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.
Dito po sa brgy Navarro city of general trias Wala po kaming natanggap galing sa sap o dswd pero nka fill-up po kami butis po ako 7months at need ko ng mabili ung nasa reseta ng doctor at pang ultrasound dhl ung ipon namin para sa Bata ay nagastos nmin sa araw araw na pagkain at meron pa kaming 2anak na nasa Qc. Paano ko po malalaman kung Hindi po kami qualified na mabibigyan.
Tanong lang po paanu po if nadis approved ung company namin sa camp. No work no pay.
Pwede po ba kami sa SAC Form.ng dswd..
Pero honestly pinapill up narin po ako ng purok leader namin
Thanks
Plz. Reply if tama lang po ba ung next step na ginawa ko.
Sa May 2 mag release Na ng 5k Marami pa sa Amin Ang Hindi isinama sa makakatanggap ng tulong Mula sa SOCIAL AMELIORATION PROGRAM. Taga LAOANG NORTHERN SAMAR po kami. Sana po matulungan po ninyu kami.
Good am. Ipina aalam ku lang Po , kung bakit Hindi kami nakasali sa Social Amelioration Program . Wala kaming ibang inaasahan Na tulong ngayung lockdown, lumalala pa ang sakit ko dahil wala akong pang biling gamot. Bakit pinipili lang nila Ang bibigyan ng 5k Na tulong? Humihingi po ako ng tulong sa inyu. Sana po isali po kami dahil wala po kaming ibang tulong Na inaasahan.
Goodam Sir kayo na lang po naisip ko na makakatulong sa akin sana po matulungan nyo man lang ako kht makakuha ng dswd cash assistance kc po nakailang tawag n po kmi dswd pinaasa lng po kmi pti po nbi naisumbong n po nmin wala dn po aksyon pti po sa baranggay nggaling na kmi wala dn po lagi po kmi tinuturo dswd pgdating nman dswd mgbibigay lng po cla numero n tawagan,,ng tawagan po namin wala dn aksyon n paano kmi maisali sa Dswd cash assistance no work no pay po ako sir,,di dn po ako kasali sa dole kc wala po kmi sss,sana matulungan nyo po ako my pamilya po ako nangungupahan lang dn po ako baon n nga po kmi sa utang dto upahan nmin sir,dto po kmi sa Zamora street pinagsama taguig city..nakakaraos n lng po kmi sir sa hingi ng tulong s mga kaibigan at pmilya sir,,sana matulungan nyo ako kc pti ang pgdating ng relief po dto isang beses pa lang sir kung totoosin,,samantala sa ibang lugar dto taguig sir nakaapat po o tatlo na,salamat po sir ..godbless
Good day po tanung ko lang po bakit dito sa brgy . Namin sa sampaloc manila ay wla pa po kaming natatangap na ayuda or sac wla po akong trabaho sideline sideline lang po at di permanente nangupahan lang ako ng matitirhan namin at ngyon wla akong mpapagkakitaan mula ng magsimula ang lockdown dito sa sampaloc manila salamat .
Dito sa sampaloc manila wla pa pong kaming natatangap na sac walapo akong trabaho sideline sideline lang at nangungupahan lang kmi para my matitirhan ang psmilya ko kailan pa po ba magkaroon dito. Salamat
Qualified po ba aq na maka avail ng SAP?PWD po ako,pero wala akung pwd id,1000 po grado ng mata ko.pero dito samin per household lang po binibigyan nila.
Paano po Kya aq makaka avail hindi naman po aq pinuntahan ng DSWD para mkapag fill up ng SAC form no work no pay po aq at below minimum po ang salary q
I’m pregnant and lactating mom po.