Social Assistance Services

Q. What are the social services provided by the Social Assistance Directorate ?

A: he Social Assistance Directorate offers a package of direct government cash support programs to citizens, which include:

• Social Security (Social Affairs)
• Financial support.
• Disability allowance.
• Fire compensation for housing for low-income people.
• Compensation Subsidies on Meat Service.

Q. What is the social security service and who are the beneficiaries of this service?

A: According to Law No. (18) of 2006 regarding social security, it is the social assistance provided by the state to citizens, individuals and families, of the categories stipulated in this law, with the aim of helping them secure the minimum basic life requirements. The beneficiaries are:

1. Family
2. The Son
3. The widow
4. The divorced
5. Abandoned
6. The prisoner's family
7. The girl is not married
8. The orphan
9. The inability to work
10. The handicapped
11. The elderly

Q: How much is the social security assistance?

A: According to Article (9) of Law No. (18) of 2006 regarding Social Security, the law specified 77 dinars for one individual, 132 dinars for a family of two, and 28 dinars for each family member whose number exceeds that.

Q: What are the conditions and eligibility criteria for social security service?

A: Basic conditions and criteria for registering any application:

• The applicant must be a Bahraini national.
• The applicant must be a permanent resident of the Kingdom of Bahrain.
• He/she should not have a capable relative who is obliged to spend on him/her.
• To prove, via electronic link, the marital status, and the total monthly income is less than the minimum approved basic life requirements.
• Those with commercial records and licenses and those with high incomes from real estate are excluded from benefiting from social security.
• A resident of a social or health care home is excluded from benefiting from social security according to the law, unless it is proved by social research that he may need this assistance in providing some of his necessities that those homes cannot provide.

Q. What are the documents required to apply for social security service?

A:

1. Fill in the social service application form (include undertaking and declaration).
2. A copy of the valid identity card for all the residents of the dwelling.
3. A copy of the bank document stamped for the applicant, including the international account number (IBAN).
4. A copy of the electricity and water bill in order to obtain the amount of the Royal Honors for Electricity and Water.
5. Ruling on custody and the amount of alimony for the category of divorced women with children.
6. Court ruling proving desertion for the abandoned category.
7. A death certificate for one or both parents, or a parental divorce certificate for the unmarried girl category.
8. Parents' divorce document, mother's death certificate, or father's marriage document to another for the child category.
9. A statement from the Public Prosecution issued by the Ministry of Interior stating that the head of the family has been imprisoned for the category of the imprisoned family.
10. A medical report proving the incapacity to work for the unemployed category.
11. Father's death certificate or the adoption ruling for the orphan category (the parents are unknown in the orphan ruling).
12. A medical report approved by government hospitals proving disability for the handicapped category.
13. A statement that the children of workers and those who have never been married have not spent all categories entitled to social security in accordance with the above-mentioned regulations.

Q. What is the financial support service (expensive allowance)?

A: It is direct government support for low-income people to contribute to alleviating the living burdens of citizens according to specific criteria.

Q: Can persons with special needs apply to the Ministry for social assistance?

A:Beneficiaries are determined according to one of the following categories:

1. A husband and wife with or without children.
2. A widower with children.
3. A widow with children.
4. Divorced women with custody of children.
5. Divorced Man with custody of children.
6. The elderly.

7. Social Security beneficiaries.

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Q: What are the conditions and eligibility criteria for the financial support service?

A: Basic conditions and criteria for registering any application:

• The applicant must be a Bahraini national.
• The applicant must be a permanent resident of the Kingdom of Bahrain.
• The total monthly income should not exceed 1,000 dinars (income is the sum of the basic salary and social allowance for government sector employees, the insurance salary for private sector employees, the amount of assistance from social security, the amount of assistance from the Royal Institution
• Fishing licenses cruiser class).
• It is allowed to own one commercial registry with one branch, according to the following criteria:
• The number of workers in the commercial register should not exceed 10 workers.
• The total wages of workers in the commercial register should not exceed BD 1,000.
• To ensure the continuity of the financial support service, an income statement must be submitted from the commercial registry when opening a new commercial registry.

Q: What are the documents required to apply for the financial support service?

A:

1. Fill in the social service application form (include undertaking and declaration).
2. A copy of the valid identity card of the applicant.
3. A copy of the bank document stamped for the applicant, including the International Account Number (IBAN).
4. A copy of the monthly salary / pension statement
5. A copy of the incubation document for the divorced/divorced category.
6. Income from the commercial register (if any).

Q: What is the disability pension service and how much is the monthly allowance amount? What are the requirements and disabilities included in this allowance?

It is a monthly reward for each person with a disability. Its aim is to provide financial support for the disabled category by disbursing this reward. It is disbursed according to Resolution No. (24) of 2008, Resolution No. (12) of 2016, and Resolution No. (82) of 2017.

