SOCIAL WELFARE POLICIES,

PROGRAMS AND SERVICES

PRESENTED BY:
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR JALILA D. IBRAHIM-LIMUG, RSW, MPA
FACULTY, MINDANAO STATE UNIVERSITY-MARAWI
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SWPP REVIEW OUTLINE
I. DEFINITION OF IMPORTANT CONCEPTS AND KEY TERMS
II. SOCIAL WELFARE (DEFINITION, SCOPE, FUNCTIONS, PERSPECTIVES,
EVOLUTION OF SOCIAL WELFARE IN THE PHILIPPINES, )
III. SOCIAL POLICY (DEFINITION, CATEGORIES, CLASSIFICATIONS,
SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY AND ITS OBJECTIVES, APPROACHES,
LEVELS OF ANALYSIS AND VALUES OF SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY)
IV. SOCIAL WORK RELATED LAWS
V. SOCIAL WELFARE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES IN THE PHILIPPINES
(FOCUS ON DSWD)
SWPP REVIEW OUTLINE
I. DEFINITION OF IMPORTANT CONCEPTS AND KEY TERMS
II. SOCIAL WELFARE (DEFINITION, SCOPE, FUNCTIONS,
PERSPECTIVES, EVOLUTION OF SOCIAL WELFARE IN THE
PHILIPPINES, )
III. SOCIAL POLICY (DEFINITION, CATEGORIES, CLASSIFICATIONS, SOCIAL WELFARE
POLICY AND ITS OBJECTIVES, APPROACHES, LEVELS OF ANALYSIS AND VALUES
OF SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY)
IV. SOCIAL WORK RELATED LAWS
V. SOCIAL WELFARE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES IN THE PHILIPPINES (FOCUS ON
DSWD)
DEFINITION OF
IMPORTANT CONCEPTS
AND KEY TERMS
(SOCIAL WORK, SOCIAL WELFARE &
SOCIAL SERVICES)
SOCIAL WELFARE
DICTIONARY OF SOCIAL RAINE KAIA, UNIVERSITY
WORK (2012) W.A FRIEDLANDER AT ALBANY (1967)
A SOCIETY’S IS THE ORGANIZED SYSTEM OF ARE PROGRAMS THAT
INSTITUTIONALIZED SOCIAL SERVICES AND STRIVE TO ELIMINATE
INSTITUTIONS DESIGNED TO AID
AND INFORMAL SOME SOCIAL PROBLEM;
INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS TO
PROGRAMS, POLICIES, LACK OF MEDICAL CARE,
ATTAIN SATISFYING STANDARD
SERVICES AND BENEFITS FOR THOSE WHO
OF LIFE AND HEALTH, AND
BENEFITS DESIGNED TO PERSONAL AND SOCIAL ARE AGING, ASSISTANCE
ADDRESS A VARIETY RELATIONSHIPS WHICH PERMIT TO NEEDY CHILDREN AND
OF HUMAN NEEDS, THEM TO DEVELOP THEIR FULL THEIR PARENTS, AND IN
ENHANCE SOCIAL CAPACITIES AND TO PROMOTE GENERAL TO ALLEVIATE
FUNCTIONING AND THEIR WELL-BEING IN HARMONY POVERTY. THEY FILL GAPS
STRENGTHEN AND WITH THE NEEDS OF THEIR WHERE INDIVIDUAL HELP
MAINTAIN THAT FAMILIES AND THE COMMUNITY. AND CHARITY ARE
SOCIETY. INSUFFICIENT OR LACKING.
SOCIAL SERVICES

• REFERS TO THE PROGRAMS, SERVICES AND

OTHER ACTIVITIES PROVIDED UNDER
VARIOUS AUSPICES, TO CONCRETELY
ANSWER THE NEEDS AND PROBLEMS OF
THE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY. (THELMA LEE MENDOZA, 2002)
Scope of Social Welfare
FUNCTIONS OF
SOCIAL WELFARE
FUNCTIONS OF
SOCIAL WELFARE
1. RESIDUAL/AMELIORATIVE
2. REHABILITATIVE
3. PREVENTIVE
4. DEVELOPMENTAL
5. TRANSFORMATIVE
1. RESIDUAL/AMELIORATIVE

SOCIAL WELFARE FUNCTION TO HELP THOSE IN

IMMEDIATE NEED OF ASSISTANCE SUCH AS THE
VICTIMS OF NATURAL AND MAN-MADE DISASTERS.
2. REHABILITATIVE FUNCTION

IT RESTORE THE SOCIAL FUNCTIONING OF PEOPLE.

