The Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) in Luzon and other parts of the country has left many Filipinos jobless for the time being. This also means that these families do not have any source of income for their basic needs.
In order to address this pressing issue, the government has allotted Php210 billion budget to support 18 million low-income families nationwide.
Through the social amelioration program under the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in cooperation with other departments such as but not limited to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Department of Agriculture (DA), Department of Finance (DOF), Department of Budget and Management (DBM), and Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), vulnerable families will receive aid both in cash and in kind amounting from Php5,000 to Php8,000 depending on where they live.
READ: How much should you receive from the Social Amelioration Program?
Who are eligible to receive the Social Amelioration Program?
According to Joint Memorandum Circular No.1 , the primary target of the said amelioration program are poor families or those in the informal sector who do not have any means of income during the ECQ, with at least one household member who is part of the following:
1.) Senior Citizens
2.) Persons with Disability
3.) Pregnant and Lactating Women
4.) Solo Parents
5.) Overseas Filipinos Workers who no longer have work because they were repatriated or banned from traveling outside of the Philippines because of COVID-19 crisis
6.) Indigent Indigenous People
7.) Homeless Citizens and Underprivileged Sector are those who live below poverty line or those without a house to live
8.) Informal Economy Workers
- Occasional Workers (e.g. labandera)
- Subcontracted Workers (e.g. pakyaw workers)
- Homeworkers (e.g. workers in family business such as crafts making, food processing, etc.);
- Househelpers – who are not currently earning or cannot work because of the ECQ (e.g. kasambahay, family driver)
- Pedicab, UVs, Tricycle, PUJs, Taxi, PUBs, Transport Network Vehicle Service (TNVS) and Transport Network Companies (TNC) drivers (also includes Grab, Angkas, Joyride riders and such)
- micro-business and Sari-sari Store owners, and other similar business with asset less than Php10,000
- Small Family Business Owners (e.g. vegetable or fruit vendors, streets vendors, RTW, carinderia, etc.)
- Sub Minimum Wage Earners (e.g. helpers in carinderia, sari-sari store)
- Farm workers and Fisherfolks (e.g. magsasaka, mangingisda etc)
- “no work, no pay” employees
- Stranded workers (e.g. construction workers stranded in their respective construction site/s).
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How to avail the Social Amelioration Program?
1.) Social amelioration cards (SAC) will be distributed by the Local Government Unit (LGU) to qualified households. This will be given on a house-to-house setup.
2.) Provide all information asked in the SAC. Make sure to include all details needed.
3.) Submit the SAC to the assigned LGU officer who will go to your house.
4.) DSWD will provide the financial assistance through the LGU.
May the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries avail the Social Amelioration Program?
Yes, beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), may avail the social amelioration program, non-food aids and food packs on top of their benefits in 4Ps.
If you have questions, you may call DSWD hotline number 8-951-2803.
Hi good day po maam, ask q lbg po inde p b nabbigay dito sa Valenzuela ng SAC form, kxi naghhintay npo aq wala npo kmi panggastos po at pambili po ng maintenNce n gamot, Isa akong senior po nangungupahan dito 323 david apt, juan luna st, arty valenzuela city. Sana po malaman konpo kung nagbbigay n. Maraming salamat po
Dito po sa sta. Clara cuyapo nueva ecija nag survey po na kame kaso sabi ng barangay d raw inaprubahan ng dswd kasi marami raw kaya per house hold ang ginawa ng barangay hindi per family alam naman raw nila na mali pero sila nalang nag deside per family ang gawin sana po maaksyonan po dito samin kc sa isang household po 2pamilya po kame dito..nakikiusap po kame sa taus poso ng pag sasalamat sa mga sakripisyo ninyo sana po malaman ninyo mga hinaing namin bakit meron p rin nagsasamantala kahit alam na mali tinatangap nlang dahil sa hirap ng sitwasyon maraming salamat po gusto ko lang po mai abot sa inyo ang nagyayari dito sa lugar namin sana maaksyonan.
Dto PO ako sa block 62 lot 22 northville14 calulut nangungupahan,kagabi pumunta Ang dswd,ako po ay pwd, contractual sa work,may anak po kami,pero di PO nakapasa,samantala Yung ibang nakapasa ehh may sariling bahay at brand new 4wheel bat nakapasa,San po Ang hustisya?ok lng Sana di mpili Kung Ang mga napili ay dererving..ano PO ba palakasan sa tagapagpatupad?
Solo parent ako,no work no pay,pero d manlang ako bngyan ng form ng may dumaan n tga dswd smen,samantalang may pnakta nman ako n solo parent i.d.
Dear sir/mam
Paano po ang mga grab operator na wala din income..lalo na naghuhulog ng sasakyan sa banko.wala po ba matatanggap na cash assistance ..wala po trabaho asawa ko at dyan lang po kami umaasa ng panghulog sa banko ..
Salamat po
Ung asawa ko po ofw seychelles…taz sabi nla d po kami makakatanggap ng SAC or tulong mula sa gobyerno kc daw’MAYAMAN’ na kc ofw po daw asawa ko…kaya nga po nagibang bansa asawa ko kc po mahirap ang buhay…at pare parehas nmn na nalockdown kya kailangan po din nmn ng tulong…athaka lockdown na din po dun sa pinagTatarbahohan ng mister ko…sana po mabigyan dn po kami…maraming salamt…taga Masbate
Ung asawa ko po ofw seychelles…taz sabi nla d po kami makakatanggap ng SAC or tulong mula sa gobyerno kc daw’MAYAMAN’ na kc ofw po daw asawa ko…kaya nga po nagibang bansa asawa ko kc po mahirap ang buhay…at pare parehas nmn na nalockdown kya kailangan po din nmn ng tulong…athaka lockdown na din po dun sa pinagTatarbahohan ng mister ko…sana po mabigyan dn po kami…maraming salamt
tanong ko lang po paano po un dito samin ndi po kame nbigyan ng form ng SAC sa tingin q nman po aq ay qualify pra mbgyan ng funancial assistance mron po aq 5 anak,ang bunso q po ay 4 mos plng,at breastfeed po xa aq po ang 1 triccle drver sna po mbgyan pansin nyo aq dto mktanggap ng ameleoration.salamat po.God bless.tga 395 taas st.Bagumbong brgy.171 Caloocan City.
Good day,
I went to the dswd here in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon and I was told that there’s no go signal yet in distributing the SAC form. My mother is a senior citizen, I just wanted to know when could possibly this will be distributed to our municipality. Hope this will be address as soon as possible.
Thanks
Ang husband ko po no work no pay sa formal sector ng security aency sa Makati at co terminus na kapag nag end an MOA with detailed company. I have a son na PWD working in an LGU as Job Order receiving only P4000.00 per month. I am already senior and PWD din po, Qualifie po ba kami? Pag tinignan po bahay namin up and down daw kasi malaki kaya di kami qualified, paqno po kung may utang pa kami sa pagpagawa ngayong walang sweldo asawa ko at 4000 lang na alllowance ng PWD nming anak.