An amount of 100 dinars is disbursed monthly to the beneficiaries of the disability allowance, provided that:

• To be a person with a disability whose disability has been proven by the Disability Evaluation Committee.

• To be a Bahraini national who is a permanent resident of the Kingdom of Bahrain, or a child of a Bahraini woman married to a foreigner who is a permanent resident of the Kingdom. Disabilities are classified as follows:

  • autism

  • Cerebral Palsy Multiple disabilities

  • Hearing disability

  • Visual disability -

  • intellectual disability Physical disability

  • Fall under intellectual disability (severe and chronic schizophrenia, autism, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy)

Q: How can I obtain the disability pension service?

1. Fill in the social service application form (include undertaking and declaration)
2. A copy of the valid identity card of the applicant.
3. A copy of the bank document stamped for the applicant, including the International Account Number (IBAN).
4. Birth certificate for non-Bahrainis (children of Bahraini citizenship).
5. A copy of the medical report, provided that it is stamped and signed by a consultant in accredited government hospitals (Salmaniya Medical Hospital, Military Hospital, or King Hamad University Hospital) in addition to the hospital's seal.

Q: What is the service of compensation for housing fire for people with limited income and its requirements?

A:Compensation for low-income families in the event that their homes were exposed to a fire, according to Cabinet Resolution No. (1839-01) of 2005.

Q: What are the eligibility conditions for housing fire compensation service?

A:

1. The applicant must be a Bahraini citizen or the Bahraini children of a foreign mother.

2. The dwelling should not be insured.

3. The applicant's income with his wife should not exceed 1,500 dinars.

4. When the house is registered in the name of its heirs, the application is registered in the name of (the inhabitant) mentioned in the civil defense report, with the application of the above conditions.

5. Not to have passed more than 6 months from the date of the fire.

6. It is possible to apply to register a service request even after the completion of the restoration of the house, with the necessity of having pictures showing the damages, otherwise the civil defense report will be relied upon.

7. Compensation is paid for one time only to the injured person, unless any other fire accident occurs for the same address.

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   Q: What are the documents required to apply for a home fire compensation service?

8. Fill in the social service application form (include undertaking and declaration)

9. A copy of the fire report issued by the General Directorate of Civil Defense.

10. A copy of the identity cards of the applicant and those residing with him.

11. A statement of receipt or non-receipt of a retirement pension. For the applicant and his wife (if any).

12. Bring the amount of income from commercial records (if any).

13. The original bank document of the applicant, including the international account number (IBAN).

14. A copy of the electricity and water bill. 8. Pictures of the fire (if any).

Q: What is the monetary compensation service in exchange for lifting subsidies on meat and how can we benefit from it?

A: The monetary compensation for lifting subsidies on meat is disbursed in advance every 3 months according to the Ministerial Committee for Financial Affairs and Spending Control Resolution No. (1-23/2015) in coordination with the Information and E-Government Authority and the Ministry of Finance and National Economy with the aim of ensuring that subsidies are directed and restricted to citizens in accordance with approved controls, conditions and standards.

The application is made by visiting the following link https://subsidies.gov.bh/pages/meat/eservices and registering the required data to complete the registration process, or through personal attendance by visiting any of the social centers in the Kingdom, or by sending an e-mail request to the social center.

Q: What are the requirements for cash compensation service in exchange for lifting subsidies on meat?

1. The applicant must be Bahraini.
2. The applicant must be registered as a family head in the Information and e-Government Authority, as defined by the Authority.
3. To be a permanent resident of the Kingdom of Bahrain.
4. The monthly income does not affect the entitlement to support, whether from (salary / pension / number of records and real estate).

Q: Can I enter data in advance to know the amount of compensation due before registration?

A: Yes, you can access the link below (the virtual calculator) and enter the required data in order to verify the eligible individuals and the amount of compensation due.

https://subsidies.gov.bh/pages/meat/viewCalculate/virtualCalculator

Q: How to apply for the royal bounty to reduce the electricity and water bill, and who are the deserving categories of this bounty?

It is a royal bounty issued since the year 2000 AD with the aim of alleviating the burdens of the electricity and water bill on Bahraini families benefiting from the social security service in coordination with the Electricity and Water Authority. When a citizen applies for the social security service, the citizen can provide those concerned with a copy of the electricity and water bill. Upon approval of the request, the Then coordinate with the authority to provide them with the necessary data. It is issued in the invoice under the item (Royal Honor).

Q: How to apply for social services?

• Attending social service centers distributed in all governorates of the Kingdom of Bahrain - Department of Social Assistance.
• Accompanying the necessary documents and papers.
• Or send the documents via e-mail to the postal group of the Social Center - Department of Social Assistance.

• Social services registration form