This report summarizes the findings of an evaluation of a social safety net initiative, the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH), which was undertaken by the Government of Jamaica, beginning in 2001. The main objectives of the initiative, which is operated by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS), are to achieve better targeting of welfare benefits to the poor and to increase human capital by conditioning receipt of the benefits on participants meeting certain requirements for school attendance and health care visits. Under the programme, PATH eligibility is determined using a scoring formula which draws on detailed information about household circumstances. Benefits to eligible households are disbursed through the postal system. The conditioning requirements to increase human capital are enforced, based on information which is obtained through schools and health care centres.