4.

1-Mi
ndi
gent
sbenef
itf
rom 4Psi
n201
8

MANILA--I
nli
newit
hit
smandat
etoprotectt
hepoor,t
heDepar
tmentofSoci
alWel
far
eandDevelopment(DSWD)
hasser
vedmoret
han4mil
li
onbenef
ici
ari
esunderi
tsPant
awi
dPamil
yangPil
ipi
noPr
ogram (
4Ps)t
hisyear
.

DSWDUnder secret
aryFlor
it
aR.Vil
laronFr
idayr
eportedthe4Pscont i
nuestoinvesti
nthehealt
handeducat
ionof
poorandvul
nerablehousehol
ds“t
obr eakt
heint
ergenerat
ionalcycl
eofpovert
yi nthecount
ry”
.

“AsofOct
ober
,4Psi
sbei
ngi
mpl
ement
edi
n143ci
ti
esand1
,489muni
cipal
it
iesi
n81pr
ovi
ncesnat
ionwi
de,
”Vi
ll
ar
sai
d.

Shenot
edt
hatat
otalof4,
178,
985ar
eact
ivehousehol
dbenef
ici
ari
es.

Oft
hebenefi
ciar
ies,Vi
ll
arsai
d,3,950,
012arecoveredbyt her
egularCondi
ti
onalCashTr
ansf
er(
CCT)pr
ogr
am
whi
le228,
973arecoveredbyt heModif
iedCondi
tionalCashTransf
er(MCCT).

TheMCCTi ncludesbenefi
ciari
eswhoar enotcover
edbyt heregul
arCCT,suchashomel
essstr
eetfamil
ies,t
he
vi
cti
msofnat uralandman-madedi sasterswhoarerenderedhomelessandwit
hnomeansofli
veli
hood,and
i
ndigenouspeoplesingeographical
lyisol
atedanddisadvant
agedareas.

“
TheDSWDal soconti
nuest
oprovi
deindi
gentFi
li
pinoswi
thaccesst
osust
ainabl
eli
vel
ihoodoppor
tuni
ti
est
hrough
i
tsSust
ainabl
eLivel
ihoodPr
ogr
am (SLP)
,”Vi
ll
arsai
d.

TheSLPi stheDSWD’ scapacit

y-bui
ldi
ngprogr
am t
hatpr
ovi
desaccesstoopport
uni
ti
est hati
ncreaset
he
product
ivit
yoft hel
ivel
ihoodassetsofthepoor
,vul
ner
abl
eandmarginal
izedcommunit
ies,hel
pingthem i
mpr
ove
thei
rsocio-economi
cwel l-bei
ng.

UndertheSLP,beneficiar
iesaregi
ventheoptiontotakeeit
herthemicro-
enterpr
isedevel
opmenttr
ack,which
suppor
tsmicroent
erprisestobecomeorganizati
onall
yandeconomical
lyviabl
e,ortheemploymentf
aci
li
tat
iontrack,
whichassi
stsFi
li
pinost oaccessappr
opri
ateempl oymentoppor
tuni
ti
es.

Outoft
he82,
455househol
dsser
vedbyt
heSLP,70,
073ar
ebenef
ici
ari
esoft
he4Ps.

Some63, 6004Pshousehol
dswer
eassi
stedundert
hemi
cro-
ent
erpr
isedevel
opmentt
rack,whi
le6,
473wer
e
faci
li
tat
edforempl
oyment.

DSWDhasal sopreparedandupl
oadedtot
heLandBankofthePhi
li
ppinesthepayr
olldocument
sfort
hePHP2,
400
uncondi
ti
onalcashtr
ansfer(
UCT)grant
sofsome8,
603,905benef
ici
aries.

UCTisthet axsubsi
dypr ovidedundertheTaxReformforAccel
erat
ionandI ncl
usion(
TRAI
N)law,whichi
sthe
l
argesttaxrefor
m mit
igationprogram undert
headmini
str
ati
onofPresidentRodrigoRoaDut
erte.I
tai
mstohelpt
he
poorcushiontheadverseeconomi cimpactofthel
awforthreeyear
sstarti
ng201 8.

AsofNovember,thisyear,some412muni ci
pali
ti
eshaveal soi
mplementedtheDSWD' sKapit-
Bisi
gLabansa
Kahir
apan-Comprehensi
veandIntegrat
edDel i
veryofSocialServi
ces(
Kalahi-
CIDSS)Nati
onalCommuni t
y-Dr
iven
DevelopmentPr
ogram,whi l
eatotalof4,558sub-proj
ectshavebeencompl etedandbenefi
ted1,536,
100
househol
ds

Thepr ogr
am hel
psbyenhancingcommuniti
esandl ocalgover
nmentuni
ts’capaci
tyandbyprovi
dingseedf
unding
forcommuni t
yimpl
ement
ationofpri
ori
tysociali
nfr
astruct
uresub-
proj
ectsthathel
preducepovert
yandimprove
sustai
nabil
it
y.

TheDSWDal soconti
nuestosuppor
ttherecover
yofi
ndi
vidual
sandf
ami
li
esf
rom unexpect
edcr
isi
sthr
ought
he
Assi
stancet
oIndi
vidual
sinCri
sisSi
tuat
ion(AI
CS).

