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.
Ask lng poh..if ever poh ba nakarecieve ng dswd sap (solo parent)..maari po ba mag avail ng sss subsidy?..
Dito po sa amin sa mindanao sa CAGAYAN DE ORO po . Lahat ng kapitbahay ko nabigyan ng SAP kahit may tindahan at may sasakyan at silang lahat ay nabigyan samantalang ako po ay wala . Isa po akong single mom at matagal ng nag lockdown ang kompanyang pinagtatrabahuan ko po at di po ako kasali sa sap . 2 buwan na po ang ECQ at 5kls bigas lang po . paano ko po to maipagkakasya . Ni isang pirasong candy di ko mabilhan anak ko . Parang awa niyo po isali niyo naman po ako sa listahan . Kahit di na kayo maawa sa akin sa anak ko nalang po awang awa na ako sa anak ko . Parang awa niyo na po . ako po ay taga CAGAYAN DE ORO . aksyunan niyo naman po ito . Kahit po anak ng kapitan sa amin nakatanggap na ayuda samantalang ako isang ordinaryong mamayan ay wala talaga .
Salamat po
Paano po ba ako maka avail ng SAC isa po akong OFW na nag apply dito sa MANILA.kaso naabotan po ako ng travel banned hanggat nag luckdown na po..stranded na po ako dito sa phase-10 lot 1 Brgy.Gijo San Del Monte Bulacan.dati po akong OFW tapos nag apply ulit sana kaso na abutan ng luckdown.ang pamilya ko po walang natanggap kasi wala ako doon sa amin dito po ako SAN DEL MONTE BULACAN n stranded sa kapatid po ako ngayon nag tuloy di po ako residente dito pero pamilya ko po walang natanggap.pwd po ba maka avail?
Hi po..saan po pwde kumuha nang SAP form..hndi po kc kami binigyan nang form dtu samin..
magandang araw po ako po ay isang SOLO PARENT pero hindi po nakatanggap ng SAC form mula sa gobyerno kasi ni hindi po namin nakita ang anino ng DSWD dito sa aming lugar kahit po kami ay nakatira sa subdividion hindi po kami mayaman..sana po mapasok at tingnan naman po ninyo ang mga kalagayan ng mga tao sa mga subdivision..nakakalungot lang dito sa amin sa BInan purket hindi kAmi malapit sa mga LGU’s hindi na kami maambunan ng ayuda na yan..sana po sa 2nd batch ng mapasama na rin po kami sa mga makakatanggap..marami dito sa aMIN MGA SOLO PARENT, CONSTRUCTION WORKER, AT MGA LABANDERA..sana po tugon ang kailangan namin kasi kung sino pa yong mg mapepera dito sa amin un pa ang mga nakatanggap ng Financial Assistant na yan partida my mga kaanak abroad at may mga SASAKYAN..asan ang hustisya don matatanggap po sana namin kung sa mga mahihirap tlga naibigay eh kaso hindi eh..sana po tugon ang hiling ko..maraming salamAT PO
Hello poh Dito po sa prk5-A magdum TAGUM CITY Davao Del norte bakit Hindi pa po Kami naka tanggap ngayun kailangan namin ang tulong nyu poh solo parent po kapatid ko at my apat na Anak no work no pay din po Kami Sana naman po masali Kami
sana nman po khit nangungupahan kami pag tuunan nyo nman po kaming mga empleyado na wlang inaasahan ngayun..marami po kaming mga naka board na wlang pinagkukuhanan dto sa guadalupe po hanap ng simbahan malapit sa loyola memorial..sna po matulungan nyo kami..ngayun lang po kami hihingi dhil kahit po relief wla man lang kaming ntatanggap.slamat po
hello po..paano nman po kami na nag boboard lang dtk sa guadalupe..ni wla po kaming ntatanggap na tulong khit ano..paank po kami mkakaluha ng ayuda,dhil wla nman ponkaming inaasahan na trabaho gawa ng lockdown
Isa po akong applicant’s DH. Pero dahil sa crisis d kami naka alis 24 years old single mom 7months old palang ang baby ko at d ko sya kasama mga magulang ko nag alalaga ask ko lang po kung pwede din ako naka avail amelioration kasi wala ako trabaho at kailangan ko din padalhan ang baby ko pang gatas nya thank u.
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.