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Rights of the poor and vulnerable sectors promoted and protected
Ayuda para sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP) is a program intended to provide targeted social assistance and safety net for minimum wage earners and low-income earners who are made more vulnerable by the rising inflation. The social protection shall be in the form of financial assistance to augment or supplement family income, and access to essential services to address the needs of individuals or their families who may not have access to regular assistance on account of them not belonging to the poorest population, helping them cope with risks and economic shocks like the high cost of living or rising inflation.
Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) is a program to support government efforts in providing aid to individuals and families seeking assistance. The AICS Program serves as a stop-gap measure to support the recovery of individuals and families suffering from unexpected life events or crises.
The Social Pension Program for indigent senior citizens is an additional government assistance mandated under Republic Act 9994 otherwise known as “The Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2010”.
Indigent senior citizens shall be entitled to a monthly stipend amounting to One Thousand Pesos (Php1000.00) to augment the daily substinence and other medical needs of senior citizens.
Republic Act (RA) No. 10868 or the Centenarians Act of 2016 states that all Filipinos, who have reached 100 years old and above, whether residing in the Philippines or abroad shall be honored with a Letter of Felicitation from the President of the Philippines congratulating the celebrator for his or her longevity; and a Centenarian gift in the amount of PhP100,000.00
The Supplementary Feeding Program aims to improve and maintain the nutritional status of children enrolled in child development centers or in supervised neighborhood play by providing augmentation support for feeding and intensifying nutrition and health education for 120 days.
The provision of food in addition to the regular meals to currently enrolled day care children/supervised neighborhood play as part of the DSWD’s contribution to the Early Child Care and Development (ECCD) Program of the government and severely underweight pupils from kinder to Grade 6 of DepEd.
The Strategic Helpdesk for Information, Education, Livelihood and other Developmental interventions (SHIELD) against Child Labor Project is a community-based project which will strengthen efforts at the local level, including establishment of helpdesks and a local registry on child labor for referral and convergence of support services. This project utilizes multi-layered strategies to help eliminate child labor, particularly its worst forms and those in the blanket ban.
The Recovery and Reintegration Program for Trafficked Persons is a comprehensive program that ensures adequate recovery and reintegration services provided to trafficked persons. It utilizes a multi-sectoral approach, delivers a complete package of services that will enhance the psychosocial, social and economic needs of the clients.
The Regional Rehabilitation Center for Youth (RRCY) is a 24-hour care, treatment and rehabilitation services under the guidance of a trained staff where residents are cared for under a structured therapeutic environment with the end view of reintegrating them into their families and communities as well as help them become socially functioning individuals.
It serves as nurturing out-of-home placement for children in need of rehabilitation. The facility is designed to provide intensive treatment in a residential setting for the rehabilitation of the CICL whose sentences have been suspended. While it provides institutional care for children in conflict with the law, community-based rehabilitation is being emphasized.
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The Reception and Study Center for Children (RSCC) is a 24- hour residential facility that provides social work interventions to children 0-6 years old. It provides protection and rehabilitation services through temporary residential care to neglected, dependent and abandoned, abused and exploited children and to those with special needs such as children at risk and children who are in need of alternative family care.
It provides appropriate and responsive social work interventions and services that address growth and development and the safety and security needs of young children who are victims of abuse. Further, RSCC works at developing competence and effectiveness of the center staff and services providers in the management of cases through proper placement and other rehabilitation services for children.
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The Regional Haven for Women and Girls (RHWG) was established in October 1999 with funding support from the Congressional Spouses Foundation Incorporated (CSFP) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development. It is a 24-hour residential facility for women and girls 0-59 years old who are vulnerable, disadvantaged and abused needing protective custody and psychosocial care.
It helps to enable women and girls in especially difficult circumstances recover from the traumatic effects of abuse and exploitation and restore their social functioning to regain their self-worth and dignity through different residential based programs and services.