Safety net, in Gera Midir Wereda is not a mere program; it is one aspect of life. Being numberrnone food insecure woreda in North Shoa Zone and probably Amhara Region, Gera MidirrnWereda virtually lives on Safety Net Program. It has the highest number of Beneficiaries in allrnthe zone. It has also the highest graduates though not as high as expected given the number ofrnbeneficiaries. This paper aims at examining determinants of graduation in the study area,rnexploring if it is sustainable and has supportive institutional set up. Both quantitative andrnqualitative methods of research were employed. And cross sectional data was collected using arnhousehold survey questionnaires. Key informants both in the woreda and kebelles wererninterviewed. The data thus collected was presented and analyzed using descriptive statistics andrneconometrics model, in case of the quantitative data and Narrative method in case of thernqualitative data. The major findings showed that determinants for graduation from PSNP werernage of the household head, educational level of the household head, total size of cultivated land,rnamount of loan received, access to Household Asset Building Program, access to training andrntotal household size at varying degree of significance. Other variables like access to irrigation,rnsex of the household head, use of fertilizer, use of improved seed, shocks and land fragmentationrndid not show significant influence on graduation. From the qualitative data we found out thatrnlow level of expenditure on public works like irrigation, natural resource management, highrndependency and risk averse behavior prevented the safety net program from evolving tornproductive level, causing it to remain unsustainable. The institutional set up was foundrnconductive of the program implementation. To improve the program, implementers should focusrnon increased expenditure on public capital like irrigation and forests, creation of market links,rnchanging attitude by trainings as well as skill and confidence building trainings that enablernhouseholds to use more credit and more irrigation. These in turn enables them to change theirrnlife and move off the productive safety net program.