By Minerva Newman CEBU CITY— The Department of Social Welfare and Development-(DSWD-7) Regional Field Office VII has conducted the house-to-house assessment of some 270,912 Pantawid Pamilya partner beneficiaries in Central Visayas to manage the next 4Ps generation programs. DSWD-7 regional information officer Leah Quintana told the Manila Bulletin that the agency is using the social welfare and development indicators (SWDI) to determine and monitor the progress of the Pantawid Pamilya families’ well-being to facilitate the case management in promoting their sustainable transition out of poverty. Quintana said beneficiaries were evaluated based on the employable skills of members, employment and salary, source of income, membership to social security, and access to financial institutions. On social adequacy, families were rated based on the members’ health condition, nutrition, and education; access to safe drinking water and sanitary toilet facility; house construction and ownership; and awareness of social issues, Quintana added. “The results of the assessment serve as reference for the planning and expansion of various government interventions and programs towards the improvement of the lives of poor families across the nation,” she said. The assessment also serves as the barometer for the expansion of the 4Ps. Quintana explained that interventions may include employment facilitation, skills training, provision of livelihood opportunities, and referral to other programs and services of the DSWD, other national government agencies, local government units, and private organizations. The house-to-house assessment was conducted by the various 4Ps field staff thar include the City and Municipal Links (C/MLs) using the SWDI General Intake Sheet (GIS) and the SWDI Score Sheet, Quintana went on. “The SWDI GIS is a one-page profile of the household that compiles the family’s demographics and socio-economic characteristics while the SWDI score sheet is a four-page form that gathers information on the score of the family for each indicator corresponding to economic sufficiency and social adequacy,” she said. The 4Ps is the government’s investment in human capital that seeks to break the intergenerational cycle of poverty by focusing on education and health of the beneficiaries for almost 12 years now.