono 10,000 program. This component will strengthen the efficiency, effectiveness, and management of the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) program by building capacity in the MoP and PRAF and will contribute to the development of a social protection strategy. Under this component, three sets of activities will be financed: 1) strengthening the MoP institutional capacity for improving the design and operation of the program; 2) strengthening the operational and administrative capacity of PRAF for the implementation of the program; and 3) developing an integrated social protection strategy to design, implement, and monitor coherent social protection programs and policies. Finally, the second component is the co-financing conditional cash transfers (grants). This component will provide education grants or health and nutrition grants (cash transfers) to eligible beneficiaries, that is families who comply with co-responsibilities set forth in the project operational manual, which include: children between 0 and 59 months attending preventive health controls; pregnant and postpartum mothers completing their pre and post-natal check-ups; and children from 1st to 6th grade (primary level) being enrolled in school and attending classes.