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.
Isa po akong solo parent widow npo ako
Sana po mabigyan along ayuda ng gobyerno
Para po sa mga anak ko.salamat po
bakit pu aku hindi naman biniGyan nanG form kc daw pu may trabaho aku ? ii smantalanG no work no pay pu aku at sinGle mom din pu aku .. pinipilit kong pumasok kahit delikado para may pambili nang gatas at diaper sa anak ku tapos di naman aku mabibiGyan nanG form dahil lanG dun ?! makihati nlanG daw ku sa mama ko paG naapprove unG form nea ?! Ganun pu ba tlaga ?! sa brGy namin Ganun unG sinabi sakin ! taga BRGY SAN ANDRES 1 DASMA CAVITE PO AKO
Cherry grace angeles po ng angono,rizal
Magandang gabi po,nakakadismaya lng po na ipaabot sainyo na ang dswd angono po ay hindi nagbahay bahay sa brgy namin,may listahan na po sila ng mga bibigyan ng form,at kung cno lng nkalista un lng ang binigyan nla,apat po anak nmin maliit pa,nakikilabasan lng po ng tryckle ang asawa ko at minsan natatawag magmaneho kc oncall driver po xa,wla xng regular na trabaho,nangungupahan po kmi sa hlagang 3500,pinagkakasya po nmin ang kinikita ng asawa ko sa araw araw na gastusin,sana lng naman po naranasan lng nmin ma interview ng dswd pra kung sakaling disqualified kmi mas magaan nmin matatangap kesa naman po sa ginawa nla na piliin lng ang bibigyan ng form..di rin nman kmi mkakakuha sa dole kc di po regular na driver asawa ko,sana po mapansin nio hinaing ko..salamat po at God bless!!
65 yrs old and 5mos po ako senior citizen pero employed po ako under No Work No Pay status or contractual lang po. Since Mar. 16 hindi na ako nakapasok dahil sa ECQ. So walang sweldo mula noon. Wala pang nagpapapirma ng SAC dito sa San Juan City. Nagsubmit po ang employer ko, Ramon M. Fria Builders, ng application para sa CAMP ng dole pero hindi po kami nabigyan. Ano po ba ang makukuha kong government assistance? Salamat po..Erlinda R. Rocha, 112 H-4 Lope k. Santos, San Juan City
Ako po si antonio pelovello isang senior citizen meron ba akong makuha ng ayuda sa DSWD kalinisan .st commonwealth quezon city
Good day po…d2 po saamin brgy. Commonwealth q.c bakit po wala pang nakakarating hanggang ngaun 1month napo kaming quarantine wala npo kami mapagkunan ng makakain may anak pa po kaming pinapagatas…sana po makarating na kau d2 saamin
bakit po ako hindi binigyan kase sabi my sari sari store daw ako pero bakit po yun iba sari sari store dito samen nabigyan nila samantalang parepareho kame may sari sari store tapos buntis po ako at lactating mom sa 2 yrs old ko at ang asawa ko ay no work no pay saan ko kaya sila pwede ireklamo or saan ako makakahanap ng mga sagot kung bakit ako hindi binigyan eh pasok ako sa lahat ng qualification
Pano po maka2tanggap ng ayuda ung kagaya ko po na lactating women..?anu ang kylangang id pra makatanggap po ng ayuda..naki2tira lng po kc aq sa nanay q at may sakit pa po aq sa balat..sana po matulungan nio po aq..
Hello po, based sa nabasa Kong qualifications, I believe qualified PO kaming mag asawa sa SAP ng gobyerno, dahil isa siyang electrician self employed lamang at ako naman PO ay no work no pay at Wala ring tinanggap sa DOLE. Pero sa tuwing magtatanong kami sa barangay namin (Mariblo, Frisco, QC), Ang sagot nila Wala pa daw form. Please guide us naman Kung paano kami makapag avail Ng tulong. Maraming salamat PO.
Taga p8 kinate alanib lantapan bukidnon …city of malaybalay po ako..until now Wala pang mga dswd na pumupunta sa mga bahay ..3 mo.pregnant po ako..dasal ko po na sana akaavail ako para may pang bayad ako sa SSS..para sa matben ko..kapos talaga kase sa pera ..may wrk Asawa ko kaya lng laging overdrop..masaya na Kung 1k na sobra kaya sana makakuha ako…😢😢
Dito saamin sa Labuan Zamboanga city, Hindi man lang sinali ang mama or papa ko ba na puro senior citizen plus kuya ko pa na pedicab driver na Hindi na nakadrive kasi lockdown. Then Yung ate ko pa na solo parenting 3 children. Dati siyang labandera pero nawalan ng trabaho kasi nga lockdown. Hindi man lang nag house to house yung naatasan ng local government namin. Lista lista lang sya. Its so unfair. And I’ve heard 2500 lang daw binibigay. Sana naman Maaksyunan toh. Kawawa naman. Thank you po. This is from LABUAN ZAMBOANGA CITY.