THEY INCLUDE SERVICES TO PEOPLE WHO ARE
VICTIMS OF NATURAL CALAMITIES IN NEED OF HELP
TO GO BACK TO NORMAL LIFE.
3. PREVENTIVE FUNCTION

• IT AVOIDS THE ILL-CONSEQUENCES OF DEPRIVATION

AND POVERTY. DAY CARE SERVICES ARE MEANT TO
HELP CHILDREN DEVELOP AND USE THEIR CAPACITIES
AND AVOID THE CONSEQUENCES OF MALNUTRITION
AND POOR ENVIRONMENT.
4. DEVELOPMENTAL FUNCTION

• COVERS ALL THE ABOVE-MENTIONED FUNCTIONS TO

PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO MAKE FULL
USE OF THEIR HUMAN AND PERSONAL RESOURCES
FOR THE LIBERATION FROM POVERTY AND
EMPOWERMENT.
5. TRANSFORMATIVE FUNCTION

• CHANGING SYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES OF GOVERNMENT

AND SOCIETY TOWARDS THE IMPROVEMENT OF QUALITY
OF LIFE OF THE PEOPLE.
PERSPECTIVES/
VIEWS OF
SOCIAL WELFARE
RESIDUAL VS
INSTITUTIONAL VIEW
OF SOCIAL WELFARE
RESIDUAL VIEW
This view holds that social welfare
services should be provided only when an
individual’s needs are not properly met
through other societal institutions,
primarily the family and the market
economy.
INSTITUTIONAL VIEW
HOLDS THAT SOCIAL WELFARE PROGRAMS
ARE TO BE “ACCEPTED AS A PROPER,
LEGITIMATE FUNCTION OF MODERN
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY IN HELPING
INDIVIDUALS ACHIEVE SELF-
FULFILLMENT.”
EVOLUTION OF
SOCIAL WELFARE IN
THE PHILIPPINES
The Pre-Historic
Period
The Pre-Historic
Period

The Spanish
Period
The Pre-Historic
Period

The Spanish
Period

The American Period

The Pre-Historic
Period

The Spanish
Period

The American Period

The Commonwealth Period

The Pre-Historic
Period The Japanese Occupation

The Spanish
Period

The American Period

The Commonwealth Period

The Pre-Historic
Period The Japanese Occupation

The Post-War Years

The Spanish
Period

The American Period

The Commonwealth Period

The Pre-Historic
Period The Japanese Occupation

The Post-War Years

The Spanish
Period
The Seventies
The American Period

The Commonwealth Period

The Pre-Historic
Period The Japanese Occupation

The Post-War Years

The Spanish
Period
The Seventies
The American Period
The Eighties

The Commonwealth Period

The Pre-Historic
Period The Japanese Occupation

The Post-War Years

The Spanish
Period
The Seventies
The American Period
The Eighties

The Nineties
The Commonwealth Period
THE PRE-HISTORIC PERIOD

Barangay

“Datu”
THE PRE-HISTORIC PERIOD

Barangay

“Datu”

Mutual protection

Economic survival
THE
SPANISH
PERIOD
(1521-1898)
1. San Lazaro Hospital (1578) – took care of indigent beggars and sick
“natives”
2. San Juan de Dios Hospital(1596) – took care of indigent and sick
spaniards
3. Hospicio de San Jose(1810) FOR THE CARE OF ORPHANS AND THE AGED
4. Asilo de san Vicente de Paul(1885) – for the care and protection of
indigent and orphaned girls
5. Santa Isabel – school for the indigent girls
6. San Juan de Letran- school for the indigent boys
For the indigents outside of the institutions, almsgiving was regularly
practiced by the churches and convents and the affluent individuals and
families.
THE AMERICAN PERIOD
American Colonial Period (1899-1946)

 Birthof voluntary organizations for social welfare i.e.

