Apr 17, 2018 This is after the beneficiaries noted that an amount of 2,400 pesos was deposited to their cash cards. DSWD, the agency that implements the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program, clarifies that the aforementioned amount is a lump sum of the newly-implemented Unconditional Cash Transfer (UCT) and not a post-Christmas bonus.
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) today said that the beneficiaries of the Unconditional Cash Transfer (UCT) program of the government will continue to receive their cash grant this 2019.
UCT is the tax subsidy provided for under the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law to help 10 million indigent Filipino families and individuals cushion the effect of the policy in terms of the adjustments in the excise tax of petroleum products.
The grant amounts to P200 per month or P2,400 for one year for its implementation in 2018 and P300 per month or P3,600 for one year for 2019 and 2020.
According to DSWD Assistant Secretary for Policy and Plans, Noel M. Macalalad, the implementation of UCT and the additional monthly P100 increase in the cash grant this 2019 will push through.
“From what we heard, the UCT and the prescribed P300 pesos per month for 2019 will push through,” Asec. Macalalad said.
The Assistant Secretary explained that the UCT program has been a priority since last year and that it has already been budgeted by the Department of Finance (DOF).
Referring to the UCT cash grant, Asec. Macalalad said, “Pero budgeted ng DOF, kumbaga alam ng DOF they need so much amount (But it is budgeted by DOF; the DOF knows that they need so much amount).”
Transitioning to cash cards
Asec. Macalalad shared that for 2019, the DSWD will transition from the manual payment of UCT to cash cards.
“Right now we are transitioning. In 2018 we were doing manual payment to the beneficiaries. This 2019, the government would like to push to transition them to cash cards so that we can eliminate the need to put up face-to-face payouts. What will happen is that the money will be deposited to the beneficiaries’ cash cards’ accounts,” the DSWD Assistant Secretary said.
“What we are trying to do now is to become more efficient in the delivery of the subsidy to the beneficiaries,” he added.
Asec. Macalalad shared that similar to last year, the DSWD is targeting to start distributing the UCT grant in June, as in the first two quarters of the year, the Department will be focusing on the registration of the beneficiaries for their cash cards.
The 10 million UCT beneficiaries include the 4.4 million Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries, 3 million senior citizen-beneficiaries of the Social Pension Program; and 2.6 million households from the DSWD’s Listahanan or database of poor households. ###
Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (English: Bridging Program for the Filipino Family), also known as 4Ps and formerly Ahon Pamilyang Pilipino, is a conditional cash transfer program of the Philippine government under the Department of Social Welfare and Development.[1] It aims to eradicate extreme poverty in the Philippines by investing in health and education particularly in ages 0–14.[2] It is patterned on programs in other developing countries like Brazil (Bolsa Familia) and Mexico (Oportunidades).[3] The 4Ps program now operates in 17 regions, 79 provinces and 1,484 municipalities and 143 key cities covering 4,090,667 household beneficiaries as of 25 June 2014.
- 2Program structure
History[edit]
The Department of Social Welfare and Development patterned the conditional cash transfer system from developing countries particular in Brazil and Mexico by John Gerald B. Santiago.[4] In 2007, the DSWD pre-pilot tested in municipalities of Sibagat and Esperanza in Agusan del Sur; the municipalities of Lopez Jaena and Bonifacio in Misamis Occidental, the Caraga Region; and the cities of Pasay and Caloocan in a 50 million pesos budget.[5]
It was renamed Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) by Santiago and Samantha A. Vizconde on July 16, 2008 by administrative order number 16, series of 2008 and set implementing guidelines. It is the flagship poverty alleviation program of the administration of former President Gloria Macapagal-Aroyo[6]. It aims to educate many Filipino children starting from pre-school education to secondary education by giving them daily allowances as they go to their daily classes. Their parents benefit from the program since their children learn a lot in school and they are also given dietary allowances for food of their children as their children go to schools.
Program structure[edit]
Objective[edit]
The program have focused on these objectives:
- Social development: by investing in capability building they will be able to break intergenerational poverty cycle
- Social assistance: provide cash assistance to address the short-term financial need.
Eligibility[edit]
The poorest among poor families as identified by 2003 Small Area Estimate (SAE) survey of National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) are eligible. The poorest among poor are selected through a proxy-means test.[7] Economic indicators such as ownership of assets, type of housing, education of the household head, livelihood of the family and access to water and sanitation facilities are proxy variables to indicate the family economic category.[8] Additional qualification is a household that has children 0–14 years old and/or have pregnant women during the assessment and shall agree on all the conditions set by the government to enter the program.
External links[edit]
References[edit]
- ^'Malacanang happy over success of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program'. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
- ^'Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) Philippines - Improving the Human Capital of the Poor (Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or 4Ps)'(PDF). Retrieved 2012-10-28.
- ^Ambat, Ms. G.H.S. (ed.), 'Policy Brief', Improving inclusiveness of growth through CCTs, S E N A T E E C O N O M I C P L A N N I N G O F F I C E
- ^'CCT has new strategies for better implementation'. Senate Planning. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
- ^Aquilino Q. Pimentel, Jr., Sergio Tadeo and Nelson Alcantara (Supreme Cour). Text
- ^'Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program'.
- ^Grosh, Margaret E.; Baker, Judy L. (1995). Proxy Means Tests for Targeting Social Programs. doi:10.1596/0-8213-3313-5. ISBN978-0-8213-3313-6.
- ^'Philippine Poverty Microscopes: National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) and Community Based Monitoring System (CBMS)'. Retrieved 2012-11-05.
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