The institutionalization of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) through Republic Act 11310 served as the basis for the increase in the program’s proposed 2020 budget. For next year, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), as the lead implementing agency of 4Ps, has proposed P108.8 billion or an increase of P19 billion compared to continue reading : Increase in 2020 4Ps budget to cover additional benefits in 4Ps Act

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has taken custody of the six-day-old baby who was found in the luggage of an American national. The baby is now temporarily sheltered at a DSWD Center for children where appropriate intervention and medical care are being provided. The Department follows a protocol for the case management continue reading : DSWD takes custody of baby found in luggage of American national

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is all set to extend aid packages to decommissioned combatants (DCs) of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). On August 26, 2019, the Independent Decommissioning Body (IDB) under the mechanism of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB) has started the decommissioning activity for some 1,193 former MILF combatants continue reading : DSWD readies aid packages for ex-MILF combatants

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), through its Field Office (FO) VII, has extended relief assistance to families who have been displaced by demolition activities in two barangays in Cebu City. In coordination with the City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO), the FO has provided family food packs (FFPs) to 114 displaced continue reading : DSWD extends assistance to families displaced by demolition activities in Cebu City

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) joins the Department of Education (DepEd), Department of Health (DOH), and the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) in the conduct of the National Summit, “Kapit-kamay: Empowering the Youth to Make Informed Choices,” to provide a venue for understanding early pregnancy and identifying opportunities for collaboration to address the continue reading : DSWD, other NGAs, NGOs join hands to address teenage pregnancy

DSWD Secretary Rolando Joselito D. Bautista (right, center), together with the disaster response team of DSWD Field Office I, meets with local officials in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte to assess the extent of the damage caused by Tropical Storm Ineng and to discuss the provision of assistance to the affected families. The Department of Social continue reading : DSWD extends assistance to families affected by Tropical Storms Ineng, Jenny

In an effort to provide better welfare services to vulnerable sectors, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has improved its centers and residential care facilities (CRCF) and will establish new ones under the CRCF Infrastructure Project. DSWD’s CRCF Infrastructure Project aims to give better care and welfare services to marginalized and disadvantaged individuals, continue reading : DSWD inaugurates new and improved centers, facilities for vulnerable sectors

Some 3,570,646 or 94 percent of 3,796,791 indigent senior citizens nationwide including the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), have been validated, as of August 22, 2019, to be eligible beneficiaries of the Social Pension program being implemented by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Social Pension is a program under Republic continue reading : DSWD continues validation of Social Pension beneficiaries

DSWD Undersecretary Luzviminda C. Ilagan delivers her message honoring women humanitarian workers as part of the World Humanitarian Day celebration. The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) joined the celebration of the 2019 World Humanitarian Day (WHD) held on August 19. WHD 2019 honors humanitarian workers, especially women throughout the world, who risk their continue reading : DSWD joins World Humanitarian Day celebration, honors women humanitarian workers

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) have started releasing the cash cards with Europay, Mastercard, and Visa (EMV) microchips to the beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) in the second quarter of this year. “To enable our beneficiaries to access their cash grants continue reading : DSWD, Land Bank upgrade 4Ps cash cards to EMV