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.
Good morning po..according po sa dswd nagikot dito samin kahapon ang qualified Lang daw po sa sac nila ay senior citizen, pwd, solo parent, pregnant woman…the rest po di daw po pwde..and tinatanong Pa nila kmi kng San daw kmi kumukuha pangaraw araw namin pagkain and kung ang bahay daw po namin ay cash binili o hulugan.and sabi ko hinuhulugan sa pagibig monthly.. tamapo ba un mga taong nila?? sabi namin nagaangkat kmi pinya since lockdown wala kmi pingkakakitaan now..sabi nila ah my business man pla kau.. sbi namin eh yearly man po bga ang pinyahan and lockdown ngaun kya wala kmi pinaakakitaan.. kahit na daw po my income man daw po kmi kahit yearly kaya di kmi covered sa sac ng dswd..ang binibigyan lng daw nila ay yong poorest of the poor..since may kita man daw kmi kahit yearly di kmi qualified kahit daw lockdown ngaun.. San po kmi pwde icategory na walang ng income dahil sa lockdown ngayon? Di po Ba kmi makakakuha ng amelioration na sinasabi nyo? Nawalan din po kmi pinagkakakitaan dahil lockdown.. Maraming salamat po.. God bless
Isa po aq gov’t.employee pro dto po a s provnce nmn inabutan ng lockdown,almost 1month n po aq dtos amn naubos n po leave q so in short d n aq mkkpasweldo dhl without pay n aq at aq lng ang inaasahan ng fmily q dhl tricyclw driver lng ang aswa q,ang tnong q po mkkavail po b aq s 5k-8k n ippmgy n cash assistance ng govt.tnx po
Morning po.paano po ako mkka avail ng ayuda mula DSWD..tulad kong nag close tapsihan nmin san ako kukuha ng pangkain nmin..at isang grab driver din ako pero wala pang nkukuha khit ano… aasa nlang ba kmi sa wala puro pangako hind nman natutupad..salamat at sana mapansin nman kmi isang kahig isang tuka din nman kmi na dapat tulungan…..
Hi good evening. Wala Po kaming natanggap na SAC form pero pinasulat Po pangalan namin address birthday at pati na Rin Ang I’d number namin . And ngayon April 13 Lang e namigay na sila sa kapitbahay namin ng SAC form pero kami ay Wala. Kasama Po kami sa no work no pay. Salamat Kung may sasagot. Las pinas tramo ilaya
dito po ako a brgy. 834 pandacan manila ang sabi po ng dswd sa chairman namin hindi daw po kmi qualified sa sac kse hindi daw kmi depress area. sino po ba ang nagdedecide nun 2 po ang senior citizen sa bahay namin 80y/o and above pareho, ung anak ko single parent, ako no work no pay. at ung mga kapitbahay ko mas mahirap pa sila sa iba bakit po buong brgy. and di mkktangap pls. explain at un pong tel. no. nyo wala po nasagot.
Hello po.ask lng PO sna,KC my nag punta PO s my street nmin s Brgy rizal,Makati City PO n nag bibigay ng SAC,svi PO nila d n dw ksma Ang mga senior en tricycle driver s mga bibigyan ng form KC dw PO meron n cLA natatanggap from Makati City Hall,my mother PO KC ako n senior en tricycle driver Ang husband ko,tlga PO b d n CLa qualified s SAC…
Concerns lang po. Di po ba ang pinagbabasihan sa qualifications for amelioration ay iyon lang naka sulat sa joint memorandum circular no.1 series 2020?
Dito po kasi sa amin (REGION X), nilalagyan po kasi nila nag kasunod ng mga pwede umavail katulad po ng;
1.senior cetizen pero, may anak na teacher o anak na kumikita parin kahit may ECQ.
2. PWD na kumikita parin kahit may ECQ.
Alangan naman po maghintay pa kami sa pamigay edi namatay na sa gutom pamilya namin. Malaking tulong talaga ang amelioration ng gobyerno ang akin lang po “valid po ba lagyan ng ibang qualifications sa joint memorandum na ang mga nasa lgu’s lamang ang naglalagay?”
Salamat po. Sana makatanggap ako ng reply. Godbless us po
Humihingi po ako nang tulong sa inyo mam / sir sana mabigyn po kme nang 5k kc po mula nung nag lockdown wla n po wrk asawa ko nahinto po no wrk no pay po cla,man,/sir meron po kmeng baby na nag gagatas wla po ako mabile dhl wla po wrk asawa ko wla dn nmn po ako trabaho 3 po ang anak nmn sana po matulungan nio po kme salamat po god bless po
paano po kung nag apply na asawa ko sa dole pero 2k lng mkukuha daw informal worker po sya ibig po ba sabihin d npo kami mkk kuha sa sac ng dswd? dole ay april lng..dswd po ay apr at may..4 po ang anak ko..may 2yrs old po ako..freelance liaison officer po ako..wala pp ako employer..
taga dasmariñas city region 4A po kami
tanong lang po naapproved po ba sa dole po yong bek ryeon spa po kc po hanggang ngayon po kc wala pa po kami natatanggap po simula po nong nag apply po yong boss namin sa dole cash assisstance po….