How to apply for social assistance? What conditions need to be met?

Social assistance refers to the material help and guarantee provided by the state and society in accordance with legal procedures when China citizens find it difficult to maintain their basic living conditions for various reasons, or when their survival suddenly becomes difficult. The social security system consists of social security, social welfare and social assistance, and social assistance is the most basic system in the social security system.

To apply for social assistance, a written application shall be submitted to the street social assistance management office where the household registration is located, and relevant certificates shall be truthfully provided in accordance with the requirements of the social assistance application announcement. You should fill in the letter of commitment in person and fulfill your obligations consciously. Residents' social assistance management institutions shall investigate and verify the relevant certificates and family situation provided by the applicant, and may also entrust the residents' committee where the applicant's household registration is located to investigate and verify. After approval, the district social assistance management office shall make a decision on approval or disapproval of the application and notify the applicant in writing.

To ensure that the conditions for applying for assistance are met, that is, to provide material or spiritual assistance to citizens who suffer from natural disasters and lose their ability to work or other low-income citizens to maintain their basic living needs and ensure their minimum living standard. Submit a written application to the street social assistance management office where the household registration is located, truthfully provide relevant certificates in accordance with the requirements of the Notice of Publicity for Social Assistance Application, fill in the letter of commitment in person, and consciously perform their obligations. Residents' social assistance management institutions shall investigate and verify the relevant certificates and family situation provided by the applicant, and may also entrust the residents' committee where the applicant's household registration is located to investigate and verify. After approval, the district social assistance management office shall make a decision on approval or disapproval of the application and notify the applicant in writing.

In view of the negative impact of disasters such as the epidemic in COVID-19 in recent years, we should adjust and increase social assistance policies and measures, appropriately expand the scope of minimum living security and temporary assistance, provide timely assistance to people trapped by plague, provide caring services to special groups such as the elderly, the disabled and children caused by the disaster, and provide basic living security to people in need.