As part of their efforts to ensure that only the rightful beneficiaries are included in the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program, Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman emphasized that measures and systems continue to be enforced to maintain a clean database for the program. “We have a Grievance Redress System (GRS) which continue reading : Sec. Soliman: Measures in place to keep a clean Pantawid Pamilya database

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) reiterated the clarification of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on the issue that 30 percent of beneficiaries of the Conditional Cash Transfer Program or the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program are not poor saying that  the figure was sourced based on 2009 data and earlier poverty targeting practices. continue reading : ADB clears DSWD on issue of CCT beneficiaries not poor

Government officials led by Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman brought some P14 million worth of goods and services for the 3,000 Ata-Manobos, an Indigenous Peoples (IP) group of Talaingod, Davao del Norte during an inter-agency service caravan last week. Sec. Soliman was joined by Undersecretary Manny Bautista, executive director of Cabinet Cluster continue reading : Gov’t delivers P14M worth of goods to Ata-Manobos in Davao del Norte

As the lead agency in social protection, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) places emphasis in ensuring that indigent and vulnerable individuals are provided with the necessary assistance to help them cope during crisis situations. Through its Protective Services Program, the DSWD offers various types of assistance to those in need which include continue reading : DSWD notes influx of indigents seeking aid, extends operations

A total of 36,003 poor students are assured of a college education this year through the Expanded Students’ Grants-in-Aid Program for Poverty Alleviation (ESGP-PA) jointly implemented by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Commission on Higher Education (CHED), Department of Budget and Management (DBM), Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), and Philippine Association of State Universities continue reading : More than 36,000 poor students get a shot at college education

More children enrolled in day care centers or registered in Supervised Neighborhood Play (SNP) will take part in the Supplementary Feeding Program (SFP) implemented by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to ensure their nutritional needs are met. SNP provides early childhood care service to 2- to 4-year-old toddlers who have no access to day care centers continue reading : DSWD to keep kids well-nourished in day care centers through feeding program

“Keeping children healthy and in school” is now a reality among poor families who are beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program, the government’s flagship poverty reduction program which invests in human capital, implemented by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Based on research conducted by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) in continue reading : Pantawid Pamilya posts huge gains in the education of poor children

Last April, 39-year-old Evelyn Caballero of Barangay Balulang, Cagayan de Oro City, proudly marched onstage along with her husband and daughters during the graduation ceremony at the Philippine Institute of Skills and Development (PISAD). Evelyn finished the Beauty Care Course of PISAD and passed the National Certificate II accreditation by the Technical Education and Skills continue reading : The trainee becomes the trainer

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in the Bicol Region has prepositioned, as of June 17, some 5,000 family food packs to the Provincial Government of Sorsogon to augment its relief resources for families affected by the eruption of Mt. Bulusan. At the same time, DSWD also prepositioned 300 family food packs each to continue reading : DSWD preps relief to towns around Mt. Bulusan

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the Local Government Unit of Sta. Barbara, Pangasinan jointly constructed an evacuation center cum multi-purpose building in Barangay Maninding, which was inaugurated last April 2015. The first of its kind in the Ilocos Region, the evacuation center will serve as a temporary shelter during disasters for families continue reading : Permanent evacuation center rises in Pangasinan