Associated Charities of Manila(1917)
 PublicWelfare- beginning assumption by the
government of its responsibility for social welfare
 ParentsPatriae – child welfare concept that it is the
duty of the government to place children in better
circumstances, whenever the parents could not
provide adequate care themselves.
THE COMMONWEALTH PERIOD
President Manuel L. Quezon
 Anti-Usury Law, 8-hour labor law,
etc…
1940
Commissioner of Health and
Public Welfare

Department of Health and

Public Welfare
THE COMMONEALTH PERIOD
 Initiated
housing projects making it possible for
tenants to buy these houses on easy installment
plans.
 He created relief boards and other bodies to
undertake relief activities during periods of natural
calamities, economic crisis and unemployment.
THE JAPANESE OCCUPATION
1942 - 1944

Second World War (1942-

1944)

Volunteer organizations;
- Philippine Red Cross
- Young Women’s Christian Association
- National Federation of Women’s Leagues
THE JAPANESE OCCUPATION
 The Bureau of Public Welfare was closed when
the war broke out and was reorganized by the
Executive Commission and instructed to attend
the general welfare of the residents, and to give
food and comfort to the released prisoners from
concentration camps.
 Churches and convents were used as centers of
operations with members of religious
organizations doing their share of volunteer
work.
THE POST-WAR YEARS
(1946) The Bureau of Public Welfare reopened
 Social Welfare Commission (October 4, 1947|OP)
a. Child Welfare Work
b. Public Assistance and Casework services
c. Coordination and supervision of public
welfare activities.
War Relief Office
President Elpidio Quirino
 President’s Action Committee on Social Amelioration
(PACSA)
August 1948
> United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
(UNICEF)
1946
THE POST-WAR YEARS
 In August 1948, Pres. Quirino created the President’s Action
committee on Social Amelioration (PACSA) which was
charged with the “duty of giving relief assistance to the
hungry, the homeless and the sick. . . to victims of dissident
depredation and violence.” It included a comprehensive
program of health, education, welfare, agriculture, public
works and financing.
 An international agency also made its mark in the social
welfare scene: The United Nations International Children’s
Emergency fund (UNICEF) created by the United Nations
General Assembly in 1946 to further maternal and child
health in economically underdeveloped countries, and
became active in the Philippines after 1948 to date.
January 3, 1951

President’s Action Committee

Social Welfare Commission on Social Amelioration

Social Welfare Administration

Division of Public Assistance

Assistance

Service
THE SOCIAL WELFARE ADMINISTRATION

 Another important Arm of the Social Welfare

Administration was its Child welfare division.
 Another division was created by Administrative
order No. 7 on September 5, 1951, the Division of
Rural Welfare, to deal with the mounting social
problems in the rural areas. i.e. land settlements
for victims of dissidence and disasters, and the
establishment and maintenance of welfare
services for non-christian tribal groups.
Other Divisions of SWA
 Child Welfare Division
 Division of Rural Welfare (social amelioration programs)
“SELF-HELP”

Republic Act No. 4373 (1965)

“An Act to Regulate the Practice of Social Work and the Operation of
Social Work Agencies in the Philippines”

President Ferdinand Marcos (1968)

- signed Republic Act 5416 / Social Welfare Act: SWA to a
Department (Department of Social Welfare
The Department drew up a comprehensive social
welfare program along the following concerns:
 A. preventive and remedial programs and services
for individuals, families and communities
 B.Protective remedial and developmental welfare
services for children
 C.Vocational rehabilitation and related services for
the physically handicapped, ex-convicts and
individuals with special needs
 D. training, research and special projects
THE SEVENTIES
President Ferdinand Marcos declared Martial Law (September 21, 1972)

September 8, 1976
Department of Social
Department of Social
Services and Development
Welfare
(DSSD)

(June 2,1978) Presidential Degree No. 1397

Department of Social
Ministry of Social Services
Services and Development
and Development (MSSD)
(DSSD)
THE EIGHTIES

Self-Employment Assistance (SEA)

President Corazon Aquino (January 30, 1987)

Signed Executive Order No. 123

Ministry of Department
Social of Social
Services and Welfare and
Developmen Development
t (MSSD) (DSWD)
THE EIGHTIES

