The ANSS is a public institution with legal personality and financial autonomy, established under Law No. 59.23. As a State body responsible for managing, monitoring, and evaluating direct social assistance programs, it operates under the supervision of the governmental authority in charge of the Budget.

The Agency is organized around functional departments, specialized directorates, and technical divisions. Its governance is overseen by a Board of Directors chaired by the Head of Government. The Board is composed of representatives from the ministerial authorities in charge of the Interior, National Education, Health and Social Protection, Employment, Higher Education, Scientific Research and Innovation, Solidarity, Social Inclusion and Family, as well as the Budget and the High Commission for Planning (HCP), in addition to three independent directors.

• Managing social assistance programs entrusted by the State
• Monitoring beneficiaries and producing statistical data.
• Controlling and evaluating the effectiveness of the Direct Social Assistance program.
• Developing recommendations to improve the management of assistance.
• Building national and international partnerships.
  
  

Through the establishment of regional offices and the deployment of social referents, enabling close management tailored to local specificities.

It is an exceptional allowance designed to help families cover the expenses and costs of the back-to-school period. This allowance is intended for families benefiting from the direct social assistance scheme and having children enrolled in primary, lower secondary, or upper secondary education. It also applies to new families who may, in turn, become beneficiaries during September 2024, provided they meet the eligibility criteria set by law, in particular obtaining an RSU score equal to or below 9.743001 and the acceptance of their application submitted via the portal www.asd.ma

The back-to-school allowance is designed to help beneficiary families cover the expenses and costs related to the start of the school year, particularly the purchase of textbooks and school supplies. This measure contributes positively to combating school dropouts and improving enrollment indicators. It also gives families greater flexibility to purchase what their school-enrolled children need.

The amounts granted to families under the child protection component of the Direct Social Assistance scheme, for their children enrolled in public primary, lower secondary, and upper secondary schools, have been set within the limit of six (6) children as follows:

• 200 dirhams for each child enrolled in primary or lower secondary school.

• 300 dirhams for each child enrolled in upper secondary school.

The exceptional additional allowance is paid during the month of September each year.

The exceptional direct social assistance operation is carried out in two phases:

• First phase: It concerns families already receiving direct social assistance in August 2024, whose children’s school levels (primary, lower secondary, or upper secondary) have been verified based on the data available to the Ministry of National Education, Preschool, and Sports. These targeted families will receive additional direct social assistance during the first week of September 2024.

• Second phase: It applies to families newly registered in the Unified Social Registry (RSU) in August 2024, who have recently benefited from direct social assistance, as well as families with children enrolling in school for the first time who were not yet included in the Ministry of National Education, Preschool, and Sports database as of August 2024. These families will receive additional social assistance payments at the end of September 2024.

To benefit from this exceptional additional assistance, the family must already be a beneficiary of direct social assistance by following these steps:

• Register in the National Population Registry (RNP) and the Unified Social Registry (RSU) if not already registered.

Submit an application to benefit from direct social assistance through the portal www.asd.ma, provided that the household score does not exceed the eligibility threshold for direct social assistance, set at 9. 743001.Through this portal, it is possible to track the processing stages of the application.

The amount of the exceptional additional assistance is transferred by bank transfer to an account opened with one of the authorized banks or payment institutions. For this purpose, the head of household must declare the bank account identifier (RIB) of their account, consisting of 24 digits, through the portal www.asd.ma.