DSWD

• Policy Development and Planning Section


  To provide assistance to local government units, non-government organizations, other national government agencies, people's organizations and other members of civil society in effectively implementing programs, projects and services that will alleviate poverty and empower disadvantaged individuals, families, and communities for an improved quality of life
• DSWD Guiding Principles


  • Maagap at Mapagkalingang Serbisyo
  • Serbisyong Walang Puwang sa Katiwalian
  • Patas na Pagtrato sa Komunidad
• DSWD Promotive Programs


  • Poverty reduction and social protection and development strategy providing monthly cash subsidy
  • Community-based livelihood and capacity building program
  • National Community-driven Development Program
• Poverty reduction and social protection and development strategy


  • Provides poorest households a monthly cash subsidy to help improve the health, nutrition and education particularly of children aged 0 to 18 years old and break the intergenerational poverty cycle
• Community-based livelihood and capacity building program


  • Organizes economically active poor to develop and manage community-based projects through micro-enterprise development and employment facilitation
• National Community-driven Development Program


  • Aims to boost the decision-making power of local communities, strengthen their involvement in local development planning, and mobilize local government units and community resources to implement community projects that reduce poverty
• The EPAPH program is one of the banner programs of the Inter-Agency Task Force Zero Hunger, created under EO No. 101 whose objective is to mitigate hunger, ensure food nutrition security, and establish sustainable agriculture by 2030
• The DSWD, together with other national government agencies, in pursuit of their commitment to the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and in attaining "Ambisyon Natin 2040" which are consistent with the Philippine Development Plan 2017-2022 goals of inclusive growth and poverty reduction, willed to closely collaborate to implement the EPAPH program
• DSWD Protective Programs and Services


  • Supplementary Feeding Program
  • Social Pension Program
  • Assistance to Individuals & Families in Crisis Situation
• Supplementary Feeding Program


  • Provides hot meals in LGU-run Day Care Centers for children 2-5 years for 120 days, implemented in partnership with LGUs
• Social Pension Program


  • Provides indigent senior citizens aged 65 years old and above a monthly stipend of P500.00 to augment their daily subsistence and other medical needs
• Assistance to Individuals & Families in Crisis Situation


  • Provides immediate psycho-social intervention as well as limited financial and material assistance through medical, transportation, burial, educational, food and non-food support
• Sectoral Concerns


  • Regional Sub-Committee for the Welfare of Children (RSCWC)
  • Regional Inter-Agency Committee for Older Persons (RIACOP)
  • Regional Committee for Disability Affairs (RCDA)
  • Regional Council Monitoring Board (RCMB)
• Resource Augmentation to Relief Operations & Rehabilitation of LGUs


  • Food for Work
  • Cash for Work
  • Emergency Shelter Assistance
  • Modified Shelter Assistance
• Registration, licensing and accreditation


  Ensures that SWDAs are providing efficient and effective programs and services to the poor and vulnerable sectors
• Technical assistance and resource augmentation (TARA)


  Provided by DSWD to local government partners, particularly the Local Social Welfare and Development Offices (LSWDOs)