Launching of case management system

b. primary health care related activities integrated into the
MSSD’s services on the barangay level
c. greater cooperation and coordination and coordination among
NGOs in response to MSSD’s technical assistance, consultation,
planning and monitoring workshops
d. increased participation of local governments in social welfare
activities
. . . And more
THE NINETIES
R.A 7160 / Local Government Code passed on October 10, 1991
Categories;
• Center / institution-based service
• Community-based programs and services
• Locally-funded and foreign-assisted projects
• Disaster Relief and rehabilitation augmentation
“continue its leadership role in social welfare and social development”
Non-Government Organizations (NGO’s)
- private, non-profit, voluntary development and established primarily for services.
1. Primary NGOs
2. Secondary / Intermediate NGOs
3. Tertiary NGOs
THE NINETIES

 The decade of the nineties saw the DSWD move from its
traditional image of service provider to one that leads
in social welfare policy formulation and program
development, standard-setting and regulation
enforcement, provision of technical assistance,
capability-building and augmentation support to LGUs,
NGOs and POs.
SWPP REVIEW OUTLINE
I. DEFINITION OF IMPORTANT CONCEPTS AND KEY TERMS
II. SOCIAL WELFARE (DEFINITION, SCOPE, FUNCTIONS, PERSPECTIVES, EVOLUTION
OF SOCIAL WELFARE IN THE PHILIPPINES, )

III. SOCIAL POLICY (DEFINITION, CATEGORIES,

CLASSIFICATIONS, SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY AND ITS
OBJECTIVES, APPROACHES, LEVELS OF ANALYSIS AND
VALUES OF SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY)
IV. SOCIAL WORK RELATED LAWS
V. SOCIAL WELFARE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES IN THE PHILIPPINES (FOCUS ON
DSWD)
 THERE WILL BE 4 QUESTIONS TO BE ASKED THROUGHOUT THIS SESSION. THE
FIRST REVIEWEE TO GIVE THE CORRECT ANSWER FOR EACH QUESTION ANSWER
SHALL RECEIVE A PRIZE.

 TO UTILIZE TIME EFFICIENTLY, A MAXIMUM OF 2 MINUTES WILL BE PROVIDED

FOR EACH QUESTION AND ANSWER PORTION SO WE CAN CONTINUE WITH THE
LECTURE SESSION. IT WILL BE BETTER IF A CORRECT ANSWER IS GIVEN BEFORE
REACHING THE TWO MINUTES ALLOCATED TIME FOR EACH QUESTION.
QUESTION 1
 IT IS THE FUNCTION OF SOCIAL WELFARE
WHICH SEEKS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO PEOPLE
WHO ARE VICTIMS OF NATURAL CALAMITIES
WHO ARE IN NEED OF HELP TO GO BACK TO
NORMAL LIFE.
ANSWER:

REHABILITATIVE
FUNCTION
POLICY
(DEFINITION AND TYPES)
CATEGORIES OF
SOCIAL POLICY
POLICY DEMANDS
THESE ARE DEMANDS OR CLAIMS MADE
UPON OFFICIALS OF GOVERNMENT OR
PRIVATE AGENCIES BY OTHER SECTORS,
PRIVATE OF OFFICIAL IN THE POLITICAL
SYSTEM FOR ACTION ON SOME PERCEIVED
PROBLEMS
POLICY DECISIONS

ARE MADE BY OFFICERS OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT

AUTHORIZE OR GIVE DIRECTION AND CONTENT
TO POLICY ACTIONS. INCLUDED ARE DECISIONS
TO ENACT STATUTES, ISSUES, EXECUTIVE ORDERS,
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER AND BOARD
RESOLUTIONS.
POLICY STATEMENTS
ARE FORMAL EXPRESSION OR ARTICULATION OF
POLICY.
THESE INCLUDE LEGISLATIVE STATUTES, BOARD
RESOLUTIONS, EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND DECREES,
ADMINISTRATIVE RULES AND REGULATIONS AND
COURT OPINIONS
POLICY OUTPUT

ARE THE TANGIBLE MANIFESTATION OF

POLICIES.
THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF SERVICES
DELIVERED AND THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
SERVED ARE THE QUANTIFIABLE MEASURES
OF POLICY OUTPUTS.
POLICY OUTCOMES

