For most low-income beneficiaries, the emergency subsidy that they received from the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) was allotted for food and other daily necessities. However, for single mother, Erlinda Dela Peña, the cash assistance has helped sustain her son’s life. Erlinda, a resident of Brgy. Muzon, Taytay, Rizal is one of the 18 million SAP beneficiaries continue reading : Feature Story – A single mother’s struggle amidst the pandemic

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has distributed almost P78.4 billion to more than 13.1 million family-beneficiaries of the second tranche of the emergency cash subsidy under the Social Amelioration Program (SAP). As of August 20, the subsidy has already been provided to almost 1.4 million Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries; over continue reading : DSWD distributes P78.4 billion to 13.1 million SAP2 beneficiaries

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has resumed the validation phase for the third-round of assessment of Listahanan or the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR). Listahanan is an information management system that aims to establish a database of poor households that will serve as a basis of the Department in continue reading : DSWD resumes validation of poor households for Listahanan 3

Left photo:  DSWD Secretary Rolando Bautista (right) joins other government officials during the launching of “Mask BIDA Laban sa COVID-19,” a face mask distribution project of the government for beneficiaries of the Social Amelioration Program (SAP). Right Photo: DSWD Undersecretary Rene Glen Paje hands face masks to a resident of Sitio Milagrosa, Barangay San Roque, continue reading : SAP beneficiaries receive face masks, hygiene kits from anti-COVID 19 Task Groups

The public can now register online their grievances on the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) and expect timely and appropriate responses from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) as the Agency launched today, August 13, the uSAPtayo website. The uSAPtayo website provides an online platform to enable the public to ask questions and submit continue reading : DSWD launches uSAPtayo website to receive SAP-related grievances