This study is an evaluation on how effective various Indonesian social safety net programs have been in reaching their intended target, i.e., the traditionally poor and the newly poor due to the crisis. This is done by assessing the coverage of the programs among the poor as well as how the benefits of the programs have been distributed between the poor and the non-poor. The remainder of the paper is organized as follows. Section II reviews the new social safety net programs established in response to the crisis. Section III briefly explains the method and the source ofthe data used in evaluating the implementation of the programs. Section IV dis-cusses the main findings of this study, namely the coverage of the programs and their targeting. Finally, Section V provides conclusions.