The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) eyes to uplift the lives of 122,322 Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) family-beneficiaries in Leyte province in the next seven years.
DSWD 8 (Eastern Visayas) information officer Abelardo Bibat said in a phone interview Wednesday, the DSWD, the provincial government, and all mayors in Leyte have signed a memorandum of understanding on July 7 on the implementation of the “Kilos-Unlad” social case management strategy implementation of the 4Ps.
“The local officials signed the agreements that sought to establish a sustainable partnership on the said strategy,” Bibat said.
The partnership is a seven-year case management strategy that seeks to guide 4Ps beneficiaries to achieve an improved level of well-being towards graduating from poverty.
It seeks to achieve economic, physical, psychological, and emotional readiness and improvement.
“This involves intensive case management from the time of their registration in the program. We have done a needs-based assessment and provided them access to training and livelihood opportunities with the help of the local government, partner agencies, civil society organizations, and other stakeholders. They also attended family development sessions,” Bibat added.
For this year alone, the DSWD is targeting to see 7,350 4Ps household-beneficiaries achieve improved well-being.
On June 4, the agency led a graduation ceremony for 200 families in Tanauan, Leyte.
“We want to see families supporting their own needs, with stable income, have access to all services, and can stand on their own even without financial support from 4Ps,” he said.
Led by the DSWD, the 4Ps is a poverty reduction strategy of the national government. Household beneficiaries are entitled to receive cash subsidies provided they meet the conditions on health, nutrition, and education.
The conditional cash transfer is given under the following scheme: PHP300 per month for a child in kindergarten and elementary school for a maximum of 10 months per year; PHP500 per month for 10 months for a child enrolled in junior high school; PHP700 per month for 10 months for every child enrolled in senior high school and a health and nutrition grant of PHP750 per month for 12 months per year.
The government can only provide for the needs of a maximum of three children for each family.
Source: Philippines News Agency
