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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isa po akong PWD , stroke survivor po ako. umaasa lng po ako sa mga kapatid ko para sa everyday needs ko. makatatanggap din po ba ako ng tulong? paano po? hindi nman po nagbabahay bahay ang brgy dito sa amin. salamat po.
magandang araw po sa inyo !
sana makatanggap ang aming pamilya sa tulong na ibibigay. maraming salamat po.. sa Cebu City po ako..
Ester/Noypigeeks – parang wala nmang nagrerespond sa mga hinaing at katanungan ng mga kababayan natin dito. May pagasa bang marinig ang mga ito o palamuti lng itong feedback/comment system na ito ?
Good am po bakit ganun need ba botante sa isang Lugar para maka kuha ng amilaration ng government kasi ung nanay ko tinatanong kung botante po isang labendera po ang nanay ko.
Dito po sa olongapo city. Naaabutan nman po kami ng releip ng kagawad nmin 2kilo salamat po s dalawang kilo pero di po yun sapat apat pi ang akung anak. Nangungupahan po kami. Nakatira ngalang pi kami sa bahay ng babuyan ginawa lang po nmin bahay para may masilungan lang inuupahan po nmin to. Vendors lang po ang trabaho nmin ng asawa ko. Kaya sana po maabutan kami ng form malaking tulong po yun sa apat kung anak salamat po sana mabasa mo nyo po ang messages ko.
Isa po ako PWD dito ako nakatira sa topaz st. Meyland village, meycauyan Bulacan. Wala pa po ako natatanggap na form sa aming barangay pa makaavail ng ayuda. Sana po bigyan pansin po ninyo aking panawagan sa inyo. At kung puede punta po kayo sa lugar namin. At yung asawa ko nawala di po ng trabaho dahil sa covid 19 no work no pay po siya. Maraming salamat po
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Good morning kami po dto sa marikina concepcion dos rancho 3 d.naman po lahat ng nakatira dto eeh may kaya isang beses palang po kami nabigyan ng relief sana po dumating na ung tulong po para samin ang hirap po d.naman po makapag work ung partner ko bawal lumabas nangungupahan po ho kami sana po mabasa nio po message ko salamat po
Good day po, ako po si She Gaña ng Brgy. H2 Dasmariñas City Cavite. Dito po sa amin ay wala pa po nag house to house para magbigay ng SAC. Kami po ay nangungupahan lang dito sa isang apart sa Excess Lot ng aming Brgy. At di pa po ako nakakapag pa transfer ng rehistro dito smin. Maaari po ba din kami mapili sa mga mabibigyan ng Social amelioration program? Kapos na din po talaga sa pang araw araw bagamat nahinto din ang aking partner sa knyang trabaho na part time construction worker. Sana po ay mabiyayaan din kami.
Ask ko lang paanu po kami makakakuha ng asawa ko ng tulong mula sa DSWD.wala na po kc trabaho ung asawa ko isa po syang construction worker ako naman po nasa bahay lang wala po ako trabaho ng babantay lang po ako ng anak namin na isa.wala na po kami pambudget dahil nga po sa quarantine kaya wala pong pasok ung asawa ko.sana po ay mapabilang kami sa tulong ng DSWD