Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty, LEAP

2008

1. To enrol and retain all school going age children in the household in public basic schools. 2. All members of the household must be registered and card bearing members of the National Health Insurance Scheme. 3. New born babies (0-18 months) must be registered with the Birth and Deaths Registry, attend required post-natal clinics and complete the Expanded Programme on Immunisation. 4. To ensure that no child in the household is trafficked or engaged in any activities constituting the Worst Forms of Child Labour (WFCL). 5. Register for National Health Insurance Scheme and regular renewal for expired cards.

344,786 households (2022)

For 2021, total budget allocation for the LEAP programme stood GHS 197,534,538.

259 districts (2012) Collection of poverty data (otherwise called poverty map) of Ghana from Ghana Statistical Service (GSS): • The poverty map gives the overall national incidence of poverty by region, district and community. • The poverty map provides for the ranking of regions, districts and communities by the proportion of poor people in these geographical regions. • The poverty map is obtained from the latest Ghana Living Standard Surveys (GLSS). • The poverty map or ranking determines the region, the district and community to be selected for the programme.

The extremely poor and vulnerable households are a priority of the LEAP programme. Specific social categories within the basket of the extreme poor are eligible to benefit from the programme. The eligible social categories are: • Aged sixty-five years (65) and above without any form of support • Severely disabled without productive capacity • Orphaned and Vulnerable Children (OVC) • Extremely poor or vulnerable households with pregnant women and mothers with infants.

1. Once a district is selected (based on its location on the national and regional poverty rank), communities within the district are selected based on its rank on the district poverty map. 2. Households go to designated points in a community to participate in the data collection exercise to identify extremely poor and vulnerable households. The data collection involves the administration of a proxy-means test (PMT). 3. The collected data from the PMT questionnaire is then processed (or computed) on the LEAP programme MIS. The computation of the data is base on a PMT formula and pre-defined thresholds or cut-off point for qualification. 4. Not all extreme poor are eligible for the LEAP programme. Specific social categories within the basked of the extreme poor are eligible to benefit from the LEAP programme. Those eligible social categories include: (i) aged sixty five years (65) and above without any form of support, (ii) severely disabled without productive capacity, (iii) orphaned and vulnerable children (OVC) and (iv) extremely poor or vulnerable households with pregnant women and mothers with infants (previously covered in LEAP 1000 pilot project).

Cash and health insurance, under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).

The amount a household receives is based on number of eligible household members. During the LEAP grant payments, a one eligible member household will receive GHC64.00, two eligible member household will receive GHC76.00, while three eligible member household will receive GHC88.00 and four and more eligible member household will receive GHC106.00.

Bi-monthly

All the beneficiaries of the LEAP Programme will be paid electronically on the e-zwich platform provided by Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems (GhIPSS) through Participating Financial Institutions (PFI’s). The PFIs are basically commercial and rural banks.

The household members who take money on behalf of a household are called caregivers.

The Programme has a M&E unit under its organizational structure. The indicators used in monitoring the LEAP Programme are divided into two: the Core Result Framework (CRF) and the Operational Management Framework (OMF). The CRF seeks to provide overview of the programme’s performance to external stakeholders such as government official outside the Ministry and development partners. The indicators include information on targeting, payment performance and case management as well as outcome indicators and impact of the programme as a whole. These indicators are assessed and reported annually and shared in the LEAP Annual Reports. The OMF report detailed information on all the output indicators including linkages to other interventions which are assessed and shared quarterly in the LEAP Quarterly Reports. They provide detailed information to LEAP Management to improve programme implementation.

The Programme has a MIS unit under its organizational structure. The unit is responsible for database functions of the Programme. The MIS has database software that hosts information on beneficiary households and also for the purpose of performing payroll functions. The MIS of the Programme also a component for analysing, monitoring and evaluating data. The Unit also has a disaster recovery system in place at a different location outside the Office to ensure smooth operation in case of any challenges in the current premises.