ARE THE CONSEQUENCES FOR A CLIENT

SYSTEM, INTENDED OR UNINTENDED THAT
RESULT FROM ACTION OR INACTION BY AN
AGENCY
CHANGING
CONTEXTS
AFFECTING
SOCIAL POLICY
AND SOCIAL WORK
1) IDEAS CONTEXT
2) DEMOGRAPHIC CONTEXT
3) ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT
4) INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT
IDEAS CONTEXT

VALUE AND IDEAS SHAPE POLICIES AND THE

DELIVERY OF SOCIAL SERVICES

VIEWS TOWARD THE POOR

EXPERIENCE AND BELIEFS

DEMOGRAPHIC CONTEXT
POPULATIONS INCREASE AND MIGRATION

OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT AND TECHNOLOGY

ORGANIZATIONAL
CONTEXT
TENSIONS BETWEEN THE NATIONAL AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENT
CONFLICTS BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND NON-
GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS/PRIVATE SECTORS
INTERNATIONAL
CONTEXT
GLOBALIZATION (ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, CULTURAL)
INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY
HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOM
 THERE WILL BE 4 QUESTIONS TO BE ASKED THROUGHOUT THIS SESSION. THE
FIRST REVIEWEE TO GIVE THE CORRECT ANSWER FOR EACH QUESTION ANSWER
SHALL RECEIVE A PRIZE.

 TO UTILIZE TIME EFFICIENTLY, A MAXIMUM OF 2 MINUTES WILL BE PROVIDED

FOR EACH QUESTION AND ANSWER PORTION SO WE CAN CONTINUE WITH THE
LECTURE SESSION. IT WILL BE BETTER IF A CORRECT ANSWER IS GIVEN BEFORE
REACHING THE TWO MINUTES ALLOCATED TIME FOR EACH QUESTION.
QUESTION 2
 IT IS THE PERIOD THAT MARKED THE
BIRTH OF VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS
FOR SOCIAL WELFARE .
ANSWER:

AMERICAN COLONIAL
PERIOD
1. Development planning frameworks
2. Development Discourses
3. International Regimes
4. Commitment of States to International
Regimes
5. Commitment of States to the International
Human Instruments
 Needs based
 Rights based
 Gender and Development
 Human rights based
 Sustainable Human Development
 Needs based -satisfaction of needs;

 Rightsbased -not just for the satisfaction

of needs but the realization of rights
DISCOURSE is a particular way of thinking and arguing
which involves the act of naming, classifying and
analyzing and which excludes or marginalizes other
way of thinking.
 State-engendered order discourse in
development, which put primacy on the
intervention of experts especially those from
the UN and embodied in multilateral and
bilateral aid agencies; development theories
being used: Keynesian theory and Human
Development Theory in Social Development.
 The market-engendered spontaneous order
discourse being promoted by the IMF and the
World Bank also known as neo-liberal discourse
 The discourse of a public sphere promoted by
the civil society and social movements also
known as alternative development, gives primacy
to participation and
 Sets of implicit or explicit principles, norms, rules
and decision-making procedures around which
actors’ expectation converge in a given area of
international relations.
 General Agreements on Tariffs and Trade
 World Trade Organization
 Group of 7/8 (USA, Germany, France, Italy, Japan,
UK, Canada + Russia)
 On Women- UN Convention of the Elimination
of Discrimination Against Women; Beijing
Platfform of Action (Phil Plan for Gender and
Development) and Framework Plan for Women)
 On Children- UN CRC; Child 21 (Philippines)
 On Laborers & Workers – ILO
 Universal Declaration of Human Rights
 UN Convention of Political & Civil Rights
 UN Convention on Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights
 On Migrant Workers- UN Convention on the
Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and
their Familes
 On Older Persons- Madrid Plan of Action on
Ageing; Vienna International Plan on Ageing;
Macao Plan of Action on Ageing for Asia Pacific;
Philippine Plan of Action for Older Persons.
A. Gaps in practice
B. Program & Policy Review: Program Evaluation/Policy
Analysis
C. Recommendations from Researchers
D. Advocacy of Civil Society
E. Recommendations of People’s Organizations
F. Results of Donor Missions
G. International Commitments and International Tools
OBJECTIVES OF
SOCIAL
WELFARE
POLICY
1. REDUCE POVERTY

