Effectiveness of the “Jalin Matra” Material in Poverty Management

A Case Study of Turi Village, Jetis District, Ponorogo Regency, East

Java Province, Indonesia

Dwi Poernomo

, Suparto Wijoyo

and Abd. Shomad

Postgraduate School, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia

Faculty of Law, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia

Keywords: “Jalin Matra”, Poverty, East Java, Social Assistance.

Abstract: Jalan Lain Menuju Mandiri dan Sejahtera (“JALIN MATRA”) Program is a poverty alleviation program

that has been implemented by the Government of East Java Province and contains micro data of East Java

Province obtained through census by name and address of households with the lowest welfare status. In

2016, the program was still not well implemented since there were conflicts in its legislation requiring the

currently implemented mechanism to be adjusted. It was started from providing cash assistance to

impoverished households, into providing the goods assistance by the village government. The study aimed

to assess the effectiveness of “Jalin Matra” Program as a poverty alleviation effort at East Java Province in

2016 to be used as a consideration for the program sustainability. The method used in this study is socio-

legal research in which the review of legislation as the legal basis of the “Jalin Matra” Program is further

confirmed by a field research through interviews with targeted household beneficiaries. The result is in

accordance with what the aid providers expected that is the head of household beneficiaries are satisfied

with the “Jalin Matra” Program and a positive impact on the household economy can be provided by the

program. It is concluded that “Jalin Matra” Program has been effective to alleviate poverty in East Java

Province and it can be one of the reference programs for poverty alleviation in other area, with a proper

adjustment related to the special condition and characteristic of each region

1 INTRODUCTION

One of the world development agenda for human

welfare is Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

This is the commitment that all members of United

Nations pledge to build a prosperous world. There

are 17 goals that the UN sets to achieve, and one of

them is No Poverty. It is in accordance with the

program of the East Java Government about poverty

alleviation. One of the government’s innovation to

implement the idea is through Jalin Matra program.

Jalin Matra is one of government’s programs to

empower the poor and to help them increase their

economy which is involving related stakeholder.

Began in 2014, Jalin Matra has three different

activities namely Bantuan Rumah Tangga Sangat

Miskin (BRTSM), Penanggulangan Feminisasi

Kemiskinan (PFK), and Penanggulangan Kerentanan

Kemiskinan (PK2). Other than that, Jalin Matra has

distributed financial help to families according to

what they need and their capabilities.

In 2016, there was a fundamental change towards

Jalin Matra mechanism because it contradicted the

central government’s regulation. The support that

the government gave was in the form of cash (ready

money) then it has to be changed into goods which

are provided by the local council which acts as Jalin

Matra’s secretariat. In order to know the

effectiveness of the implementation of Jalin Matra

BRTSM program, the researcher conducted a case

study in one of the villages in Ponorogo, which is

Turi village.

2 MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION

The research method used in this study is a social

legal method. Wiratraman (2016) said that social-

legal is a normative approach to law and it uses field

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approach in which law problems are explained

through field research. The researcher conducted in-

depth interview to all targeted household subjects. In

this research, the number of subjects that become

samples is 30 families which have represented data

according to PBDT 2015 and the Help Recipient

Replacement Data.

3 RESULT AND DISCUSSION

3.1 The Concept of Effectiveness

According to Effendy (Khadafi, 2017), effectiveness

is communication which its process achieve the

goals we set in accordance with the budgeted

expense, set time, and personnel which has been

determined. Campbell (Khadafi, 2017) mentioned

five prominent things that can be used to measure

this effectiveness namely program success, target

success, program satisfaction, input/output level, and

thorough target achievement.

3.2 Regional Financial Concept

In financial management, there are three main things

which are income, expenditure, and financing.

According to the Minister of Home Affairs

Regulations Number 113 Year of 2014 about

regional financial management guide, the income

source consists of regional income, regional fund,

retribution tax, regional fund allocation and financial

support. Meanwhile, the expenditure consists of

employee expenditure, goods/services expenditure,

and capital expenditure. Lastly, the financial consists

of financing receipts and financing expenses.

3.3 Jalin Matra

Jalin Matra program has several legal basis

including Government Regulation Number 6 Year

2014 about region, Government Regulation Number

43 Year 2014 hoe we implement Regulation Number

6 Year 2014 about region, Government Regulation

Number 58 Year 2005 about region financial

management, Minister of Home Affairs Regulation

Number 13 Year 2006, Number 37 Year 2007 and

Number 113 Year 2014 about region’s financial

management guidelines.

