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.
dear ma’am. paano po ako mg apply, im a solo patent w/3chldren,2f w/c r minors(mg g7 bundo at mg g11 yn may hblood case as early as 14yrs-w/ depression).ngdepend lng po ako s ano ibigay ng bnta ko n may tndhan. ds brgy f us kung tnungin mo wla raw form
Dito po saamin sa brgy . Bagacay tinambac can sur Hindi nakasali Ang papa ko na jeepney driver Kasi sa Centro daw sa nag mamaneho sa Naga city Hindi daw doon saamin Anu po ba pinag kaibahan non
Ako po si Danilo, hanggang ngaun po wala pa kaming natatanggap na kahit anong tulong dito sa san dionisio area 1 phase 6 block 6,parang napabayaan na po kami ng LGU sa lugar na ito
PLEASE.. kung pwede nyo pong i-evaluate muna yung mga forms bago bigyan ng ayuda kasi meron po sa amin, kada anak ng group leader eh binigyan ng form eh wala namang pamilya at may trabaho naman yung mga anak nya eh.
Ask Lang po makakakuha ba aq is a aqng ofw nakauwi aq last dec 2019 ngaun hndi po aq makabalik dahil po sa naabutan aq ng lockdown dto sa pinass, panu po ba makakuha ng ayuda na 10k sa owwa salamat po,, god bless sana po masagot po ang aking katanungan,,
dito sa Cagayan de oro wala talaga eHh
pati etong stablishment na pinag tatrabahoan ko walaNg pakialam…Sana matulungan nyo po kami No work No pay at may pamilya Pano na kami neto???
Dito po sa amin sa santol balagtas bulacan..pili lang po ang binibigyan ng form ng mga mother leaders at ng dswd… Paano naman po kami?apektado rin po kami ng lockdown at wala kaming kita… Sana po matuguanan po ang aming hinaing…
Would like to verify information. My mother is a pensioner. And my husband,I and my daughter love in the same roof as my mother. We weren’t given the cash assistance because according to the barangay, my mother is a pensioner. But her money is her money. She spends it ffor her meds and necessities. I find it irrational that we won’t be given cash assistance just because we live with her. Currently,my husband cannot work because of this lockdown. Can someone enlighten me about this. I’d gladly appreciate response
Dito po sa amin sa lambakin marilao bulacan wala pa po nyan. Wala po ako trbho ngayon lock down sa work ko delivery driver po ako. Ng uupa po ako bhy tubig ilaw pa po ako lng po mg isa mghnap buhay dito. Kc dago lng po ako dito bisaya po ako. Kya mhirap po tlga ngayon kso need tlga mg tiis sa crisis na ito
Magandang hapon po. Dito po samin nakafilled up na po kami ng form but not like SAC form. Unyil now po wala. Pahelp naman po.. need po namin ng financial assistance. Vendor po asawa ko at pregnan po ako kabuwanan ko na po.