Program Keluarga Harapan (PKH) adalah program pemberian bantuan sosial bersyarat kepada keluarga penerima manfaat (KPM) untuk meningkatkan kualitas sumber daya manusia baik di bidang kesehatan maupun pendidikan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui dampak PKH bagi peningkatan prestasi anak. Lokasi penelitian ditentukan secara purposive yakni Kabupaten Buleleng sebagai salah satu wilayah pelaksanaan PKH sejak tahun 2010. Penelitian menggunakan pendekatan deskriptif kualitatif. Pengumpulan data dengan wawancara dan observasi. Data yang terkumpul dianalisis secara deskriptif dengan memaknai hasil wawancara dan observasi, memverifikasi dan menyimpulkan, sehingga menggambarkan objek penelitian. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa PKH memberikan akses bagi orang miskin mendapatkan bantuan dana secara tunai dan memadai untuk membantu kebutuhan di bidang kesehatan dan pendidikan. PKH membantu anak usia sekolah menyelesaikan pendidikan hingga SMA dan memiliki prestasi di sekolah. Bagi peserta PKH yang memiliki anak usia balita, bantuan digunakan untuk menambah peningkatan gizi anak. PKH sebagai program pemerintah bertujuan untuk menurunkan kemiskinan terutama diberikan kepada keluarga miskin yang memiliki anak usia sekolah. Mereka diharapkan dapat memperoleh kesempatan melanjutkan pendidikan formal sehingga menjadi generasi yang cerdas, sehat dan berkualitas.
Kata Kunci: Dampak, Program Keluarga Harapan, Prestasi Anak.

Expected Family Program (=PKH) is a conditional social assistance program for beneficiary families (=KPM) to improve the quality of human resources both in the health and education fields. This study was aimed to determine the impact of PKH on improving children's performance or achievement. The research location was determined purposively, namely Buleleng Regency as one of the PKH implementation areas since 2010. The study used a qualitative descriptive approach. The data was collected by conducting interviews and observations. The collected data was then analyzed descriptively by interpreting the results of interviews and observations, verifying and concluding them, so as to describe the object of the research. The results of the study indicated that PKH provided access for poor people to get financial assistance in cash and it was sufficient to help in fulfilling the needs in the health and education fields. PKH helped school-age children complete their education to high school and had some achievements at school. For PKH participants who had children aged under five, the assistance was used to increase child nutrition as a government program is aimed to reduce poverty which is mainly given to poor families who have school-age children. These children are expected to be able to get the opportunity to continue further formal education so that they become a smart, healthy and quality generation.
Keywords: Impact, Expected Family Program (=Program Keluarga Harapan), Children Achievement.