Helping rural disabled people gain employment and increase their income

Helping rural disabled people gain employment and increase their income

The Hebei Provincial Disabled Persons’ Federation, the Provincial Rural Revitalization Bureau, the Provincial Department of Civil Affairs, and the Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs jointly issued a notice requiring that certain measures be taken in the implementation of the rural revitalization strategy. We will do a good job in the work of disabled people in rural areas, consolidate and expand the results of poverty alleviation for disabled people, strengthen people's livelihood security, and help disabled people in rural areas find employment and increase their income.

It is understood that among the 1.84 million certified disabled people in Hebei Province, there are about 1.5749 million rural disabled people, accounting for 85.59%. In accordance with the requirements of the notice, Hebei Province will identify qualified families with disabilities as monitoring objects to prevent return to poverty. Each household found will be included in the list and each household will be assisted. Disabled persons' federations at all levels will conduct follow-up visits to people who have been lifted out of poverty and disabled persons among the monitoring targets, giving priority to ensuring that they enjoy basic rehabilitation, assistive device adaptation, home barrier-free modification and other services, follow up on policy implementation and assistance effects, and Timely push information on new severely disabled people in rural areas to the rural revitalization department.

In accordance with the dynamic adjustment mechanism of subsistence allowance standards, civil affairs departments at all levels will improve the hierarchical and classified social assistance system and strengthen regular support for low-income disabled people. When disabled people apply for the minimum living allowance marginal family identification, relevant fees and employment costs will be deducted, and qualified disabled people will be helped to apply for living subsidies and nursing subsidies to ensure that disabled people can fully enjoy the two subsidies.

In terms of continuing to enhance the endogenous development momentum of rural disabled people, Hebei Province will increase professional skills training for disabled people with labor ability and employment willingness, broaden employment channels, and invest in key government projects and agricultural and rural infrastructure. Facility construction projects will expand the scale of work-for-relief projects, give priority to the employment of disabled people with the ability to work, and promote the stable growth of the income of rural disabled people. Agricultural banks at all levels will actively provide financial credit support to rural disabled people with good credit status and normal production and operation, family members of disabled people, support bases that promote employment and income increase for disabled people, and large households with capable people.

In addition, Hebei Province will continue to promote the renovation of sanitary toilets for disabled people in rural areas into their homes, and incorporate the barrier-free renovation of households with disabled people into local policies and measures to consolidate and expand the results of poverty alleviation and effectively connect rural revitalization, and expand Benefits of barrier-free improvements to families with disabilities.