NATURE OF POVERTY:
PROBLEM OF DEPRIVATION
INDIVIDUAL SHORTCOMING
LACK OF ACCESS TO GOVERNMENT SERVICES
BROUGHT BY DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH OF SOCIETY
2. MAXIMIZE WELFARE
• WELFARE IS A HUMAN RIGHT. EVERY PERSON
REGARDLESS OF ONE’S STATURE IS ENTITLED TO
RECEIVE WELFARE SERVICES.
PURSUE EQUALITY
IT MEANS THAT NO PERSON SHALL BE DEPRIVED
OF WELFARE SERVICES
 THERE WILL BE 4 QUESTIONS TO BE ASKED THROUGHOUT THIS SESSION. THE
FIRST REVIEWEE TO GIVE THE CORRECT ANSWER FOR EACH QUESTION ANSWER
SHALL RECEIVE A PRIZE.

 TO UTILIZE TIME EFFICIENTLY, A MAXIMUM OF 2 MINUTES WILL BE PROVIDED

FOR EACH QUESTION AND ANSWER PORTION SO WE CAN CONTINUE WITH THE
LECTURE SESSION. IT WILL BE BETTER IF A CORRECT ANSWER IS GIVEN BEFORE
REACHING THE TWO MINUTES ALLOCATED TIME FOR EACH QUESTION.
QUESTION 3
 IN RELATION TO THE SCOPE OF SOCIAL WELFARE,
THE CORE WELFARE AREAS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
SOCIAL SECURITY
HEALTH CARE
HOUSING
EDUCATION
_____?????________
ANSWER:

SOCIAL CARE
APPROACHES
TO SOCIAL
POLICY
1. Generic vs. categorical approach – generic
approach to social policy development
seeks a particular outcome for an entire
population such as health care or housing
for all in society. By contrast, a categorical
approach focuses on only one segment
such as housing for
health care for children
 A holistic approach to policy development attempts to
address the needs or concern of the total person or the
whole family, while a segmented approach focuses on
only a single factor, such as an individual’s income or
nutrition. It gives rise to a fragmented and confusing
service system in which client must approach several
different agencies in order to secure the services or
result they need in a system that completely falls to
address some important needs.
 The rational approach places a heavy emphasis on
deriving social policy from a careful and thorough
study of a problem and issues. By contrast, the
crisis approach creates policy as a hurried and
usually highly political reaction to a crisis or
serious problem. Very few of our country’s social
policies have grown out of the rational
cess
 The future planning approach gives careful
consideration to social trends and probable future
developments and tries to anticipate how the various
policy options would fit with what can be expected in
the future. By contrast, the political context approach is
mostly concern with solving an immediate problem and
allows the policy to be determined mostly by popular
opinion, political interests and pragmatic assumptions
about what will be nd tolerated by
dominant forces .
LEVELS OF
ANALYSIS
AND VALUES OF
SOCIAL WELFARE
POLICY
a. Equality – SW is influenced by the value of equality
with regard to the outcome of benefit allocations.
b. Equity – denotes sense of fair treatment. If one does
half the work he deserves half of the work. To identify
what groups deserve the benefits, contributions to the
society is considered.
FOUR VALUE PREFERENCES:
1. PRIVACY – confidentiality required in client-worker
relationship
2. DIGNITY – manner the individual person is treated
3. WORK – involvement & participation of clients in the
process
4. INDEPENDENCE – the autonomy & self-reliance being
fostered as a result of the whole process of policy
formulation and
3. Adequacy – refers to the desirability of providing a
decent standard of physical and spiritual well-being,
quite apart from concerns for whatever benefit
allocations are equal to differential according to merit
POLICY PROCESS
A.AGENDA SETTING
B. POLICY FORMULATION
C. POLICY LEGITIMATION
D.POLICY IMPLEMENTATION
E. POLICY EVALUATION
STAGES OF POLICY
FORMULATION
• ISSUE/PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION
• ISSUE DEFINITION OR PROBLEM
MEASUREMENT THROUGH FACT-GATHERING
AND ANALYSIS
• SETTING OF POLICY GOALS
• THE PLANNING OF A STRATEGY TO GAIN
SUPPORT AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE GOAL
BY THE PUBLIC AND DECISION-MAKERS.
STAGES OF POLICY FORMULATION

