Over 21,000 individuals in street situations nationwide reached out by DSWD’s Pag-abot teams

The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Pag-abot Program has reached out a total of 21,423 individuals in street situations nationwide as of June 15.

The reached out individuals were part of the 28,459 vulnerable individuals profiled by the DSWD during continuous operations since 2023.

Out of the reached out families and individuals in street situations (FISS), 19,906 beneficiaries were reintegrated into their respective home provinces, while 688 individuals were admitted to the Pag-abot Processing Center and other DSWD Centers and Residential Care Facilities (CRCFs).

To sustain efforts, the Department has convened the Pag-abot Program Inter-Agency Committee on Tuesday (June 16) to secure additional commitments and programs from partner National Government Agencies (NGAs).

Undersecretary Edu Punay of the DSWD’s Innovation and Program Development Group (IPDG), who is also Pag-abot National Program Director, and Social Technology Bureau (STB) Asst. Bureau Director and Pag-abot Officer-in-Charge (OIC) Marilyn Moral led the meeting to address the primary challenges faced by the beneficiaries after reintegration.

Undersecretary Punay highlighted the unseen dangers faced by the FISS which gives the necessity of sustainable government interventions.

“Hindi natin nakikita yung mga abuso na dinadanas nila sa kalsada, marami pa po tayong kailangan gawin, especially on the issue of sustainability– yan po ang number one challenge natin because ang objective ni Pag-abot is to make sure talaga na hindi na babalik sa kalsada itong mga narereachout natin at nare-reintegrate,” Undersecretary Punay said during the interagency meeting on Tuesday.

Undersecretary Punay explained that the consolidated programs of the inter-agency committee serve as a critical safety net for the most vulnerable members of society.

“Konektado po yung mga agencies natin sa mga ibibigay nating interventions para dito sa sektor na ito ng lipunan na pinaka nangangailangan, pinaka bulnerable– including the children, senior citizens, elderly, persons with disability, nandiyan po yan sa kalsada pagka delikadong delikado po pag prone sa aksidente, prone sa abuse, mga bata, mga babaeng bata, mga persons with disabilities– lalo yung mga mentally challenged po,” Undersecretary Punay said.

Representatives from the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), Department of Education (DepEd), Department of Agriculture (DA), Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), Small Business Corporation (SB Corp), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), and Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) presented various livelihood and educational pathways for the program participants.

“There are a lot of interventions that we need from the other agencies, meron din po tayong mga instances na narereintegrate natin, pumapasok yung question on sustainability of the intervention of the program because yung iba reintegrate natin sa probinsiya pero walang mga job opportunities, which we hope to address through our partners in the NGAs. This was through the issuance of Executive Order No 52 issued by the President in 2023, and we operationalized it and expanded the program,” Undersecretary Punay said.

The DSWD implements the Pag-abot Program to address the needs of the FISS in line with the directive of President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. for the Department to assist the most vulnerable Filipino sectors.

It is an initiative designed to provide necessary interventions, facilitate safe returns to home provinces, and offer livelihood assistance to ensure the long-term community reintegration of vulnerable individuals, families, and children in street situations. (KI)

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