Abstract

This study aims to determine the evaluation of the Direct Cash Assistance policy during the pandemic in improving government policies and to find out that the provision of Direct Cash Assistance has been carried out effectively. This research was conducted at the Lubuklinggau City Social Service to evaluate the Direct Cash Assistance policy, which is related to people's welfare and poverty. The results of this study show that structural poverty in Lubuklinggau City occurs due to a large number of road infrastructures in damaged condition. From the results of the analysis of data and facts, the results of the research have led us to the conclusion that the implementation of poverty alleviation in the Direct Cash Assistance Program during the pandemic in Lubuklinggau City, seen from the perspective of beneficiaries, is known that the beneficiaries met the criteria for beneficiaries.