Improving Community Welfare through the Hopeful Family Program

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to define and analyze the implementation of the Family Hope Program policy in Teluk Pandan District, East Kutai Regency, based on Minister of Social Affairs Regulation No. 101/HUK/2022. In addition, the report endeavors to characterize and analyze the factors that support and impede the policy's implementation. This study employed a descriptive-qualitative methodology based on the theory of public policy implementation for data collection by means of in-depth interviews, participant observation, and documentation, as well as for data analysis by means of data condensation techniques, data presentation, and concluding/verifying. The implementation of the Family Hope Program policy in Teluk Pandan District, East Kutai Regency was termed "successful" despite the presence of impeding factors, according to the findings of this study. The implementation of the policy is hindered by the following internal factors: information about the policy was not uniformly disseminated, so it did not reach remote areas; human resources in terms of quantity and quality are inadequate; operational facilities are inadequate; budgetary resources are still limited; the provision of incentives for executors is not yet feasible; and the level of participation among beneficiary families is still low. The distance between the assistance disbursement site and the beneficiary family's domicile is an external factor that hinders the success of the Family Hope Program.