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Sisitemi maama fakatokanga

Ko e taimi ko ia ʻokú ke maʻu ai ha‘o vahe mei he pule‘angá ,ʻoku´ ʻi ai e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku fiemaʻu ke ke fakahoko pē ko e fakahoko ‘e ho hoa´ (ko homo ngafa fatongia). ʻOku ʻi ai e sisitemi maama fakatokanga ke tokoni ko e fakamanatu atu ho ngaahi ngafa fatongia  ko ‘ení.

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Ko e tokolahi taha ia ʻo e kakai ʻoku nau maʻu ʻa e vahe pule‘anga ‘oku ‘iloa ko e Supported Living Payment (Pa‘anga Tokoni ki he nofo´), ‘oku ‘ikai ke nau kau ‘i he sisitemi maama fakatokanga´.  Vakai ki he ngaahi fakaikiiki´ ʻi lalo.

ʻOku lava he sisitemi maama fakatokanga´ ‘o tala e tūkunga ʻoku´ ke  ‘i ai´ mo e me‘a ‘oku totonu ke ke fakahoko´.

  • Lanu-mata: Kapau ʻoku´ ke ‘i he lanu-mata´, ʻoku tonu ho ngāué pea mo e fakakakato ho fatongia´.
  • Lanu-moli: Te ke hiki ‘o lanu moli kapau ʻe ikai ke ke fakakakato ho ngaahi fatongia´pea ʻikai ke ‘i ai ha ʻuhinga lelei. ʻOku ʻuhinga ʻeni ʻe fiemaʻu ke ke fetuʻutaki mai kia mautolu he vave taha´.  Kapau ‘e ʻikai te ke fetuʻutaki mai pea mo foki ki he tu‘unga totonu na‘a´ ke ‘i ai´ ʻi loto he ʻaho ngāue ʻe 5, te ke hiki leva ki he lanu kulokula´.
  • Lanu-kulokula: Ko hoʻo ‘i he lanu kulokula pee´, ʻe holoki pe taʻofi hoʻo vahe pule‘angá.  ʻOku ʻuhinga ʻeni ʻoku fiemaʻu ke ke fetuʻutaki mai he taimi pe ko iá ke mau tokoni atu.

Kapau ʻoku ʻi ai ha ʻuhinga ‘oku ʻikai ke ke lava ai ‘o fakakakato ho fatongiá, fetu‘utaki mai he taimi pē ko ia´.  Kapau ‘e ‘ikai ke ke fetu‘utaki mai, te mau feinga ke fetuʻutaki atu kiate koe ke ʻilo e ʻuhinga ne ‘ikai ke ke fakakakato ai ho fatongiá kimuʻa pea ke ‘unu ki he lanu moli´.

Te mau ʻoatu ha tohi ke ke ʻiloʻi pe ʻokú ke ʻi he lanu-molí pe kulokulá.  ‘E kamata mei he konga kimuʻa ʻo ʻOkatopa´ ‘a ho‘o  lava ke ke vakai‘i e tūkunga ‘okú ke ‘i ai ‘i he (MyMSD) pe ʻokú ke ʻi he lanu-molí pe lanu-kulokula´.

Fetuʻutaki mai

Ko hai ‘oku fakataumu‘a ki ai e sisitemi maama fakatokanga´

Te ke kau ki he sisitemi maama fakatokangá kapau ʻoku ʻi ai ha‘o makatu‘unga fakangāue´ pea mo ha/pē ngaahi fiema‘u fakasōsiale.  Kau ki ai:

  • kumi ngāue pe teuteu ke hū ‘o ngāue
  • Kau atu ʻi he Work Ability Assessments (Sivi Tokateu ke Ma‘u ngāue), ke mau ‘ilo‘i ‘a e fa‘ahinga taukei ‘oku ke ma‘ú mo e faʻahinga ngāue te ke lava ʻo fai´.
  • Kau atu ʻi he ngaahi polokalama ako ngāue mo e ngaahi kupu fekau‘akí ke kumi ha‘o ngāue pe teuteu‘i koe ke ke hū ‘o ngāue
  • Ngaahi fatongia fakasōsialé (taimi ʻoku´ke tokangaʻi ai hā fanau´).

