SUSTAINABLE  

LIVELIHOOD  PROGRAM
Department  of  
Social  Welfare  and  Development
The Sustainable Livelihood
Program is a capability-
building program for poor,
vulnerable and marginalized
families and individuals in
acquiring necessary assets
to engage in and maintain
thriving livelihoods that help
improve their socio-
economic conditions.
Objectives The Sustainable Livelihood
Program endeavors to
strengthen the skills,
competencies, abilities and
resources of poor Filipino
families, and create an
enabling environment for
accessing income-
generating opportunities to
address basic needs,
thereby improving their
socio-economic well-being.
TARGET GEOGRAPHIC
PARTICIPANTS COVERAGE
Poor households,
prioritizing
Pantawid Pamilya The Sustainable
beneficiaries Livelihood Program
Participants must be
caters to
at least all provinces
18 years old served by the
* however 16 years Pantawid
old pax can still be
part of any MD
Pamilyang Pilipino
projects provided Program
that they have (conditional cash
written legal consent transfer program).
from parents or legal
guardian.
 PROGRAM PROGRAM
TRACKS MODALITIES

Micro-enterprise Development
üParticipants
Livelihood
entrepreneurship
who exhibit
Cash for Building
potential and willingness for
Assets (CBLA)
may opt to
ü Technical-vocational
1 Employment Facilitation
proceed with the Micro-
skills training
enterprise Development Participants who are qualified
ü Seed capital fund track ü Technical-vocational
and ready for available
skills training
employment opportunities
ü Employment assistance
may opt to proceed with the

2
fund
Employment Facilitation track.
IMPLEMENTATION
PROCESS
 ü Availability of two tracks and
modalities from which the
RESULTS/   participants can benefit
IMPACT ü Availability of project identification
Business  Process  Review  
tools and monitoring forms, and
By  MicroSave systems to support the
implementation of the program

ü Availability of reliable training

partners to capacitate the program
participants

ü SLP as a graduation program for

conditional cash transfer
beneficiaries, and as linkage to
mainstream livelihood opportunities
 RESULTS/   ü Field implementers have easy
access of basic data on no. of CCT
IMPACT beneficiaries in each barangay from
the information system and the
Business  Process  Review   municipal link. However, skills
By  MicroSave profiles are not easily and
accurately accessible.

ü To collect data on external market

opportunity there is no formal
arrangement with the local
government employment office,
Department of Labor and
Employment, and the Department
of Trade and Industry.
 ü Participants, typically choose the
MD track due to their poor
RESULTS/   employability (given age factor,
IMPACT inadequate skill and willingness to
travel). The provision of seed
Business  Process  Review  
capital further attracts
By  MicroSave beneficiaries towards the MD
track.

ü The opportunities of field

implementers to introduce SLP
and orient potential participants is
limited since these are dependent
upon the schedule and availability
of Family Development Sessions
through the Pantawid Pamilyang
Pilipino Program
 ü Strengthening community
organizing principles and
LEARNING   practices
ü Continuous social preparation
POINTS among program participants
throughout the implementation
process
ü Improvement of capability
building initiatives for program
participants prior to engaging in
enterprises and employment
ü Simplifying tools and ensuring
their applicability to users and
local context
 PROGRAM  
IMPROVEMENTS
ENHANCED IMPLEMENTATION
PROCESS

The Sustainable Livelihood Program shall operate through five major

stages:

SOCIAL   PROJECT  PROPOSAL   PROJECT  

PREPARATION REVIEW  AND  APROVAL SUSTAINABILITY

1 3 5
2 4
PROJECT   PROJECT  
DEVELOPMENT IMPLEMENTATION