• THE LEGITIMIZATION OF THE GOALS AND DECLARATION

OF PURPOSE THROUGH LAW AND STATUE
• PLANNING FOR PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND
IMPLEMENTATION
• EVALUATION
POLICY
ANALYSIS
A. STAGES OF POLICY ANALYSIS PROCESS
1. PROBLEM DEFINITION
2. GOAL AND OBJECTIVE SETTING
3. FRAMEWORK/HYPOTHESIS
4. DETERMINATION OF EVALUATION CRITERIA
5. IDENTIFICATION OF ALTERNATIVES
6. EVALUATION
7. COMPARISON OF ALTERNATIVES
8. ASSESSMENT OF OUTCOMES
B. ELEMENTS OF POLICY ANALYSIS

1. FORMULATION
a) WHAT SHOULD BE OUR GOALS?
b) WHICH OPTION OF OPTION MIX PROMISES FEWEST
NEGATIVE OR GREATEST BENEFITS?
c) WHAT IS THE PROBLEM
B. ELEMENTS OF POLICY ANALYSIS

2. IMPLEMENTATION
a) IS THE POLICY POLITICALLY VIABLE?
b) WHAT VARIABLES ARE AVAILABLE TO HELP ENSURE THE
SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE POLICY?
B. ELEMENTS OF POLICY ANALYSIS

3. EVALUATION
a) BY WHAT CRITERIA CAN THE POLICY BE JUDGED FAIR?
JUDGED GOOD?
 THERE WILL BE 4 QUESTIONS TO BE ASKED THROUGHOUT THIS SESSION. THE
FIRST REVIEWEE TO GIVE THE CORRECT ANSWER FOR EACH QUESTION ANSWER
SHALL RECEIVE A PRIZE.

 TO UTILIZE TIME EFFICIENTLY, A MAXIMUM OF 2 MINUTES WILL BE PROVIDED

FOR EACH QUESTION AND ANSWER PORTION SO WE CAN CONTINUE WITH THE
LECTURE SESSION. IT WILL BE BETTER IF A CORRECT ANSWER IS GIVEN BEFORE
REACHING THE TWO MINUTES ALLOCATED TIME FOR EACH QUESTION.
QUESTION 4
 THESE ARE FORMAL EXPRESSION
OR ARTICULATION OF POLICY.
ANSWER:

POLICY
STATEMENTS
DEFINITION OF IMPORTANT CONCEPTS AND KEY
TERMS
SOCIAL WELFARE (DEFINITION, SCOPE,
FUNCTIONS, PERSPECTIVES, EVOLUTION OF
SOCIAL WELFARE IN THE PHILIPPINES, )
SWPP REVIEW SOCIAL POLICY (DEFINITION, CATEGORIES,
OUTLINE CLASSIFICATIONS, SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY
(2DAYS/4 AND ITS OBJECTIVES, APPROACHES, LEVELS OF
ANALYSIS AND VALUES OF SOCIAL WELFARE
SESSIONS) POLICY)

III. SOCIAL WORK-RELATED LAWS/

SOCIAL WELFARE PROGRAMS AND
SERVICES IN THE PHILIPPINES
(FOCUS ON DSWD)
LAWS for SOCIAL WORK
No. to Title to Recall Date to Note Description/Important Features
Remember
RA 4373 Social Work Law June 19, 1965 AN ACT TO REGULATE THE PRACTICE OF SOCIAL
WORK AND THE OPERATION OF SOCIAL WORK
AGENCIES IN THE PHILIPPINES AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES
RA 5175 August 4, Amended the Qualification of Board of
1967 Examiners from BS to MS
RA 10847 May 23, 2016 AN ACT LOWERING THE AGE REQUIREMENT
(amended further FOR APPLICANTS TAKING THE BOARD
the RA 4373) EXAMINATION
FOR SOCIAL WORKERS, PROVIDING FOR
CONTINUING SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION, AND
UPGRADING
THE SUNDRY PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO THE
PRACTICE OF SOCIAL WORK
RA 9433 Magna Carta for Public November 7, AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A MAGNA CARTA FOR
Social Workers 2007 PUBLIC SOCIAL WORKERS
LAWS for SOCIAL WELFARE ADMINISTRATION
No. to Title to Recall Date to Note Description/Important Features
Remember
RA 5416 Social Welfare Act of 1968 June 15, 1968 An Act Providing for Comprehensive Social
Services for Individuals and Groups in Need of
Assistance,
Creating for This Purpose a Department of
Social Welfare
RA 7160 Local Government Code of Approved: Creation and Conversion of LGU based on
1991 October 10, income, population and land area
1991
Term of office of Elected officials is 3 years and
Effectivity not more than 3 consecutive years
date:
January 1,
1992

