Child Support Grant
Basic Information
Country
Geographic area
Institutions and agencies involved
Population group
Children
Programme Details
Programme objectives
To provide financial assistance to poor and near-poor families with children under three years of age.
Sricharatchanya, H. 2016. ‘Thailand’s child support grant helps vulnerable families’, UNICEF, <https://blogs.unicef.org/east-asia-pacific/thailands-child-support-grant-helps-vulnerable-families/> (accessed 22 May 2018).
Personal communication
Start date
2015
Paitoonpong, S., Tasee, P., Waisuriya, P. 2016.. ‘Social Protection System in Thailand: an Overview’, TDRI Quarterly Review, <https://tdri.or.th/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/TDRI-QR-Dec2016.pdf> (accessed 22 May 2018).
Programme expenditure
Targeting and eligiblity
Targeting methods
Targeted areas
Target groups
Children
Eligibility criteria
(i) Children who:
(A) Have Thai nationality (parents have Thai nationality or father or mother have Thai nationality);
(B) From birth to 6 years of age;
(C) Living with parents.
(ii) Parents who:
(A) Have Thai nationality;
(B) Takes a newborn child under their care;
(C) Be in a low-income household, that is, household members have an average income not exceeding THB 100,000 per person per year.
Coverage and other information
Amount of benefits
THB 600
Paitoonpong, S., Tasee, P., Waisuriya, P. 2016.. ‘Social Protection System in Thailand: an Overview’, TDRI Quarterly Review, <https://tdri.or.th/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/TDRI-QR-Dec2016.pdf> (accessed 22 May 2018).
Payment/delivery frequency
Monthly
Sricharatchanya, H. 2016. ‘Thailand’s child support grant helps vulnerable families’, UNICEF, <https://blogs.unicef.org/east-asia-pacific/thailands-child-support-grant-helps-vulnerable-families/> (accessed 22 May 2018).
Benefit delivery mechanism
Benefits are delivered in cash by local authorities or transferred to beneficiaries' bank accounts.
UNICEF et al. 2016. ‘Thailand’s Child Support Grant Programme’, UNICEF, TDRI, MSDHS, and EPRI, <https://blogs.unicef.org/east-asia-pacific/thailands-child-support-grant-helps-vulnerable-families/> (accessed 22 May 2018).
Benefit recipients
Minimum and maximum duration of benefits (if any)
Monitoring and evaluation mechanisms and frequency
An external monitoring and evaluation working group led by Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) and the Economic Policy Research Institute (EPRI) has been commissioned. UNICEF and the Thai Health Promotion Foundation support their work.
UNICEF et al. 2016. ‘Thailand’s Child Support Grant Programme’, UNICEF, TDRI, MSDHS, and EPRI, <https://blogs.unicef.org/east-asia-pacific/thailands-child-support-grant-helps-vulnerable-families/> (accessed 22 May 2018).