The Food Stamp Program aims to address involuntary hunger, malnutrition, and stunting among Filipinos. Through the FSP, beneficiaries can buy selected nutritious foods in accredited farmers-driven stores and other accredited merchants. This will help local farmers and fisherfolks to have a platform to sell their agricultural products, while also addressing the hunger problem in the country.

One of the key features of the Food Stamp Program is job generation. Beneficiaries of the program will be required to attend capacity building and development training as well as become part of the labor workforce. The FSP was piloted in several areas in the NCR where there are concentrations of families who were classified as food-poor.

Elated by the success of the FSP in the pilot areas, President Marcos signed Executive Order No. 44 in December 2023 declaring the DSWD’s Food Stamp Program as a flagship program of the administration with a budget to be determined by Congress.