The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is hopeful that the Social Pension for Indigent Senior Citizens (SocPen) will be given additional funding by Congress for the program’s implementation in 2025. “We would like to inform the committee that there are 612,277 waitlisted senior citizens as of July 31, 2024, who are not yet included in the budget of the program at present and for the next year,”  DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian reported during the September 16 deliberation of the agency’s proposed 2025 budget by the Senate Committee on Finance chaired by Senator Imee Marcos. Secretary Gatchalian explained that […]

An official of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) reminded the household-beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) to use the grants for the intended purpose of supporting children’s education and health. “I hope sa ating 4Ps beneficiaries, take care of the grants. ‘Yan ang lagi kong sinasabi, na gamitin sa tama dahil ito ay makatutulong para mas mapaganda pa ang buhay ninyo eventually kapag nakapag-aral na ang mga anak ninyo at kung sila ay malusog,” 4Ps National Program Manager Director Gemma Gabuya said on Wednesday (September 18) during the second episode of 4Ps Fastbreak livestreamed over […]

The continuous operation of the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) disaster resource hubs ensured the replenishment and availability of food and non-food items for augmentation to local government units (LGUs) affected by Tropical Storm (TS) Ferdie and Tropical Depression (TD) Gener, compounded by the southwest monsoon or habagat. “As directed by Secretary Rex Gatchalian, disaster preparation in the DSWD must be 365 days in a year. We always ensure that there are family food packs (FFPs) and non-food items for our kababayans,” Assistant Secretary for Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) Irene Dumlao, who is also the agency spokesperson, said […]

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian sought the support of the members of the Senate Finance Committee, chaired by Senator Imee Marcos, for the retention of the Ayuda Para sa Kapos ang Kita (AKAP) program in the line item of the agency’s budget for 2025. “Madam Chair, we have gladly lobbied and we will continue to lobby na sana huwag matanggal yung AKAP sa line item ng incoming budget. Because it is helping our people,” Secretary Gatchalian told the committee members during the September 16 budget deliberation. Secretary Gatchalian said the Department has published the guidelines […]

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is now in the process of partnering with the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) in facilitating the distribution of cash assistance to program beneficiaries in all the agency’s regional offices. DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian reported this development to the members of the Senate Finance Committee, chaired by Senator Imee Marcos, during the agency’s 2025 budget deliberation on Monday (September 16) where the agency head explained that the lack of vehicles in some DSWD Field Offices puts the personnel carrying cash to payout sites at high risk. “We are working with the […]

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian assured the members of the Senate Committee on Finance that the agency will continue pushing for more plantilla positions for the job security of its employees, especially those who are under contracts of service (COS) and job orders (JOs) and have been with the Department for a long time. “We do extend assistance to them regularly. But what we will do is we will keep on lobbying. Sinubmit na namin ‘yan and every time nag pro-propose kami ng budget, nilalagyan talaga namin ng allocation. We’ll keep on pushing for more […]

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has deployed 219 personnel in 166 Malasakit Centers located in government-run hospitals across the country. Secretary Rex Gatchalian reported the data during the Senate Committee on Finance’s deliberation on the DSWD’s proposed 2025 budget on Monday (September 16). The finance committee is chaired by Senator Imee Marcos. The DSWD chief said the presence of agency personnel in Malasakit Centers will ensure that indigent and financially-incapacitated patients are immediately attended to and help them avail of the Department’s cash and medical assistance. “Madam chair, for the latest data, we have done full deployment… […]

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) remains keen on further improving the agency’s implementation of social protection programs and services that will benefit more disadvantaged and marginalized Filipinos under the Marcos administration. Asst. Secretary Irene Dumlao, the agency’s spokesperson, said the DSWD is one of the national government agencies that has contributed to the positive ratings in the four performance subjects through its various programs and services  as well as  the agency’s efficient coordination with local government units (LGUs). “The achievement of a ‘good’ +40 net satisfaction rating of the Marcos administration in the second quarter Social Weather […]

A senior official of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said on Monday (September 16) the agency has so far provided more than Php48.14 million humanitarian aid to families affected by Tropical Storm (TS) Ferdie and the increasing unrest of Mt. Kanlaon. “The Php48,149,794.64 aid provided to the affected individuals includes food and non-food items (FNIs) and cash assistance,” DSWD Assistant Secretary for Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) Irene Dumlao, who is also the agency spokesperson, said. Based on the September 16 report of the DSWD’s Disaster Response Operations Management, Information and Communication (DROMIC), the agency has distributed […]