East Java Governor’s Regulation Number 13

Year 2016 about the general guidelines of Jalin

Matra program of domestic support for the poor

(RTSM) in East Java Province in 2016 mentioned

that Jalin Matra is a poverty countermeasure

program which has been performed by East Java

Province government based on the integrated data

update (PBDT, 2015) taken from poverty

countermeasure acceleration team (TNP2K) and

from loading East Java Province microdata that were

obtained by a census of name and address of

households with the lowest welfare status.

3.4 Financial Support

According to Yabbar (2015), the Government

Regulation Number 43 Year 2014 about

implementation rules and Regulation Number 5

Year 2014 Article 98 about region state that

provincial and district/regency governments can

provide financial support from their local budget to

the region needed. Financial support can be general

and special. The general financial support is given

to the region in order to assist the implementation of

local tasks. Whereas the special financial support is

established by the local government aid in order to

speed up the development of the region and for the

community empowerment.

The use of the Special Financial Assistance

(BKK) mechanism of Jalin Matra to the village

government has followed the prevailing laws and

regulations. However, in the Minister of Home

Affairs Regulation Number 113 Year 2014, Article

13 Paragraph 3 about regional financial management

guidelines, it is stated that the type of expenditure

only consists of personal expenditure,

goods/services expenditure and capital expenditure.

Because the money aid for the community is not yet

regulated by the Ministry of Home Affairs, the

financial support from the village to the community

cannot be given. In contrast, in the Minister of Home

Affairs Regulation Number 37 Year 2007 about

guidelines on village financial management stated

that village expenditure consists of direct

expenditure and indirect expenditure. Social

assistance and grants to the community are included

in indirect expenditure. Therefore, in 2016 the

assistance to the poor in the form of money aid was

changed into goods in accordance with the

applicable rules.

Thus, the use of a special financial support

mechanism of Jalin Matra to the Regional

Government has followed the rules of the applicable

legislation, but in Minister of Home Affairs

Regulation Number 113 Year 2014, Article 13

Paragraph (3) about regional financial management

guidelines, it is mandated that this type of budget is

only made up of employees budget, budget for

goods/services, and capital expenditures. Because

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for budget assistance to the community has not yet

been set up by the Minister of Home Affairs, the

financial support from the village to the community

could not be given. In contrast, in the Minister of

Home Affairs Regulation Number 37 Year 2007

about village financial management guidelines stated

that village’s budget consists of Direct Expenditures

and Indirect Expenditures. Social assistance and

grants to communities are included in the Indirect

Expenditures. Therefore, in 2016 the assistance to

the poor in the form of money aid was changed into

goods in accordance with the applicable rules.

3.5 Stages of Jalin Matra 2016

The program was started with socialization by the

provincial government, then llowed by socialization

at the level of districts and villages for "Jalin Matra"

secretariat and village staff training.

3.6 The Mechanism of Jalin Matra

The program was started with socialization by the

provincial government, then llowed by socialization

at the level of districts and villages for "Jalin Matra"

secretariat and village staff training.

Jalin Matra Scheme is in compliance with the

Campbell Theory of Effective Measurements. This

scheme has been proven to ensure the right person to

get the Government Assistance through the

involvement of Village Empowerment Staff. The

community also expressed satisfaction and wish this

scheme can be applied in the next period.

Input/output level can increase the monthly income

of about Rp 183.500,-. The holistic goal of Jalin

Matra is to ensure the right person, on the right

amount and function of Government Assistance. The

weakness of this scheme is that the household

profile changes from time to time and that there was

less involvement of private sector.

4 CONCLUSIONS

"Jalin Matra" program in 2016 was changed due to

the conflict between legislation. It was in accordance

with the principle of lex superior derogat legi

inferior i.e. higher rules override the low (the

principle of at the hierarchy) and the principle of

Lex Posterior Derogat Legi Priori i.e. the new

regulations put aside the old rules; also with the

Minister of Home Affairs Regulation Number 13

Year 2006 about Regional Financial Management

Guidelines article 47, as well as the the Minister of

Home Affair Regulation Number 113 Year 2014

about financial management.

The effectiveness of the Jalin Matra 2016

program material in East Java regarding poverty

reduction can be said to be an effective gauge

theory, it refers to the effectiveness of which has

been delivered by Campbell as explained above.

5 SUGGESTIONS

As a program that had an impact on many

communities, the synchronization between the

legislation as a legal basis for the implementation of

the "Jalin Matra" should not be contradictory to each

other. Legal principles should still be used as a

reference for the foreseeable future. Despite changes

in the program, the development of mechanisms

already exist. In addition, the associated

stakeholders should update the poverty data so that

changes to the target recipient or replacement are

more appropriate.

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