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.
Ako ay isang subcon worker lang po dto sa pinapasukan ko po simula ng maglockdown wala na po kami trabaho at isang beses pa lang po kami nabigyan ng relief dito hindi po namin alam kung kelan kami mabigyan ulit, paubos na rin po ang aming natabing pagkain sana lang po matulungan kmi ng gobyerno.
dto po sa amin sa olongapo wala p po aqng nbabalitaan n nbigyan n ng 5k assistance,pintor po asawa at anak q,namamakyaw cl,un pong isang anak q bpo agent po,no work no pay.sana nmn po makarating s amin ang ayuda n yn ng gobyerno,kz po pti relief isang beses plng po kmi nkakuha s barangay nmin,s old cabalan,tig 2kilong bigas,1 noodles at 1sardinas 1kopiko doble at isang swak n gatas lng po.sobrang kailngan po nmin ng ayuda s panahon n ito
Gud pm po,,,shiela po to ,,, Sana Isa po Ang asawa aq sa mabigyan ng tulong ng dswd kasi mag anak n na Dede at no work no pay aq ,,,at contractual lng po aq sa trabaho k ,, Sana matulungan nyo po aq kasi wala na kaming badget dahil sa covid-19,,,at Wala n kami pinagkikitaan po…
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Paano nmm kami nangungupahan lang lang hindi kami taga rito hindi kami naka uwi pano sabi daw dito sa himamaylan city hindi kami kasali daw kasi hindi kami taga rito po sa SAC po sana matulungan nyo kami pano kami maka uwi e lockdown po
Dito sa Masambong,Quezon City wala pang nagbibigay ng sac form para sa senior citizen
Aak ko lang po meron ng namigay ng SAP forms dito sa Taguig City at paano ba ang procedure,kami po ang pupunta ng DSWD o cla na po ang mag iikot,tnx po.
Sir pwede po ba ako magtanong Kung nkapag submit po ba Ang employer ko na CARVEL GENERAL TRADE AND SERVICES list po ng kanilang empleyado? Taga Mandaue City Cebu po ako. Salamat
Mary jane gregorio po..single parent po ako for almost 21 years me isang anak at graduating po nitong taon sa collage.. Sana po matulungan nyu ako at aking anak.simulat simula hindi po ako nakatanggap ng ayuda mula sa govt ako po ay nagbebenta lang ng avon product at commition basis lang wala pong permanenteng trabaho kung anu anu lang para kumita dito po kami ngayun sa road 10 sa brgy 123 zone 9.eto po ang number ko 09070216584
Ano po requirements sa no work no pay pero sa marikina po ako nagwowork tapos umuwi ako kase dahil sa covid at nagsara po ung pinagtatrabahuan ko makaka avail parin po ba ako?thank you and godblessed!!
Good day po, itatanong ko lang po bakit ang form na ibinigay sa amin ay xerox copy? Di ba po dapat yun may control no. Yun form? Tulad ko po SOLO PARENT po ako at may magulang po ako senior citizen na tinutustusan. Pero paano pp ako aasa sa ibibigay nyo sa form palang na bigay ng DSWD dito sa amin ay hindi pwede. Bakit po yun mga kamag anak nalang nila ang binibigyan paano naman po kami nangangailangan ng tulong dahil nangyari na po itong lockdown sana po ay bigyan pansin nyo po ang aming mga katanungan. Maraming SaLAMAT po.