Posted on 17 September 2019.
DAVAO CITY, Sept. 10
(PIA) — The third phase of Listahanan (Listahanan 3) formally known as the
National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction will be targeting
834,729 households in Davao Region (Region XI).
Elvie Bahinting
regional coordinator of Listahanan 3 said they have hired 1,905 personnel to
cover the whole region, of which 1,159 are enumerators. Among these enumerators
hired are indigenous people who will be able to reach far-flung communities in
the region.
“We have 49 areas,
regionwide, we will cover all provinces and municipalities in the region,” Bahinting
said.
She said they are in
close coordination with the local government units particularly the barangays
to cover all poor households which were not covered in the previous Listahanan
assessments.
The Listahanan is an
information management system that identifies who and where the poor are in the
country. The system makes available to national government agencies and other
social protection stakeholders a database of poor families as reference in
identifying potential beneficiaries of social protection programs particularly
the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or 4Ps.
With Listahanan, issues
of leakage (of non-poor being included) and deprivation (poor being excluded as
beneficiaries) of social services will be addressed.
Bahinting said they are
targeting 17,647 households in Compostela Valley, 191,659 households in Davao
Del Norte, 113,584 households in Davao del Sur including Davao City, 72,067 for
Davao Occidental, and 119,212 households for Davao Oriental.
Listahanan-3 is expected to start by October this year. (PIA XI)
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Posted on 17 September 2019.
The Department of
Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) clarifies that it extends educational
assistance only to eligible indigent students through the Assistance
to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS).
This clarification
came following various posts circulating on Facebook that the Department is
extending P3,500 educational assistance to college students.
The educational
assistance is given every year to indigent college working students as well as
those studying in vocational/technical schools, state colleges, and
universities. Students belonging to families who are experiencing crisis
or difficult situation due to the displacement of their parents from employment
or death of a family member, and those whose parents are overseas Filipino workers
(OFW) but have been repatriated or deported are also eligible for the
assistance.
The schedule for
submission of documents and processing of requests for the assistance varies in
every DSWD Field Office around the country. The Department advises qualified
students to check with the DSWD Field Office nearest them or to visit their
social media accounts for the schedule.
At the Central
Office in Batasan Hills, Quezon City, the submission of documents was on
September 14 where the students were given their schedule for interview which
will start on September 18 onwards. Their assistance will also be released on
the day of their interview. The amount of assistance is determined according to
the assessment of the social worker based on the guidelines on the
implementation of AICS.
Qualified students can
proceed to the Crisis Intervention Unit (CIU) of any DSWD office nearest them
during office hours and bring the following: valid identification card of the
client to be interviewed, Enrollment Assessment Form or Certificate of
Enrollment or Registration, validated school ID of the student-beneficiary, and
Statement of Account for College Students. The social worker may also require
the client to submit a Barangay Certificate of Residency or Certificate of
Indigency.
The Department assures
to conduct a fair and speedy assessment of the documents so that the
educational assistance will be received by the students who are in need. -30-
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