Some 9,742 clients are currently being served in the different 71 residential and non-residential facilities of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in the country utilizing P165,495,966.30 from January to June 2017. Of the total centers, 27 cater to children, 15 for women, 15 for the youth, four for older persons,  eight for continue reading : DSWD’s 71 facilities for vulnerable sectors up for improvement

To ensure its quick response during calamities, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) closely monitors approaching weather disturbances, prepositions family food packs (FFPs) in its Field Offices, and mobilizes quick response teams (QRTs) to conduct relief operations, when needed. Two of the most devastating weather disturbances that hit the country in 2016 were continue reading : DSWD speeds up distribution of Emergency Shelter Assistance for Typhoons Lawin, Nina survivors

The Disaster Response Assistance Management Bureau (DReAMB) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is currently on blue alert as it monitors the progress of tropical storm ‘Gorio’ which is now causing heavy rains in various areas in Luzon and Visayas including the National Capital Region. Blue alert is the second stage of continue reading : ​DSWD on blue alert as ‘Gorio’ intensifies

To clarify issues about the educational assistance program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Secretary Judy M. Taguiwalo held a dialogue with some of the barangay captains in Quezon City. The meeting was also intended as a venue wherein barangay captains were informed about DSWD services and how their respective units could continue reading : DSWD meets with QC barangay captains on educational assistance

Recognizing the right to data privacy, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) recently developed and is now ready to share its guidelines in accessing the Listahanan 2 data or the poverty database. Listahanan 2 is an information management system that provides national government agencies, development partners, and other social protection duty-bearers with information continue reading : DSWD issues guidelines on data sharing on who and where the poor are

As the armed crisis in Marawi City continues to displace families in the two provinces of Lanao, the Philippine government, led by Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Judy M. Taguiwalo, Cabinet Secretary Leoncio Evasco Jr., and Task Force “Bangon Marawi” executive director and Department of National Defense (DND) Undersecretary Cesar Yano, recently continue reading : PH receives relief assistance for Marawi evacuees from ASEAN Humanitarian Centre

Disaster Recovery and Rehabilitation Division 1. ESCAP and CFW for the Typhoon “Lawin”-Affected Households in CAR, Regions I, II and III: Targets 200,624 households with damaged houses costing P2,755,713,635.00 at P30,000.00 each for households with totally damaged houses and P10,0000.00 each for those with partially damaged shelters: A total of 161,474 households with damaged houses continue reading : Disaster Response Assistance and Management Bureau (DREAMB) 2nd Quarter 2017 Accomplishment Report

The DSWD implemented Pres. Rodrigo Duterte’s free medicine program (PhP1 billion) the Libreng Gamot Para sa Masa Program (LINGAP) to enable indigent patients to access prescription medicines. LINGAP is being implemented in six (6) hospitals in Regions III, VI, VII, XI, and the National Capital Region (NCR), and has served 12,039 indigents since March 2017. continue reading : DSWD’s report to Pres. Rodrigo Roa Duterte July 24, 2017

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Judy M. Taguiwalo flew to Negros Island Region (NIR) on Monday this week to lead the distribution of the P5,000 Presidential Financial Assistance (5KPFA) to the survivors of Super Typhoon Yolanda in Sagay City, Negros Occidental who have not received help from the government. The 5KPFA is continue reading : DSWD Sec. Taguiwalo leads distribution of P5,000 aid to ‘Yolanda’ survivors in Negros

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has finished encoding the Disaster Assistance Family Access Card (DAFAC) entries of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) who have been affected by the ongoing armed conflict in Marawi City, aiding in the Department’s effective data management and better delivery of social services to the affected families. The DSWD continue reading : DSWD finishes encoding DAFAC entries of Marawi IDPs, thanks volunteers who helped encode data