EFFECTIVENESS OF DIRECT CASH ASSISTANCE VILLAGE FUNDS FOR COMMUNITIES AFFECTED BY COVID-19 IN PULOREJO VILLAGE, DAWARBLANDONG DISTRICT, MOJOKERTO REGENCY

DiA: Jurnal Administrasi Publik, 2021 December Vol. 19 No. 2, e-ISSN: 2615-7268 EFFECTIVENESS OF DIRECT CASH ASSISTANCE VILLAGE FUNDS FOR COMMUNITIES AFFECTED BY COVID-19 IN PULOREJO VILLAGE, DAWARBLANDONG DISTRICT, MOJOKERTO REGENCY David Yoel Geovano Faculty of Social and Political Sciences University of UPN “Veteran” Jawa Timur, Surabaya Tukiman Faculty of Social and Political Sciences University of UPN “Veteran” Jawa Timur, Surabaya ABSTRACT At the beginning of 2020, an outbreak of the Covid-19 disease emerged from China and spread rapidly throughout the world. The world government continues to strive to overcome the spread of the Covid-19 virus and also its impact, one of the impacts of Covid-19 is on the economic sector. In Indonesia, the community's economy has declined, causing the poverty rate to increase during the pandemic. One of the efforts of the Indonesian government is to make changes to the budget. One of the changes made is the village fund. Village funds initially used for village development and development were transferred as a direct cash assistance budget for village funds. the implementation of the program in terms of its effectiveness still invites many questions. Therefore, this study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of the village fund cash transfer program. The type of research used is qualitative research with data collection techniques of observation, interviews, and documentation. The focus of this research is the effectiveness of the Village Fund Direct Cash Assistance (BLT) program in Pulorejo Village, Dawarblandong District, Mojokerto Regency. Sources of data used are primary data and secondary data. This research was conducted in Pulorejo Village, Dawarblandong District, Mojokerto Regency. The research findings show that the effectiveness of the village fund cash transfer program, especially for the poor and communities affected by Covid-19, has slightly helped their economy, people expect programs like this to continue as long as the pandemic is not over. Keywords: Effectiveness, Direct Village Fund Cash Assistance, poverty, Covid19 pandemic, Pulorejo Village A. INTRODUCTION At the beginning of 2020 the world was excited by the emergence of a world health problem. The World Health Organization stated that there was a cluster of pneumonia with unclear etiology in the city of Wuhan, China. Until finally the WHO declared Covid-19 a Public Health Emergency of International 110 DiA: Jurnal Administrasi Publik, 2021 December Vol. 19 No. 2, e-ISSN: 2615-7268 Concern (PHEIC) or a Public Health Emergency of World Concern (KKMMD) as Coronavirus Disease (Covid-19). Launching on kompas.com mass media that Covid-19 itself entered Indonesia in mid-March 2020 with a total of 2 cases, WHO finally declared Coronavirus as a Pandemic. The pandemic has had a huge impact on the world, including Indonesia, many sectors have been affected by the pandemic. The pandemic that occurred not only had an impact on health, but also many sectors affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, including social and economic. In the health sector, the number of deaths continues to increase from before the pandemic. (Ilpaj & Nurwati, 2020) said that the number of deaths that are increasing day by day due to the corona virus does not only cause symptoms and physical illness, but also has a major impact on the welfare of the Indonesian people, which includes mental health. In addition to this impact, the existence of this pandemic also has an impact on the social life of the community, as stated by (Syahputra dkk, 2020) that some small things that have changed from the social lifestyle of our society, for example, appear when talking in the home or office environment, people are reluctant to shake hands . The economic sector is also one of the sectors that are seriously affected. As a result of this pandemic, the community's economy experienced a serious decline, this was caused by several factors that resulted in an economic decline, including layoffs and a decrease in employment. If this is not taken seriously, there will be economic instability in the long term, the gap between income groups will widen, and there will be poverty between generations. The changes that occurred due to the Covid-19 pandemic made the Indonesian economy even more chaotic, this also had an impact on the lives of Indonesian people, declining incomes, loss of livelihood sources in various sectors made people more difficult in their economy. This makes it even more difficult for small communities to manage their economy during the Covid-19 pandemic. This phenomenon then increases the number of poor people in Indonesia. Supriatna (1997: 90) in (kadji, 2004) states that poverty is a completely limited situation that occurs not at the will of the person concerned. A population is said to be poor if it is characterized by low levels of education, work productivity, income, health and nutrition and welfare of life, which indicates a circle of powerlessness. Based on data from the Central Statistics Agency for East Java, in March 2011-March 2020 the percentage level of poverty in East Java decreased from year to year, except in September 2013, March 2015, and March 2020. In September 2013 it increased by 0 .18%, in March 2015 there was an increase of 0.06% and the highest increase occurred in March 2020, which was 0.89% due to the Covid-19 pandemic. One of the affected districts in East Java is Mojokerto Regency. Mojokerto Regency itself experienced an increase in the number of poverty rates in 2020 or during the Covid-19 pandemic, Based on the East Java Central Statistics Agency in 2016 - 2020 the poverty rate decreased in 2016 - 2019, and increased again in 2020 which in This year there was a Covid-19 pandemic. In 2017 it decreased by 111 DiA: Jurnal Administrasi Publik, 2021 December Vol. 19 No. 2, e-ISSN: 2615-7268 0.42%, in 2018 it decreased again by 0.08%, while in 2019 it decreased again by 0.33%, but in 2020 it experienced a fairly large increase with a value of 0.82 %. The Central Government in dealing with economic matters caused by this pandemic provides some social assistance, In the journal (Winarta dkk, 2020) explains Social Assistance According to the Ministry of Social Affairs (2011:15), social assistance is temporary assistance provided to the poor, with the aim of so that they can improve their lives naturally. In this case, one of the aids that will be reviewed by the author is the Village Fund Direct Cash Assistance (BLT Dana Desa). Direct Village Fund Cash Assistance is social assistance sourced from village funds. In the journal (Nadira dkk, 2019) explained that in accordance with the Peraturan Pemerintah Nomor 8 Tahun 2016 concerning the second amendment to the Peraturan Pemerintah Nomor 60 Tahun 2014 concerning Village Funds sourced from the APBN that Village Funds are funds sourced from the State Revenue and Expenditure Budget which are intended for village which is (...truncated)