Minister of the People, Social Development and Family Services Vandana Mohit says she intends to roll out plans and initiatives to clear the backlog of social service grants and ensure they reach people in need quickly but faced a major hurdle of staffing some of the departments.

At the prize distribution ceremony of the ministry’s Spoken Word Competition at the ministry’s headquarters on St Vincent Street, Port of Spain on May 24, she said, “In the coming weeks, it is our intention to revamp the delivery of social services to the poor and vulnerable in a speedier fashion.”

Speaking to Newsday after the ceremony she expanded on her statement saying although many services were available there were challenges when it came to the resources trickling down to those in need.