Improving the Mechanism for Providing Social Support to the Population in the Republic of Kazakhstan

Purpose of the research is to improve the methodology and mechanism for the formation of compensation policy in the field of social support for the population. Methodology: theoretical sources of socio-economic policy, methods of generalization and systematization, own methodological approaches. Originality/value of the study – a method for calculating the compensation payment of targeted social support for the population and a mechanism for its implementation to improve the effectiveness of social support, taking into account the following changes: the economic potential of the region, taking into account its competitive advantage in goods or services, and the socio-economic state of the household, are proposed. This approach contributes to the fair use of budgetary funds and a differentiated approach to the implementation of targeted social support, taking into account the needs of the family. Findings. Results of the study: a methodology for determining the amount of compensation payments and a mechanism for its implementation based on the creation of an integrated information system using digital family cards (DFC) are proposed. The proposed methodology will take into account the following changes: energy prices, the dollar exchange rate against the tenge, as well as socio-economic and territorial/regional features in the payment of social assistance and social security (social payments), taking into account the needs of each family in these additional payments and the risk of the household. The degree of need for each family in additional payments and household risks should be established for each needy family individually by social workers together with akimats. The paper shows the application of the proposed approach on the example of the Aktobe region.