Empowerment Strategy of Persons with Disabilities in The Province of Nusa Tenggara Barat (NTB) In Order to Improve Welfare

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10.2991/assehr.k.211102.018How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Strategy; Welfare; Disabilities

Abstract

People with disabilities in Nusa Tenggara Barat (NTB) Province are not yet prosperous, as evidenced by the 26,520 people with disabilities in Nusa Tenggara Barat Province, only 12,411 with disabilities have received assistance from the Social Service. The formulation of the problem in this research is how the strategy of the Social Service in improving the welfare of disabilities in Nusa Tenggara Barat (NTB) Province. The objectives of this research are to determine the extent of the strategy of the Social Service in Nusa Tenggara Barat Province in empowering persons with disabilities and its relevance to improving welfare. This study uses a qualitative descriptive analysis method in which the researcher describes and explains the data obtained from the field findings obtained from several informants through words or sentences. Data collection used was interviews, direct observation and document review. The data validity used source triangulation technique. Data were analyzed using an interactive model. There are four aspects of the efforts to protect and empower the Social Service in improving the welfare of disabilities in Nusa Tenggara Barat (NTB) Province, namely providing accessibility, equal opportunities, rehabilitation and social assistance. The findings in the field can be concluded that the empowerment strategy carried out by the Nusa Tenggara Barat Province (NTB) Social Service in terms of providing accessibility, equal opportunity, rehabilitation and social assistance is felt to be less than optimal by persons with disabilities, this is because there are several problems faced by the Office Social of Nusa Tenggara Barat Province which is felt to be an inhibiting factor in achieving this performance. That is; (1) the availability of invalid data on Persons with Disabilities; (2) Human resources for social welfare workers are still low; (3) Provincial APBD budget support, especially in the handling of Persons with Disabilities, is still limited and (4) the synergy and synchronization of programs have not met expectations.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Siti Aesah
AU  - Nurismalatri
AU  - Andra Ade Riyanto
AU  - Krida Puji Rahayu
AU  - Rosita Khaerina
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/11/16
TI  - Empowerment Strategy of Persons with Disabilities in The Province of Nusa Tenggara Barat (NTB) In Order to Improve Welfare
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Research in Social Sciences and Humanities (ICoRSH 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 137
EP  - 144
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211102.018
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211102.018
ID  - Aesah2021
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