Implementation of the Hope Family Program (PKH) on Poverty Alleviation: An Islamic Perspective

Abstract

The PKH program is a social protection and assistance program that belongs to cluster 1, based on poverty alleviation in Indonesia, which is conditional cash assistance related to health and education. Low-income families also feel the Family Hope Program implemented by the government in Kandangsapi village. However, the phenomenon that occurred after the program was running was that the people who received PKH assistance needed to be more responsible about using the funds provided by the government. This study aimed to determine the implementation of the Family Hope Program in Kandangsapi Village to improve the welfare of low-income people. This type of research is field research with qualitative methods. The techniques used in this study were interviews and documentation. Based on the research, it was found that the implementation of PKH in Kandangsapi Village was considered quite successful in improving the welfare of people with low incomes through various stages. While the implementation of the Family Hope Program (PKH) in Kandangsapi Village uses an approach to Islamic economic principles, it is said that the implementation of PKH in Kandangsapi Village to improve the welfare of people with low incomes is has not been achieved in terms of justice and accountability, but from the application of the takaful principle it is considered to have been achieved