Ngaahi faingamālie Vahe Pule‘anga kiate kinautolu ‘oku kumi ngāue pea/pē ‘oku ‘i ai honau fatongia fakasōsiale ‘o kau ai ha tauhi ha fānau

Kapau ‘okú ke (pē ko ho hoa) kumi ngāue pea/pē ‘oku ‘i ai hamo fatongia fakasōsiale ‘o kau ai ha tauhi ha fānau, ‘e lava kemo ma‘u ha taha ‘o e ngaahi vahe pule‘anga ko ‘ení:

  • Vahe pule‘anga pe ‘oku ‘iloa ko e Jobseeker Support ki he kau kumi ngāué, pē
  • Vahe pule‘anga pe ‘oku ‘iloa ko e Sole Parent Support ki ha tokotaha ‘okú ne tauhi tokotaha ha fānau

Kapau ‘okú ke (pē ko ho hoa) kumi ngāue pea/pē ‘oku ‘i ai hamo fatongia fakasōsiale ‘o kau ai ha tauhi ha fānau, ‘e lava kemo ma‘u ha taha ‘o e ngaahi vahe pule‘anga ko ‘ení:

  • Vahe pule‘anga koe‘uhi ko ha ngaahi fakatamaki fakatu‘upakee´,pē
  • Vahe pule‘anga ke tokoni koe‘uhi ko ha ngaahi fakatamaki fakatu‘upakee´ 

‘E to e ‘i ai foki mo ho ngaahi fatongia kehe.  Ke ‘ilo‘i ‘a e me‘a ‘e hoko kiate koe mo ho hoa´ kapau ‘e ‘ikai ke mo fakakakato ho mo ngaahi fatongia kotoa, vakai ki he “Ko e hā e me‘a ‘e hoko kapau he ‘ikai ke ke fakakakato ho ngaahi fatongiá”.

Vahe Pule‘anga ke tokoni ki he Nofó

Ko e tokolahi e kakai ʻoku nau maʻu Vahe Pule‘anga ke Tokoni ki he nofo´ ‘oku ‘ikai ke nau kau he sisitemi maama fakatokangá.  Ko hono ‘uhinga´pē he ‘oku ‘ikai fiema‘u ia ke ke kumi ha‘o ngāue.

Te ke toki kau pē ‘i he sisitemi maama fakatokangá kapau:

  • ʻOkú ke nofo mo ke tokangaʻi ha fānau, he ʻoku ʻuhinga ʻeni ʻoku ‘i ai ho ngaahi fatongia fakasōsiale (ke fakapapauʻi ʻoku ‘oku vakai‘i e tūkunga mo‘ui lelei ‘o e fānau´ mo ‘enau ako´)
  • kuo ‘osi vakai‘i ‘okú ke mateuteu ke ke ngāue pea kuo mau ‘osi talanoa‘i eni mo koe (ʻoku tokosiʻi ʻaupito e kakai ʻoku nau maʻu ʻeni), pē
  • Kuo mau ‘osi kole atu ke ke kau ʻi he Sivi Tokateu ke Ma‘u ngāue´(Work Ability Assessment) pē ngāue mo e ngaahi kupu fekau‘aki ‘oku nau fai e tokoni´(ʻoku tokosiʻi ʻaupito hā kakai ʻoku kole atu ke nau fai ʻeni)

Kapau ‘oku ‘i ai hao hoa, ko honau fatongia ‘e ngalingali ke kehe pe ia.  ‘Oku ‘uhinga eni ‘e lava pē ke nau kau ki he sisitemi maama fakatokangá, kapau ‘oku ‘ikai ke ke kau koe.

Ngaahi fatongia ki he Vahe Pule‘anga ke tokoni ki he Nofó
Ngaahi fatongia ki he Vahe Pule‘anga ke tokoni ki he Nofó ma‘ae ngaahi hoa´

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