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Manila Bulletin devider Philippines devider National devider DSWD prepares social welfare program implementers for full devolution of basic services starting 2022

DSWD prepares social welfare program implementers for full devolution of basic services starting 2022

Published Nov 10, 2021 06:38 pm

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) conducted a “Knowledge Fair” for the local social welfare and development officers (LSWDOs) in preparation for the devolution of DSWD programs and services starting next year.

The Department of Social Welfare and Development's Social Welfare Institutional Development Bureau conducts Knowledge Fair for the local social welfare and development officers (LSWDOs) in preparation for full devolution. (DSWD)

The DSWD’s Social Welfare Institutional Development Bureau held the fair on Oct. 26 and 27.

The fair anchored on the theme, “Preparing for Full Devolution: Inclusive and Effective Social Welfare Service Delivery through Empowered LGUs” provided a venue for sharing practices, strategies, and initiatives of various offices and social welfare and development partners.

The 2021 Knowledge Fair for LSWDOs, the DSWD, said is aimed at providing orientation on the DSWD programs and services to be devolved as well as the current agency efforts that are consistent with Executive Order (EO) No. 138, series of 2021 or the “Full Devolution of Certain Functions of the Executive Branch to Local Government Units, Creation of a Committee on Devolution, and Other Purposes.”

“I am pleased to note that this fair signifies the Department’s preparation towards the improvement of its organizational processes, technological capacity and readiness to adapt with the new normal and international standards. Indeed, we are confident that no pandemic can stop our efforts to efficiently and effectively deliver programs and services closer to our clients and beneficiaries,” DSWD Secretary Rolando Joselito Bautista said during his keynote address.

During the two-day event, the local social welfare officers were equipped with the necessary knowledge to implement the DSWD programs and services expected to be fully devolved in 2022 to 2024.

Among the programs, services, and projects expected to be devolved were the Comprehensive Project for Children and Families at-Risk on the Streets, Assistance to Persons with Disability, Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS), Supplemental Feeding Program, Programs for Older Persons, Recovery and Reintegration Program for Trafficked Persons, Sustainable Livelihood Program, and Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services.

“We hope that all lessons and experiences shared by our resource persons from these activities will help equip the LSWDOs in the planning, establishing, and implementing of the programs and services for devolution. Together, let us continue to serve and prepare ourselves for the dynamics of an ever changing environment,” Bautista said.

The DSWD said the fair was an expression of the agency’s commitment to continuously assist and empower LGUs in the implementation of social welfare programs and services.

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