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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  1. Good evening… Tanong din po ako. Paano kung naabutan ako ng lockdown po dito sa luzon… Pero taga South Cotabato po ako.. Di po ako residente dito sa Luzon… Pwede po ba ako mag apply dito sa luzon kasi PWD po akomm

    1. Ma’am/sir gud pm isa po akng seaferer paalis na po sana ako ng march kaso naabutan po ako ng lockdown tanong ko sna kng may makuha kami sa dole.

  2. tanong ko lang po kung makakatanggap po ba ng 5,000 sa dole ,,, hindi na po ba maka avail sa SAC, O SOCIAL AMORETATION CARD Sa DSWD na 5,000
    Please,,, reply

  3. Magandang araw po. Dati pk akong Ofw at nakauwi noong Nune 15 2017 sa tulong ng amnesty.Hanggang ngayun po ay wala among trabaho xi na po ako mKabalik ng abroad dahil 55 na ako. Tanong ko lang po kung kung ako ay kasama sa ayudang ibibigay ng Dole?

    1. Magandang araw po, ako po ay isang OFW ng 7 taon, at naging illegal ng isang taon at.napauwi sa pamamagitan ng amnesty, november 2019 po ako nakauwi, kasamaang palad.po hindi po ako makahanap.ng trabaho hangang sa naabutan ako ng lockdown at h8ndi na nakapagapply para makapgtrabaho, tanong ko lang.po kung makakakuha po ba ako.ng ayuda mula sa DOLE? Sana po ay matulungan nyo ako sa aking katanungan para mapasama sa ayuda ng gobyerno.

  4. Ako PO ay isang ofw at Hindi naring nka Alis dahil Po ay na banned PO tapos my dalawa PO anak walang ama na nagsuporta paano PO at nagmanicure lng ako dahil sa lockdown Wala NPO akong kita sa ngayon Sana PO matulongan ako.and thanks God bless….

  5. Good day po.aku po ay isang family driver wla napo trabaho since lockdown implemented last month.paano po mka avail sa ibibigay ng government pra po pangtustos araw-araw sa aking pamilya habang nka quarantine.maraming salamat

  6. Hello po meron po kaming na pill upan form na bond paper lng po xa. Wala rin ping iniwan na copy sa amin. Gusto ko lang po malaman kung ayun na po talaga ung form na cnasabi.kc po sa pagkakabasa ko po is card po and 2 copies ndi bond paper xerox at walan rin copy na binigay samin. Ako po ay 6 na buwan buntis pinagkakakitaan ko po ay online business na sa ngaun po ay ndi kumikita dhil ECQ at ang ka live in ko naman po ay isang (Construction worker) helper lng po xa at kasalukuyan ndi na rin po kumikita simula nag umpisa ang ECQ meron po kaming 4 na anak na umaasa sa amin. taga PABAHAY2000 BRGY.MUZON CITY OF SAN JOSE DEL MONTE BULACAN PO KAMI.. sana po kami ay inyong matulungan sa aming kalagayan ngaun lobhang napakahirap po nang walang income.. maraming salamat po..
    ANA MARIE B. MORALDE

    1. Gandang gabi po isa po akong constraction worker pakyaw araw po, may anak po akong 1 pampublikong teacher single at 1 pribadong teacher single din at meron pa akong 1 anak na pinagaaral pero hindi po ako naasa sa sweldo ng anak ko sa ngayon po wala akong trabaho dahil sa lockdown qualified poba ako sa 5 to 8k ng sap namigay napo kasi dito kanina sa pagbilao, quezon ng ayuda ang dswd pero hindi ako nakasama sa nabigyan.maraming salamat po sa inyong pagtugon.

  7. pahingi po sana ako ng tulong , buntis po asawa ko at may dalawa pa po kaming anak .
    sangayon po natigil po ako sa pagtratrabaho
    dahil sa pandemic covid19 at ECQ.
    ang trabaho ko lang po helper sa isang agency dito sa mabalacat pampanga .
    ang agency (TAERICEN MANUFACTURING INC.) ko pa ay may polosiya na no work no pay . nahinto po ako sa trabaho baon na po kami ng asawa ko sa utang . isang beses palang po kami nabigyan ng relief dito saamin (madapdap resettlement mabalacat )kahit din po ang ayudang 5k to 8k bawat pamilya di pa po kami nakakatanggap . kaya sana po mapansin po ninyo ang hinaing ko . maawa po kayo saamin/sa mga anak ko . bigyan naman po kami ng pansin at abutan namn po ng tulong ..kung sino man po nakakaluwag at maawaing puso .

  8. Sir/Ma’m;
    I’m from zamboanga city po, itatanong ko lang po, my husband is an ofw in Saudi, and ako po eh housewife, since lockdown po yung area where my husband is located Kaya po hindi niya kami mapadalhan, kaliwa’t kanan na po utang ko pang Kain namin Kasi Wala Naman kaming nakukuhang relief goods galing sa barangay, qualified po ba yung ganun, should it be considered sa “ofw in distressed”? Pwede po ba Yun iapply dito para maka avail. Pls.reply po God Bless thx!

  9. Good day, paano po makapag apply nang sap if ako ay member nang toda sa angono rizal ngunit ang address ko ay sa pasig city san po ako kukuha ng form. Tnx for your reply.

    1. Good morning po
      Isa po akong senior citizen, dito po sa aming barangay sa Muntilupa wala daw po
      ayuda sa mga senior citizen kung ikaw ay tumatangap na ng pension.
      paki linaw lang po, salamat
      reply

      1. sabi ng dswd dito yung stranded daw e dapat pumunta dun sa lugar nila para dun magregister e di ba engot magisip !

    2. Good pm po makkifollowup lng po dun po sa dswd ako po c Oliver ng Makati City isa po akong tricycle driver. Ask ko lng po Kung meron na po b ung pra sa tricycle driver. Na financial n mangggaling sa dswd. Kawwa na po ang mga kapwa ko driver. Halos paubos na po ang mga relief nmin. Tpos naxtend pa po. Sana matulungan nyo po kami. Makati City dist. 2 Brgy.rizal.