Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) Bursaries

The Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) is a conditional cash transfer programme that delivers cash and bursary grants to vulnerable and low-income households in Jamaica. It targets defined beneficiary categories including children (birth to completion of secondary education), elderly (60+ not receiving a pension), persons with disabilities, pregnant and lactating women, and poor adults aged 18-59. Beneficiaries are selected using a Proxy Means Test, interview, and home-visit verification and are registered to receive regular payments and targeted grants such as a post-secondary grant.

Cash transfer payments, bursary grants and access to a post-secondary grant for eligible beneficiaries.

Applicants must be members of low-income or poor families residing in Jamaica and satisfy the PATH poverty criteria determined through a Proxy Means Test, interview and home-visit verification. Beneficiary categories include children (birth to completion of secondary education), elderly (60+ and not receiving a pension), persons with disabilities, pregnant and lactating women, and poor adults 18-59.

Applicants are interviewed by Ministry personnel, assessed with a Proxy Means Test and verified via a home visit; qualified families are registered to begin receiving payments.