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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Hello po mg tatanung lng po ako isa po akong solo parent at may anak po ako na isa. Ng wwork po ako pero nwalan din po ng trabho dhil po sa pandemic. Wala po ako nakuha na kaht anu. Dole, sss, or sap wala po .. ngkaron po ng 1st and 2nd wave dto smen brgy pero di po ako nkakuha man lng, pili lng po ata ang bnbgyan nila ng mga gnyn ayuda sana nmn po,bgyan din nmn po ako , pareparehas lng nmn po ntin ping dadaanan ang ganitong sitwasyon sana nmn po mbgyan un dapt na karapat dapat at hindi un namimili lng po ng bibigyan.
GOOD DAY PO.. TANONG KO LANG PO KUNG BAKIT PO WALA PO KAMI NAKUHA KAHIT NA ANO PONG TULONG SA GOBYERNO RELIEF LANG PO. MAY APAT PO KAMI ANAK , ASAWA KO PO KAPAPANGANAK LANG NAWALAN PO KAMI PAREHAS NG TRABAHO.. BAKIT PO D PO MAN LANG KAMI NAKAKUHA.. SANA PO MABIGYAN DIN PO KAMI SALAMAT PO
Pwede pa po b ako humingi Ng sap form Kasi po d ako naka fill up d ako nabigyan Kasi nung time po n yon Wala po ako sa bahay Namin..
Good evening po. Yong mother ko 4ps beneficiary kaya understood na po na hindi sya qualified sa sap, although isang beses palang sya nakatanggap,at hindi ganun kalaki tulad ng nasa sap. Pero ok lang kahit hindi kasya sa, nasa iloilo po pala yong mother ko, and ako andito po sa manila para maghanap sana ng work, pero nagka covid so hindi ako nakahanap at nakitira lang ako sa friend ko, awang awa ako sa family ko sa iloilo, lalo na sa lola ko, nagtanong sila sakin, bakit daw po, pagkatapos ng 4ps release which is nung nag umpisa pa ang covid nag announce na yong señior na ang sunod release, syempre tuwang tuwa yong lola ko dahil may pambili sila pagkain. The day na release nila napaiyak nalang sila, dahil nilagpasan nila yong lola, at nagtanong mother ko, bakit wala yong lola, at sagot daw nila sinama na daw sa 4ps, ano yon? Ang kinuha ng mother ko is exact amount na kinukuha nya every pay out nila, at ang sabi pa nga ng gobyerno may dag² yon, pero wala pong dag². Kawawa naman pati yong lola ko po, she’s already 90+ of age. Hindi na po sila nag reklamo at baka masabihan lang daw sila na. Hahabol sila sa pera na hindi naman nila pinaghirapan, at nag aantay lang na mabigyan. Tumutulo nalang luha ko dahil hindi ko rin sila matulungan, wala din ako trabaho dahil bawal lumabas nga, help nyo naman po kami😥
May tanung po ako hindi po ako nakapag regester sa sap online pero nabigyan po. Ako sa first wave dinapo ba ako mabibigyan nito ulit kase dina ako nakapag regester
Gud pm po..ask ko lng po nktanggap po Asawa ko ng sap sa province,pag uwi po namin ng Manila nakakuha po Asawa ko sa dole n pinadala through Palawan,kailangan po ba Ito ibalik? Makakasuhan po ba kami Kung nagastos n po namin dahil pagblik po namin Wala pa Naman po regular syang trabaho?
D2 po samin my nagbigay po sa kanya ng form tricycle driver po. Ndi sya pwede po sya pwede kc my 4pis cla. Kya binigay nya sa kapitbahay ko. Sa pangalawang bigayan na po sya . Bale dw pob16k ang makuha. Maghahati dw po cla pag na approve ung sa sap nya. Ung kapitbahay ko po my wrk po sya kht ng ecq. Kya po pwede po pla un?
dito poh sa amin sa Sikatuna viLLage piLi Lang ng aming kapitana Annabelle Curatcho at mga kagawad ng aming baranga ang binigyan.. basta mga kakiLaLa kamag anak at mga kamag anak ng tanod or nagwork sa barangay kahit na mag asawa may na nagtaTrabaho sa barangay pareho nakatanggap ng SAP na 8k dahiL ibang apelyedo nung babae gamit sa kadahilangan hindi sila kasal.. at mga kamag anak nung tanod na puro perwisyo dito sa amin na nakalista pa nga sa tukhang at puro tambay manginginom at sugaroL ang binigyan priority nila basta kamag anak at kapatid nung Leo na tanod ng barangay Sikatuna ViLLage lahat nakatanggap.. pano naman kaming simula non nagsisikap na nagtaTrabaho at nag iipon para sa mga anak.. hindi man lang nabigyan ng ayuda at pag umanagal ka sa kapitana kasinungalingan lang sinasabi na keyso wala na daw form.. tumanda na magulang ko at Tax payer kami since non.. bakit yung mga tambay at sugaroL na kamag anak ng kawani ng barangay meron natanggap.. katarungan naman poh sa na sa barangay Sikatuna ViLLage Q.C..
simula nung nagkaLockdown dito sa Maimpok st. nakatambak sila sa labas at nag uumpukan sa sugal at inom… san poh ang karapatan naming namumuhay ng maayos at sumusunod sa ating gobyerno
dito po sa baranggay 171 sa caloocan hanggang nngayon wala paden po kami natatanggap nna sac. form
Hindi pa po kami nakaka tanggap kahit isa mula sa gobyerno na galing sa sap/dswd/dole..sana po matulongan manlang kami kahit isa lang galing ayuda dahil po nangungupahan lang po kami dahil sa ECQ mula po pinatupad ay wala po ako trabaho hanggang ngayon salamat po.