DSWD to begin validation of target beneficiaries for emergency subsidy
Published Mar 30, 2020 12:00 am
By Charissa Luci-AtienzaÂ
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will start validating this week the list of target beneficiaries for the government's P5,000 to P8,000 Emergency Subsidy Program.
Department of Social Welfare and Development
(MANILA BULLETIN) DSWD spokesperson Irene Dumlao assured the public that the agency is exhausting all means to ensure that P5,000 to P8,000 emergency subsidy will be immediately given to 18 million poor or low-income households affected by the enhanced community quarantine. "The profiling of the 18 million target beneficiaries will be made this week. The validation of the LGUs' list of beneficiaries will also start," she told the Manila Bulletin in a Viber message on Sunday night. "April and May ang coverage ng social protection programs (April and May will be the coverage of the social protection programs) so once LGUs submit the list, we proceed," Dumlao said. Republic Act No. 11469, 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, "in cash or in kind" from various national government agencies. The Emergency Subsidy Program includes the DSWD's provision of food and non-food items (FNFI) and financial assistance through the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) as well as those provided by other agencies, provided that the benefits received by each household does not exceed the prescribed threshold per region," the DSWD said in a statement issued on Sunday, March 29. The amount to be received by the vulnerable sectors during this time of COVID-19 pandemic is based on the maximum subsidy per region determined from the region's minimum wage levels. The DSWD maintained that it is the LGUs' responsibility to prepare and endorse the list of the target beneficiaries with the complete documentary requirements to the concerned DSWD Field Office for verification. "A Social Amelioration Card (SAC) that captures the family profile will be distributed to the LGUs to enable the beneficiaries to access the assistance. It will also serve as a monitoring tool to avoid duplication of delivery of services," it said. The DSWD said the existing list of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) and the Unconditional Cash Transfer (UCT) Program will be used to validate the list submitted by the LGUs. It reassured the beneficiaries of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) that they will also be supported with a top-up on their grants and rice subsidy to reach the maximum benefit per region. "4Ps beneficiaries are most vulnerable to economic, social, and physical shocks such as this health crisis, thus, the need to augment their existing grants to help them with their daily needs," it said. As of January 31, 2020, there are more than 4.2 million "active" 4Ps beneficiaries. The DSWD said it will also provide Livelihood Assistance Grants (LAG) to a beneficiary-family of its Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP), provided that at least one family member works in the informal sector and is displaced following the government's imposition of the community quarantine. "The family must be in the master list endorsed by the LGU to the DSWD Field Office (FO) and must still undergo assessment by a DSWD staff," it said. "The LAG will be given after the quarantine period has been lifted to help the families start anew," it added. The social amelioration measures are contained in the Joint Memorandum Circular forged by the DSWD, Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Department of Agriculture (DA), Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), Department of Finance (DOF), and the Department of Budget and Management (DBM). Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles announced on Friday that the Inter-Agency Task Force has approved the social amelioration package benefiting 18 million low-income households. "The social amelioration measures will help mitigate the socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 health crisis and the enhanced community quarantine to the target beneficiaries, particularly the senior citizens, persons with disability, pregnant and lactating mothers, solo parents, overseas Filipinos in distress, indigent Indigenous Peoples, homeless citizens, and the informal economy workers," the DSWD said.
Department of Social Welfare and Development(MANILA BULLETIN) DSWD spokesperson Irene Dumlao assured the public that the agency is exhausting all means to ensure that P5,000 to P8,000 emergency subsidy will be immediately given to 18 million poor or low-income households affected by the enhanced community quarantine. "The profiling of the 18 million target beneficiaries will be made this week. The validation of the LGUs' list of beneficiaries will also start," she told the Manila Bulletin in a Viber message on Sunday night. "April and May ang coverage ng social protection programs (April and May will be the coverage of the social protection programs) so once LGUs submit the list, we proceed," Dumlao said. Republic Act No. 11469, 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, "in cash or in kind" from various national government agencies. The Emergency Subsidy Program includes the DSWD's provision of food and non-food items (FNFI) and financial assistance through the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) as well as those provided by other agencies, provided that the benefits received by each household does not exceed the prescribed threshold per region," the DSWD said in a statement issued on Sunday, March 29. The amount to be received by the vulnerable sectors during this time of COVID-19 pandemic is based on the maximum subsidy per region determined from the region's minimum wage levels. The DSWD maintained that it is the LGUs' responsibility to prepare and endorse the list of the target beneficiaries with the complete documentary requirements to the concerned DSWD Field Office for verification. "A Social Amelioration Card (SAC) that captures the family profile will be distributed to the LGUs to enable the beneficiaries to access the assistance. It will also serve as a monitoring tool to avoid duplication of delivery of services," it said. The DSWD said the existing list of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) and the Unconditional Cash Transfer (UCT) Program will be used to validate the list submitted by the LGUs. It reassured the beneficiaries of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) that they will also be supported with a top-up on their grants and rice subsidy to reach the maximum benefit per region. "4Ps beneficiaries are most vulnerable to economic, social, and physical shocks such as this health crisis, thus, the need to augment their existing grants to help them with their daily needs," it said. As of January 31, 2020, there are more than 4.2 million "active" 4Ps beneficiaries. The DSWD said it will also provide Livelihood Assistance Grants (LAG) to a beneficiary-family of its Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP), provided that at least one family member works in the informal sector and is displaced following the government's imposition of the community quarantine. "The family must be in the master list endorsed by the LGU to the DSWD Field Office (FO) and must still undergo assessment by a DSWD staff," it said. "The LAG will be given after the quarantine period has been lifted to help the families start anew," it added. The social amelioration measures are contained in the Joint Memorandum Circular forged by the DSWD, Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Department of Agriculture (DA), Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), Department of Finance (DOF), and the Department of Budget and Management (DBM). Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles announced on Friday that the Inter-Agency Task Force has approved the social amelioration package benefiting 18 million low-income households. "The social amelioration measures will help mitigate the socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 health crisis and the enhanced community quarantine to the target beneficiaries, particularly the senior citizens, persons with disability, pregnant and lactating mothers, solo parents, overseas Filipinos in distress, indigent Indigenous Peoples, homeless citizens, and the informal economy workers," the DSWD said.