🪪 GFATM SP Grant – Social Protection Programme

Siri Mahila Sadhikaraka Welfare Society (SMSWS) implements the GFATM C-19 Social Protection (SP) Grant as a Sub-Sub-Recipient (SSR) to strengthen access to identity documents, welfare schemes, and financial inclusion for women in sex work (WSW) and highly vulnerable communities. This programme builds economic and social security for individuals through documentation support, system navigation and service provider linkages.

🎯 Programme Objectives

• 🪪 Ensure community access to essential identity documents
• 🏦 Promote financial inclusion through DBT-enabled bank accounts
• 📜 Support enrollment into government welfare schemes
• 🤝 Strengthen community facilitators (CFs) to provide door-to-door SP services
• 🏢 Build strong linkages with government departments for seamless service delivery

📘 Key Social Protection Services

• 🪪 Aadhaar Card — new enrollment, updates, corrections
• 🧾 PAN Card — essential for economic participation & banking
• 📄 Caste, Income & Residence Certificates — required for scheme eligibility
• 🏦 DBT-Enabled Bank/Post Office Accounts — ensuring direct access to government benefits
• 📑 Scheme Enrollment — pensions, insurance, scholarships & welfare programmes
• 📢 Awareness on Rights & Entitlements — SP literacy sessions
• 📝 Form Filling & Document Submission — doorstep assistance
• 🔁 Follow-Up on Applications — tracking corrections, approvals & rejections

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Community Facilitator (CF) Model

• 👥 80 trained Community Facilitators across supporting CBOs
• 📘 CFs receive training on documentation processes, scheme eligibility & government portals
• 🏠 CFs provide household-level support & on-the-spot form assistance
• 📡 CFs connect the community with Aadhaar centres, CSCs, banks & social welfare offices
• 📋 CFs maintain SP service logs and monthly reporting formats

🌐 Service Provider Mapping

• 🏢 Aadhaar Centres, CSCs, Mee-Seva, Banks & Post Offices mapped
• 💰 Negotiated 40% reduced service charges for community members
• 🧾 Low-cost applications for PAN, certificates & document updates
• 🔗 Continuous coordination to ensure faster turnaround times

🛠️ Implementation Framework

• 📍 Identify vulnerable individuals needing SP support
• 📱 Mobilisation through CFs, peer educators & CBO networks
• 📝 Collect required documents & initiate applications
• 🏛️ Liaison with MROs, MPDOs, Banks & Welfare Departments
• 📊 Monthly documentation & reporting to SRS/SR/PR
• 🚶 Field follow-ups to ensure individuals receive completed documents

🤝 District-Level Advocacy

• 🏛️ Meetings with MRO, MPDO & bank managers for easing SP service access
• ⚖️ Advocacy for zero-balance bank accounts & insurance enrollments
• 📢 Sensitising officials on rights of WSW & marginalized groups
• 📄 Facilitating legal aid clinics with DLSA wherever needed

📋 Results & Indicators

• 🆔 Significant increase in SP ID completions (ID cards, certificates)
• 🏦 Growth in DBT-enabled bank accounts among beneficiaries
• 📈 Increase in scheme enrollments across the district
• 📊 CF performance metrics: number of applications, follow-ups, approvals
• 📸 Documentation of beneficiary success stories & service uptake

🔒 Safeguards & Ethics

• 🔐 Confidential handling of personal documents & data
• ⚖️ Fair and transparent facilitation without exploitation
• 🫶 Prioritisation for the most vulnerable groups (WSW, PLHIV, widows)
• 📢 Clear communication on eligibility & service charges

💰 Indicative Budget Components

• 🪪 SP Documentation Support — ₹100–₹400 per application
• 🏦 Bank Account Facilitation — minimal/no-cost (as per bank)
• 📘 CF Trainings — ₹10,000–₹30,000 per batch
• 🚐 Field Travel for CFs — ₹1,000–₹4,000 monthly
• 📚 IEC & Awareness Material — ₹2,000–₹10,000

🗣️ Beneficiary Testimonial

“Through the GFATM SP programme, I received my Aadhaar, bank account and income certificate. Now I get all DBT benefits without middlemen.”
– Beneficiary, East Godavari

📞 Contact for SP Assistance

Unit: GFATM SP Grant – Social Protection Programme (SMSWS)
Phone / WhatsApp: +91 939 827 6995
Email: smswscbo995@gmail.com
Next step: Share the required documents — our CF team will support end-to-end facilitation.