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DSWD: Low-income households to get social amelioration, on top of 4P's aid
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DSWD: Low-income households to get social amelioration, on top of 4P's aid
DSWD: Low-income households to get social amelioration, on top of 4P's aid
Published Apr 5, 2020 12:00 am
By Charissa Luci-Atienza
Aside from the 3.7 million beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), more than 260,000 low-income households in the National Capital Region (NCR) have benefitted from the government’s Social Amelioration Program (SAP).
Department of Social Welfare and Development (MANILA BULLETIN)
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said P8,000 cash assistance have been distributed to some 161 members of Pasay City’s Tricycle Operators and Drivers Association (TODA) Federation.
“They are the first batch to receive the aid, out of 3,981 TODA members in the city, who are included in the list of beneficiaries of the SAP,” the DSWD said in a statement on Sunday, April 5.
The Department disclosed that emergency subsidies were extended to low-income families in cities of Manila and Parañaque. In Manila, a total of 185,680 beneficiaries got their P8,000 subsidy allocation, while 77,674 low-income households in Parañaque City also got their emergency subsidies.
DSWD Spokesperson Irene Dumlao earlier said the Department started releasing emergency subsidy to low-income families in Parañaque City on April 3, the same day the 4Ps beneficiaries with cash cards from seven regions received their cash aid.
The low-income households in NCR are expected to receive P8,000 emergency subsidy, while at least seven regions will receive the minimum subsidy of P5,000.
Republic Act No. 11469 or the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act mandates that each low-income household shall receive an emergency subsidy ranging from P5,000 to P8,000 per month for two months.
The DSWD said the emergency subsidy will be distributed in outright cash over a period of two months.
“The assistance will be distributed this April and in May. DSWD will employ different modes of payment applicable to the situation that will ensure expeditious benefit distribution,” it said.
The DSWD said it has “full control and supervision” of the emergency subsidy distribution based on President Duterte’s directive. The Department may seek the assistance of LGUs in the distribution of the subsidies together with the Philippine National Police (PNP) and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), it said.
The DSWD assured the public that it will “conduct thorough monitoring based on existing strategies to ensure that the assistance will go to the rightful beneficiaries.”
Some LGUs earlier criticized the DSWD’s purported “quota system” in the implementation of the government’s SAP.
“The Department emphasized that the government wants to help all families affected by the crisis to receive the social amelioration programs but priority will be given to the poor and those at risk of not earning income during this quarantine period,” the DSWD said.
“The Department urges families to stay at home as help is already on the way to ensure that they can meet their daily food needs during this time of public health emergency,” it added.
During the “Laging Handa” briefing aired on state-run PTV4 on April 2, DSWD Secretary Rolando Bautista said the P5,000 to P8,000 emergency subsidy can be given immediately depending on the LGUs’ submission of their master list of beneficiaries.
The LGUs are tasked to prepare and endorse the list of the target beneficiaries with the complete documentary requirements to the concerned field office for verification.
Bautista announced that out of the P200 billion allocated for the implementation of the government’s Emergency Subsidy Program, the DSWD received P100 billion from the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) for distribution to 18 million low-income households “in the next three days.”
He said aside from 4Ps beneficiaries, those who will benefit from the government’s social amelioration package are informal economy workers (directly-hired or occassional workers), subcontracted workers, home workers, house helpers, as well as drivers of pedicab, PUVs, and tricycles.
Also standing to benefit from the program are transportation network vehicle service (TNVS) drivers, micro enterpreneurs and producers, family enterprise owners, and sub-miminum wage earners such as farners, employees affected by a “No Work, No Pay” policy, and stranded workers.
Also included in the list of beneficiaries are other households with members belonging to the vulnerable sectors—seniors, persons with disabilities, pregnant and lactating women, OFWs in distress, indigent, indigenous peoples, underprivileged individuals, and other members of vulnerable sectors, Bautista added.
Department of Social Welfare and Development (MANILA BULLETIN)
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said P8,000 cash assistance have been distributed to some 161 members of Pasay City’s Tricycle Operators and Drivers Association (TODA) Federation.
“They are the first batch to receive the aid, out of 3,981 TODA members in the city, who are included in the list of beneficiaries of the SAP,” the DSWD said in a statement on Sunday, April 5.
The Department disclosed that emergency subsidies were extended to low-income families in cities of Manila and Parañaque. In Manila, a total of 185,680 beneficiaries got their P8,000 subsidy allocation, while 77,674 low-income households in Parañaque City also got their emergency subsidies.
DSWD Spokesperson Irene Dumlao earlier said the Department started releasing emergency subsidy to low-income families in Parañaque City on April 3, the same day the 4Ps beneficiaries with cash cards from seven regions received their cash aid.
The low-income households in NCR are expected to receive P8,000 emergency subsidy, while at least seven regions will receive the minimum subsidy of P5,000.
Republic Act No. 11469 or the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act mandates that each low-income household shall receive an emergency subsidy ranging from P5,000 to P8,000 per month for two months.
The DSWD said the emergency subsidy will be distributed in outright cash over a period of two months.
“The assistance will be distributed this April and in May. DSWD will employ different modes of payment applicable to the situation that will ensure expeditious benefit distribution,” it said.
The DSWD said it has “full control and supervision” of the emergency subsidy distribution based on President Duterte’s directive. The Department may seek the assistance of LGUs in the distribution of the subsidies together with the Philippine National Police (PNP) and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), it said.
The DSWD assured the public that it will “conduct thorough monitoring based on existing strategies to ensure that the assistance will go to the rightful beneficiaries.”
Some LGUs earlier criticized the DSWD’s purported “quota system” in the implementation of the government’s SAP.
“The Department emphasized that the government wants to help all families affected by the crisis to receive the social amelioration programs but priority will be given to the poor and those at risk of not earning income during this quarantine period,” the DSWD said.
“The Department urges families to stay at home as help is already on the way to ensure that they can meet their daily food needs during this time of public health emergency,” it added.
During the “Laging Handa” briefing aired on state-run PTV4 on April 2, DSWD Secretary Rolando Bautista said the P5,000 to P8,000 emergency subsidy can be given immediately depending on the LGUs’ submission of their master list of beneficiaries.
The LGUs are tasked to prepare and endorse the list of the target beneficiaries with the complete documentary requirements to the concerned field office for verification.
Bautista announced that out of the P200 billion allocated for the implementation of the government’s Emergency Subsidy Program, the DSWD received P100 billion from the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) for distribution to 18 million low-income households “in the next three days.”
He said aside from 4Ps beneficiaries, those who will benefit from the government’s social amelioration package are informal economy workers (directly-hired or occassional workers), subcontracted workers, home workers, house helpers, as well as drivers of pedicab, PUVs, and tricycles.
Also standing to benefit from the program are transportation network vehicle service (TNVS) drivers, micro enterpreneurs and producers, family enterprise owners, and sub-miminum wage earners such as farners, employees affected by a “No Work, No Pay” policy, and stranded workers.
Also included in the list of beneficiaries are other households with members belonging to the vulnerable sectors—seniors, persons with disabilities, pregnant and lactating women, OFWs in distress, indigent, indigenous peoples, underprivileged individuals, and other members of vulnerable sectors, Bautista added.