To contribute to the country’s attainment of sustainable peace, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), through its Field Office XII, provided livelihood assistance to some 21 former rebels during a payout at the 12th Special Forces Company Camp, Surallah, South Cotabato in April. Mark, not his real name, was one of the recipients continue reading : Former rebels in South Cotabato start own businesses

As part of its initiatives to improve its provision of services to Persons with Disabilities, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) conducted a two-day online Disability Sensitivity Training in partnership with the National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA) on May 10 and 11, 2022. The Disability Sensitivity Training was developed to equip the continue reading : DSWD holds disability sensitivity training for personnel

In its continuous pursuit to standardize its services, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) successfully achieved an ISO 9001:2015 Certification of its Agency-wide Quality Management System covering its frontline and non-frontline (internal and external) services in both the Central and all Field Offices.  The said effort is an expansion of the initial ISO 9001:2015 certification awarded to the continue reading : DSWD achieves agency-wide Expanded ISO 9001 Certification

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the National Authority for Child Care (NACC), formerly known as the Inter-Country Adoption Board (ICAB), issued guidelines to guarantee the continuous processing of child placement and adoption processing services while the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) for Republic Act (RA) No. 11642 or the “Domestic Administrative continue reading : DSWD, NACC issue guidelines to ensure unhampered adoption processing services