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.
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Gudpm Mam/Sir kelan po kaya makarating dito saming Brgy Ang inyong ahensya almost 1week na po ung paper namin naipasa sa Brgy ung aming Form.kagaya ko po dn ko nakabalik sa work sa kalagayan ko po na buntis at may 3yr old akong anak.wala po ako mapagkukunan Ng PNG araw araw at png gatas Ng anak ko..kng matatagalan pa po kyo siguro po pipilitin ko nlang na makabalik sa work kahit po mag lakad ako kesa naman po Lalo kami magutom.sana man po maaksiyunan kc kahit ung 1000 na bigay ni Mayor Yorme Hindi ako nabigyan kc ung form Ng inyong ahensya ung binigay.. Salamat po and God bless
magandang hapon po ako po ay lumalapit sa inyo kasi po dto po sa lugar namin brgy12 south caloocan may nag ikot na samin pero sa bahay po namin 2 po kami “no work no pay” at single parent po.. eh 3 pamilya po kami eh tpos isa lang po ang binigyan tpos po ung papel ng SAF is xerox po alam ko po kasi tlaga na dpat original po un tpos ang sabi pa po 5k lang po ang ipapamahagi nila… sana po mapansin nio salamat po..
From negros oriental, jimalalud mula nagsimula ang quarantine hanggang ngayun walang pang natatanggap na relief goods ang mga tao.. At ang emoliration daw po ay galing sa pondo ng monicipality kaya hnd lahat makatanggap..
Pmnta po dto s san vicente sanbpedro laguna ang brgy.para s SAC,ang sabi db house to house bkit po nsa isang house lng cla at pinapunta ang mga tao dun pra ibigay ang id eh d wla ng social distancing.tpos my master list cla at kpag wla k dun nganga k.ako po ay nangungupahan kya iba po ang aking address s id,ang sbi po ay pmnta n lng ako s brgy n nsa id ko,pano po yn buntis p ako pphirapan p nla ang tao.ung iba patay n pero nsa masterlist prin,ung ibang buhay at mtgal n wla tuloy.ano po b aksyon nyo dto.?bkit gnito ang proseso.?
Tanong lang po hindi po ba talaga kasama ang BRGY. TANOD sa mga mabibigyan ng SAC FORM ? Opo brgy sila nag ttrabaho pero di sila OFFICIALS tama po ba ? Kase magkano lang namn po ang kinikita ng isang brgy tanod , tapos ang pamilya pa nito ay walang ibang pinag kukunan ng sapat na pera at pagkaen dahil sa lockdown informal settler pa , labandera lang ang asawa .. tanong lang po nanay ko po kase di sila binigyan ng nag bibigay ng SAC FORM Dahil sa brgy daw po nag ttrabaho tatay ko na Brgy tanod ,, kung tutuusin simula naging brgy tanod tatay ko wala silang BENEFITS like SSS, PAG IBIG AT PHILHEALTH
Kapag nakareceived ba sa DOLE ng 5k hindi na cla covered ng SAP or dna cla qualified?
I copy lang po ung napa fill upan sa amin at xerox copy po.. may mali po ba sa bnigay nilang form” mdami po nag sasabi dapat daw po two copy at origina
Im a lactating mom po sa 1 month old kong baby nagpalista po ako para dyan pero sabi samin di ako kasali kasi wala ako lista, iahit kita naman nila na need ko ng money para kay baby, pero yung angat ang vuhay samin dito nabigyan ng form, tas kaming qualified talaga ang hindi nabigyan. Pano po kami? Magugutom na lg po ba kami ng baby ko pasensya na po kung umaasa ako sa SAP, yan na lg kasi kinakapitan ko ngayon kaso wala parin pala. Btw dito po sa Lucena Dalahican winawaso yan. Sila sila lang ang meron
dito po sa mrh site 4 brgy. 188 yung mga nabigyan po ng form e yung taecher tsaka po yung 2 4p’s paano naman po yung mas higit na nangangailangan ? katulad po nung sa tapat namin wala po silang trabaho yung asawa e sideline lang pero dipo sila nabigyan yung solo parent po dto na kasambahay di rin nila binigyan ang unfair naman po nun