RESEARCH from the previous budget.31 In addition, to increase the budget, the variety of social protection programs is also improving (Table 3). Table 3. Types of Social Protection Programs in Indonesia in 2020 (See Gentilini, Almenfi, and Dale, 2020) Types of Social Protections Social Assistance/ Social Aid Forms Remarks Conditional Cash Transfer – (Transfer Tunai) Indonesia’s flagship conditional cash transfer program, the Family of Hope Program (Program Keluarga Harapan/ PKH), expanded its coverage from 9.2 million to 10 million beneficiary families (15 percent of the population) and double the value of benefits over three months (April, May, and June). The budget allocation for the PKH Program has been increased by 29% to IDR37.4 trillion or the equivalent of USD2.5 billion. Payment of the benefit is also made every month, instead of every three months. Goods The staple food assistance program (previously known as Non-Cash Food Assistance) has expanded its coverage from 15.2 million households to 20 million low-income households. The benefit value increased 33% for the nine months period. The total allocated budget increased by 33% to IDR43.6 trillion (USD2.93 billion). A new type of food aid was introduced to Jabodetabek residents by the Central Government. Starting in April, it reached approximately 1.8 million households with a value of IDR600,000 for three months. In addition to that, several regional governments also provided food and/or cash assistance targeted to residents who were not selected to receive assistance from the Central Government. For example, the DKI Jakarta Government provided food assistance to 1.1 million households, and the West Java Provincial Government provided food assistance worth IDR350,000 and IDR 150,000 in cash for 12,000 households. Additional benefits for the PKH program in the form of rice are provided from July to December. 31 “Anggaran Perlindungan Sosial dalam APBN 2021 sebesar Rp408,8 triliyun”, Direktorat Jenderal Perbendaharaan Kementerian Keuangan Republik Indonesia, published on 6 January 2021, https://djpb.kemenkeu.go.id/portal/id/berita/berita/berita-nasional/3553-perlindungan-sosial. html#:~:text=Anggaran%20Perlindungan%20Sosial%20dalam%20APBN%202021%20sebesar%20 Rp408%2C8%20triliyun,-Jakarta%2C%20djpb.kemenkeu&text=Anggaran%20perlindungan%20 sosial%20dalam%20APBN%202021%20telah%20ditetapkan%20sebesar%20Rp,ke%20Daerah%20 dan%20Dana%20Desa. 15