Modified Conditional Cash Transfer (MCCT) for Homeless Street Children

17 February 2015

Listahanan gears up for family assessment

27 January 2015

With the approval of the national supplemental budget last year, the Listahanan or the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) now prepares for the national family assessment. The family assessment will update the database of poor households of the Listahanan in compliance with the […]

DSWD-CAR ready for Typhoon Amang

16 January 2015

Cordillera Administrative Region- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) here is ready for the possible onslaught of the first typhoon that might hit the region. OIC DSWD-CAR Director Janet P. Armas said that the regional office and its personnel are prepared to provide not just family food packs but also other services that […]

More indigent college students receive scholarship through ESGP-PA

08 January 2015

From just 299 students, an additional 900 poor college students have now been given the opportunity to enter college with the Expanded Students’ Grants-in-Aide Program for Poverty Alleviation (ESGP-PA). This joint program of the national government, including the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), Department of Budget and Management Department of Social Welfare and Development, and […]