The government is expanding the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) programme to cover up to 450,000 households, alongside increases in the grants paid to beneficiaries.
Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection Dr Agnes Naa Momo Lartey said the expansion followed a nationwide reassessment of beneficiaries using data from the Ghana National Household Registry.
The exercise is intended to ensure that support reaches households that continue to meet the programme’s vulnerability criteria.
Under the revised payment structure, households with one or two members will receive GH¢392 per bi-monthly cycle where there is a vulnerable member, and GH¢380 where there is none.
Households with three to four members will receive GH¢474 or GH¢452 respectively, while households with five or more members will receive GH¢630 or GH¢594.
Dr Naa Momo Lartey said the adjustment was necessary to make LEAP more responsive to the changing economic circumstances of beneficiary households.
She has previously explained that the programme is undergoing reforms to improve targeting and ensure that assistance reaches those who need it most.
She said the first and second payment cycles for 2026 began on Monday, September 14, with the two cycles being paid together.
“The LEAP programme has secured funding,” Dr Lartey said during a monitoring exercise earlier this month, as she observed the ongoing disbursement of grants.