Grants available through the Ministry of Social Development and Family Services are outlined below:
Disability Assistance Grant
This program provides financial aid to persons with disabilities who are citizens of Trinidad and Tobago and are unable to earn a livelihood. The quantum under this grant is $1,800.00 per month.
Who Qualifies
- Age – Persons must be eighteen (18) years of age.
- Residence – Applicants must be a resident of Trinidad and Tobago for three (3) years preceding the date of application.
- Periods of absence from the country must not total more than six (6) months during those three (3) years.
- Income – Applicant’s annual income must not exceed $12,000 TTD per annum.
- Disability – Applicants must be, in the opinion of the Local Board, unable to earn their livelihood as a result of their disability.
How to Apply
- Applicants must satisfy all four (4) criteria.
- Application and Medical Report forms can be found at the Local Board Office in your district.
- Applicants are then required to attend a disability 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 for Application:
- Birth Certificate and /or Affidavit
- I.D. Card
- Passport
- Bank Passbook
- Marriage Certificate (married woman)
- National Insurance Information
- Medical Report from a Government Officer
- Any other document relevant to the individual’s application
- Website URL: www2.mpsd.gov.tt
Public Assistance Grant
This grant provides financial aid to vulnerable citizens, unable to earn a living to support themselves or dependents because of illness, injury, imprisonment, death and/or abandonment by a parent or guardian. It is also paid on behalf of needy children whose fathers, mothers or both parents have died, are hospitalized, imprisoned or have deserted the family. This grant is also paid to a parent or guardian on behalf of a child with a severe disability and where the household income is deemed inadequate.
Who Qualifies
- Age – Persons must be eighteen (18) years of age.
- Persons must be certified by a Government Medical Officer as unable to earn a livelihood due to illness
- Persons found to be living under needy conditions with little or no means of support.
- Public Assistance may also be granted on behalf of necessitous children where the father (or both Parents) is dead, institutionalized or has deserted and cannot be found, also children with special needs (Special Child).
How to Apply
- Application and Medical Report forms can be found at the Local Board Office in your district.
- Applications can also be made through referrals from other Agencies.
- An investigating officer will visit each applicant to assess his/her needs.
- The Assistance Board decides on all applications and rejected persons have the right to appeal
Documents Required for Application:
- Birth Certificate and /or Affidavit
- I.D. Card
- Passport
- Bank Passbook
- Marriage Certificate (married woman)
- National Insurance Information
- Children’s birth certificate (where applicable)
- School Reports
- Medical Reports
- Death Certificate (where applicable)
- Any other document relevant to the individual’s application
- Website URL: www2.mpsd.gov.tt
Local Public Assistance Boards
District (A)
St George Central (San Juan)
MTS Plaza
Aranguez Road
Aranguez
Tel: (868) 623-2608/624-8820 Ext. 6250-6252, 6300-6301
Tel/Fax: (868) 675-4728
District (B)
St George East (Tunapuna)
233 Chia Building
E.M.Rd. Tunapuna
Opposite Ojar’s Wholesale
Tel: (868) 623-2608/624-8820 Ext. 6251
Fax: (868) 662-5347
District (C)
Caroni (Chaguanas)
Eleanore Street
Chaguanas
Tel: (868) 623-2608/624-8820 Ext. 6200-2106, 6201, 6203
Tel2: (868) 645-4778
Tel/Fax: (868) 671-4978
District (D/E)
St Andrew/St David (S/Grande)
Cor. Savi St & Boodooville Circular
Sangre Grande
Tel: (868) 623-2608/624-8820 Ext. 6400, 6401
Tel/Fax: (868) 668-7929 (fax # is currently not working)
District (F)
Nariva/Mayaro (Rio Claro)
2458 Naparima/Mayaro
Rio Claro
Tel: (868) 623-2608/624-8820 Ext. 6451, 2508
Tel/Fax: (868) 644-0724
District (G)
Victoria West (San Fernando)
82 Independence Ave.
San Fernando
Tel: (868) 623-2608/624-8820 Ext. 2306, 2321, 2317
Tel2: (868) 653-6068
Tel3: (868) 653-6068
Tel/Fax: (868) 653-4319
District (H)
Victoria East (Princes Town)
Marlsons Building
97 High Street
Princes Town
Tel: (868) 623-2608/624-8820 Ext. 6501, 6502, 2406
Tel/Fax: (868) 655-4319
District (J)
St Patrick East (Siparia)
Siparia Administrative Complex
Cor Allies & High St
Siparia
Tel: (868) 649-3869
Tel2: (868) 649-1942
District (K)
St Patrick West (Pt. Fortin/La Brea)
16 Richardson St.
Mahaica
Pt. Fortin
Tel: (868) 623-2608/624-8820 Ext. 6002, 2633
Tel/Fax: (868) 648-1751
District (L)
Tobago
Tam Building
Glen Road
Scarborough, Tobago
Tel: (868) 639-2673
Tel/Fax: (868) 639-2673
District (M)
St George West (Port of Spain)
Cor. Richmond & 128 Duke St
Port of Spain
Tel: (868) 623-2608/624-8820 Ext. 5901, 5903 (Upstairs)
Tel2: (868) 623-3875 (Downstairs)