sp:Benefit Schedule

https://publicschema.org/sp/BenefitSchedule

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A program-level definition of a benefit stream that specifies the modality, amount, frequency, and time period over which benefits are provided. A program may have one or more benefit schedules (e.g., a monthly cash transfer and an annual school supplies kit).

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Properties

Property Type Definition
Program uri
A link to the program under which this enrollment, entitlement, eligibility decision, or benefit schedule exists.
Benefit modality string (sp/benefit-modality)
The form of benefit the entitlement specifies (cash, voucher, in-kind, service, fee waiver).
Benefit description string A free-text description of the specific benefit.
Amount decimal
The monetary or quantitative value of the item being delivered, owed, or redeemed, expressed as a decimal number in the associated currency.
Currency string (currency) The ISO 4217 currency code for a monetary value.
Delivery frequency string (sp/benefit-frequency) How often the entitlement is delivered (monthly, quarterly, annual, one-time).
Frequency rule string
An iCalendar recurrence rule (RFC 5545 RRULE) specifying a custom schedule. Used when the frequency property is set to 'custom'.
Start date date The date on which this became effective.
End date date
The last day on which this is effective. A period includes both its start date and its end date, so a period that applies only on 30 June 2026 has start date 2026-06-30 and end date 2026-06-30.

Evidence

Present in 4 of 6 mapped delivery systems.

openIMIS has BenefitPlan, OpenSPP has entitlement managers, DCI has BenefitType. The separation between program-level benefit design and per-instance entitlement is present in most systems, though often as configuration rather than a first-class entity.

Referenced by this concept

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