This study aims to find out how the socio-economic life of beggars in Banda Aceh and the government's efforts to overcome the problem of beggars in Banda Aceh. This is a descriptive study with a qualitative approach with a sample of 35 beggars. This study used interview in the form of questionnaire surveys and observations field as well as some data from related agencies. The results of the tabulation are illustrated to understand the data obtained from the respondents and the percentage of data analysis. The results showed that the cause of these people became beggars due to several factors that occurred in their lives. The Government has made various efforts to tackle beggars through the Social Service of Banda Aceh in collaboration with the community to eradicate beggars. Efforts that have been made by the Government of Banda Aceh for the prevention of beggars are preventive efforts, coercive efforts, rehabilitation efforts, and social reintegration efforts to prevent the appearance of more beggars. Besides, the efforts to prevent the spread of the effect of begging in the community, the government appeals to the community not to give money and goods to beggars, but they should give them to the social institutions in accordance with the legislation set by the Government of Banda Aceh.

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The general objective of Program Keluarga Harapan (PKH) is a program that can increase accessibility to education, health, and social welfare services in supporting the achievement of the quality of life of poor families so that they become more feasible. The PKH is a poverty alleviation program and a social protection system for the poor that aims to support the achievement of development goals, with the support of beneficiaries which has become the goal of the PKH participants. The implementation of the PKH in Aceh Besar Regency is a condition that shows the activities of implementing cash assistance for the poor. So that, what determined beforehand was achieved. PKH is also expected to reduce the burden of spending on poor families in the short term and can also break the poverty chain in the long term in an area. The method used in this study is a qualitative descriptive method. Based on the results, in general, the implementation of the PKH has been going very well. It can be seen from the condition of the recipients of PKH assistance, they used it to help with the social conditions and education of children, help with health and nutrition costs for pregnant women, postpartum mothers, and children under 6 years old from poor households, and make PKH participants aware of the importance of these services.