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P49.6-B SAP already distributed -- DSWD

Published Apr 30, 2020 12:00 am
By Charissa Luci-Atienza Based on the DSWD's SAP Monitoring Dashboard for Emergency Subsidy, as of April 29, a total of P49,697,019,050 has been received by 9,433,341 beneficiaries of the Social Amelioration Program (SAP). The total amount of disbursed SAP funds is 61.5 percent of the P80.79 billion transferred to the local government units (LGUs). While, the total number of SAP beneficiaries is 52.4 percent of the 18 million low-income households which have to be covered by SAP as mandated by Republic Act No. 11469 or the "Bayanihan to Heal As One Act." Of the P49.6 billion distributed cash subsidies, P33.35 billion has been distributed to 5,705,277 low-income and non-Pantawid Pamilya families, based on the DSWD data. The budget allocation for the 13,515, 583 non-4Ps SAP recipients is P81,534,536,000, it noted. According to the SAP Monitoring Dashboard, 3, 728,064 beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) got a total subsidy allocation of P16,342,586,400. A total of P18,476,747,150 has been allocated to 4,296,176 4Ps beneficiaries, it said. The DSWD earlier assured that it is closely coordinating with the LGUs to ensure the expeditious distribution of the first tranche of the emergency subsidies. DSWD Spokesperson Irene Dumlao made the assurance, amid criticisms that the agency's delayed downloading of SAP funds to the LGUs prodded the snail-paced distribution of the cash aid. "LGUs are DSWD's partners in the implementation of the SAP. We are in constant coordination with them so we could expedite the process of distribution," she told reporters in a Viber message, following reports that LGUs were scrambling to distribute the subsidies without observing protocols on social distancing and prohibition on mass gathering. "We discuss issues with LGUs and identify measures so we could provide aid to the beneficiaries," she added. The LGUs have been ordered on Tuesday, April 28 to complete the SAP distribution within three days or be charged with dereliction of duty, Malacañang earlier announced. Dumlao explained that under its guidelines, the LGUs are required to submit the budget proposals to the Field Office along with the signed memorandum of agreement (MOA). "DSWD will transfer fund to LGU 24 hrs after LGU's submission of signed MOA and project proposal. Within 24 hrs upon receipt of fund, the LGU will conduct payout within five to seven days," she said. Under the guidelines, the LGUs in geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas (GIDA) are given seven days to conduct the subsidy distribution. There are 1,632 LGUs in the country, according to the DSWD. "DSWD validation will be conducted after the payout as a measure to expedite the process of distribution of aid," Dumlao noted.
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