TheAI
CS,whi
chi
sdel
iver
edt
hrought
hevar
iousCr
isi
sInt
ervent
ionUni
ts(
CIUS)att
heDSWDCent
ralOf
fi
ce,Fi
eld
Offi
ces,andsatell
it
eoff
ices,i
nthepr
ovi
nces,pr
ovi
deseducat
ional
,medi
cal
,tr
anspor
tat
ion,bur
ial
,andf
oodand
non-foodassi
stance.

“Fr
om JanuarytoOct ober,theDepartmenthasr
eleasedPHP2,
794,260,205to671,
192cli
entsofDSWDCI US
nati
onwide.Medicalassi
stanceremainstobethetopaidwit
hdisbursementamount
ingtoPHP1,926,892,425,
fol
lowedbyburialandeducat i
onalassi
stancewi
thPHP386,361
,798andPHP324, 626,
840,respecti
vely,
”Vill
ar
sai
d.

TheDSWDal socontri
butedtotheEar lyChi
ldhoodCareandDevel opment(ECCD)program ofthegovernmentand
Republi
cAct1 1037,or“I
nsti
tut
ional i
zingaNat i
onalFeedi
ngProgram forUnder
nouri
shedChi l
dreninPubli
cDay
Care,KindergartenandElementarySchool s”.TheDSWDcont i
nuest oimpl
ementit
sSupplement ar
yFeeding
Program (SFP),whichistheprovisionofsnacksandhotmeal si naddit
iont
otheregularmealstochil
drencurr
entl
y
enrol
ledinchi l
ddevelopmentcent ersandsuper vi
sedneighborhoodplay.

“Asoft
oday,at ot
alof1,
543,903chi
ldr
enin52,949day-
car
ecent
ersf
rom al
lregi
onshavebenef
it
edf
rom SFP
wit
hatotalbudgetofPHP3,1
53,931,
755,”Vi
ll
arsai
d.

InadherencetoRepubl
icAct9994,orthe“ExpandedSeni orCi
ti
zensAct
”,whichseekst
ohelpaugmentthedail
y
subsi
stenceandmedicalneedsofindi
gentseni
orcit
izens,theDSWDcontinuest
oimplementt
heSocialPensi
on
Program f
orIndi
gentSeni
orCiti
zens.

Theprogram pr
ovidesPHP500monthlysti
pendt opoorseni
orciti
zenswhoar
efrail
,si
ckl
yandwithdi
sabil
it
y,
wit
houtregul
arincomeorsuppor
tfrom f
amily,andwithnoexist
ingpensi
onfr
om theSoci
alSecur
it
ySystem,
Gover
nmentSer vi
ceInsur
anceSyst
em,andot herorgani
zati
ons.

“AsofOctober
,at
otalof3,
114,
064indi
gentseni
orshavebenef
it
edf
rom t
hepr
ogr
am wi
tht
het
otalpensi
on
amount
ingtoPHP13,
976,334,
000,
”Vill
arsai
d.

Ontheotherhand,theDSWDhasr ecogni
zedandawar
dedat
otalof977cent
enar
iansi
nal
lregi
onsoft
hecount
ry
f
or2018,foratotalofPHP97,
700,
000.

UnderRA1 0868,orthe“Centenari
ansActof201 6”
,al
lFi
li
pinoswhohaver
eached100year
sol
dandabove,
whetherr
esidi
nginthePhili
ppinesorabroad,wi
llbegi
venaCentenar
iangi
ftamount
ingt
oPHP100,
000anda
Let
terofFeli
cit
ati
onsignedbyt hePresi
dent.

“
Thehi
ghestnumberofcent
enar
ianscamef
rom Regi
onNCR(
Nat
ionalCapi
talRegi
on)wi
th381
,”Vi
l
larsai
d.

TheDSWDal soprovidedassi
stancet
otr
aff
ickedper
sonsundert
heRecover
yandRei
ntegr
ati
onPr
ogr
am f
or
Traf
fi
ckedPersons(RRPTP).

TheRRPTPi sacomprehensi
vepr
ogr
am t
hatensur
esadequat
erecover
yandr
eint
egr
ati
onser
vicespr
ovi
dedt
o
tr
aff
ickedpersons.

I
tusesamult
i-sect
oralappr
oachanddel
iver
sacompl
etepackageofser
vicest
oenhancet
hepsychosoci
al,soci
al,
andeconomi
cneedsoft hecli
ent
s.

Thebenefi
ciar
iesoft
hepr ogr
am incl
udet
hevi
cti
ms-sur
vivorsoft
raf
fi
cki
ngwhoar
eret
urni
ngorhaveret
ur nedto
thePhi
li
ppi
nes,famil
ies,andrel
ati
vesoft
hevi
cti
ms-
survivor
s,andcommuni
ti
eswi
thahighi
nci
denceoftraffi
cki
ng.

“AsofSept
ember
,theDSWDhasser
vedat
otalof1
,984t
raf
fi
ckedper
sonsi
nal
lregi
onsundert
heRRPTP,
”Vi
ll
ar
sai
d.

TheNCRFi el
dOf
fi
ceser
vedt
hehi
ghestnumberofnewTr
aff
icki
ngi
nPersons(TI
P)caseswi
that
otalnumberof
580fol
lowedbyFi
eldOf
fi
ceI
XandFi
eldOffi
ceII
Iwit
h338and235cases,r
espect
ivel
y.(
PNA)