Prospective beneficiaries of social assistance (bansos) to fulfill basic needs in form of Jakarta Elderly Card (KLJ), Jakarta Disability Card (KPDJ), and Jakarta Children Card (KAJ) in 2022 were determined based on urban village forum.

It will make it easier for us to collect data and more importantly to ensure the assistance is distributed on target

Jakarta Social Agency Head, Premi Lasari stated, urban village forum is needed to ensure existence and validity of candidates for KLJ, KPDJ and KAJ programs and to determine priority scales by taking into account their social and economic conditions.

"Residents need to know that the mechanism for selecting beneficiaries of KLJ, KPDJ and KAJ in 2022 will be carried out through urban village forum," she asserted, Friday (12/17).

She explained that urban village forum was held on December 6-10, 2021 by involving several elements in the community, na mely Jakarta DPRD members, urban village officials, data collection officers, social assistants, RT/RW administrators, Dasawisma and PKK cadres.

She mentioned that names of active beneficiaries of KLJ, KPDJ and KAJ were also discussed at urban village forum as one of the priorities of prospective beneficiaries based on their data validity existence.

Urban village forum was conducted in an objective, transparent, accountable, and fair manner regarding conditions of potential beneficiaries in the neighborhood.

"It will make it easier for us to collect data and more importantly to ensure the assistance is distributed on target," she conveyed.