social.gov.tt Apply for Senior Citizens Pension Trinidad & Tobago : Ministry of Development & Family Services

Organization : Ministry of Social Development and Family Services
Facility : Apply for Senior Citizens Pension
Applicable For : Senior Citizens
Country : Trinidad & Tobago
Download Application Form : https://www.statusin.org/uploads/42541-SCP-Form.pdf
Website : http://www.social.gov.tt/

Social TT Senior Citizens Pension

Below is the amount of pension to be received based on income criteria.

Related : DHSSTHA Trinidad & Tobago Senior Citizens & Public Assistance Grant : www.statusin.org/7681.html

Income | Senior Citizens Pension :
$0-$1,500.00 $3,500
$1,500.01 -$2000 $3000
$2,000.01 -$2,500 $2500
$2500.01- $3,000 $2000
$3,000.01 – $3,500 $1,500
$3,500.01 -$4,000 $1000
$4000.01 – $4,500 $500

How To Apply

** An application form can be collected and completed at the Local Board Office in your district.
** Applicants may be required to attend an age assessment meeting with the Local Public Assistance Board.
** The Assistance Board decides on all applications and rejected persons have the right to appeal.

Documents Required

** Birth Certificate and /or Affidavit
** I.D. Card
** Passport
** Bank Passbook
** Marriage Certificate (married woman)
** National Insurance Information
** Any other document relevant to the individual’s application Payment Schedule

Printable application form

Download the application form by clicking on the above link.
Please visit your regional office once you have filled out your forms.

Instructions

1. A person desiring to claim Senior Citizens’ Pension must complete this form, sign it, and forward it with his/her Birth Certificate or other evidence of age to the Chairman of the Local Public Assistance Board of the district in which the claimant resides.

2. If a husband and wife are each claiming Senior Citizens’ Pension at the same time, each must fill out a separate form.

Qualifications

1. The person must have attained the age of sixty-five years.
2. (i) The person must have been ordinarily resident in Trinidad and Tobago for a period of twenty years immediately preceding the claim for pension; provided that a person shall not be deemed to have ceased to be resident in Trinidad and Tobago merely by reason of temporary absence there from for an aggregate period not exceeding five years during the said period of twenty years or;
(ii) For a period of fifty years in the aggregate.
3. The person’s income must not exceed $4,500.00 per month.

Important Notice

The following documents are required to substantiate a claim for Senior Citizens’ Pension (original and copies):
1. Electoral Identification Card.
2. Birth Certificate (computer generated) and Affidavit (where necessary).
3. Other evidence of age (e.g. Marriage Certificate/Baptismal Certificate).
4. Passport (previous and current).
5. Evidence of employment and wages/benefits receiving/received.
6. Evidence of National Insurance Benefits / other Pension / Benefits
7. Any other document as may be required by the Local Board.

Targeted Conditional Cash Transfer Programme

The Targeted Conditional Cash Transfer Programme “TCCTP” is a short-term food assistance and development programme that targets vulnerable persons and families in need.

TCCTP recipients can purchase the basic items they need to meet their daily nutritional requirements, thereby enhancing the health and dignity of their household and reducing the incidence of poverty.

Clients are required to take part in the Rise Up component of the Programme, which stands for Rights of Individuals to Social and Economic Security Universal Prosperity “RISE UP”.

It is the developmental component of the Targeted Conditional Cash Transfer Programme, and takes a holistic approach to poverty alleviation, giving consideration to the conditions that restrains the family’s effort to move out of poverty.

It provides families in extreme poverty with access to critical services, linking them and facilitating their access to and benefit from such services. It seeks to empower the household to improve its quality of life in eight dimensions.