EO 15 Redirecting the Functions August 20, DSWD has been transferred from a direct
and Operations of the 1998 service deliverer to a technical assistance
Department of Social provider as a result of the devolution of basic
Welfare and Development services to the local government units
Elderly
LAWS for SENIOR CITIZEN/ ELDERLY
No. to Title to Recall Date to Note Description/Important Features
Remember

RA 7432 The Senior Citizens Act April 23, 1992 An Act Maximizing the Contribution of Senior
Citizens to Nation Building
(qualifications, contributions, privileges for
the of senior citizens, government assistance,
retirement benefits and establishment for
the OSCA)
RA 7876 Senior Citizen’s Center Act February 19, An Act Establishing Senior Citizens Center in
of the Philippines” 1995 All Cities and Municipalities

RA 9257 Expanded Senior Citizens February 26, An Act granting additional benefits and
Act of 2003 2004 privileges to senor citizens
RA 9994 Expanded Senior Citizens February 15, Provided for additional benefits and
Act of 2010 2010 privileges for Senior Citizens.
RA 10645 November 5, An act providing for the mandatory Phil
2014 health coverage for all senior citizens.
LAWS for SENIOR CITIZEN/ ELDERLY
No. to Title to Recall Date to Note Description/Important Features
Remember

RA 7432 The Senior Citizens Act April 23, 1992 An Act Maximizing the Contribution of
Senior Citizens to Nation Building
(qualifications, contributions, privileges for
the of senior citizens, government
assistance, retirement benefits and
establishment for the OSCA)
RA 7876 Senior Citizen’s Center Act February 19, An Act Establishing Senior Citizens Center in
of the Philippines” 1995 All Cities and Municipalities

RA 9257 Expanded Senior Citizens February 26, An Act granting additional benefits and
Act of 2003 2004 privileges to senor citizens
RA 9994 Expanded Senior Citizens February 15, Provided for additional benefits and
Act of 2010 2010 privileges for Senior Citizens.
RA 10645 November 5, An act providing for the mandatory Phil
2014 health coverage for all senior citizens.
RA 7432
Section 4 – Privileges for the Senior Citizens.
a) the grant of twenty percent (20%) discount from all establishments relative to utilization of
transportation services, hotels and similar lodging establishment, restaurants and
recreation centers and purchase of medicine anywhere in the country: Provided, That
private establishments may claim the cost as tax credit;
b) a minimum of twenty percent (20%) discount on admission fees charged by theaters,
cinema houses and concert halls, circuses, carnivals and other similar places of culture,
leisure, and amusement;
c) exemption from the payment of individual income taxes: Provided, That their annual
taxable income does not exceed the property level as determined by the National
Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) for that year;
d) exemption form training fees for socioeconomic programs undertaken by the OSCA as
part of its work;
e) free medical and dental services in government establishment anywhere in the country,
subject to guidelines to be issued by the Department of Health, the Government Service
Insurance System and the Social Security System;
f) to the extent practicable and feasible, the continuance of the same benefits and privileges
given by the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), Social Security System
(SSS) and PAG-IBIG, as the case may be, as are enjoyed by those in actual service.
RA 7432
Section 5 – Government Assistance.
a) The senior shall be treated as dependents provided for in the National Internal
Revenue Code and as such, individual taxpayers caring for them, be they
relatives or not shall be accorded the privileges granted by the Code insofar as
having dependents are concerned.
b) Individuals or non-governmental institutions establishing homes, residential
communities or retirement villages solely for the senior citizens shall be accorded
the following:
1 realty tax holiday for the first five (5) years starting from the first year of operation;
2 priority in the building and/or maintenance of provincial or municipal roads leading
to the aforesaid home, residential community or retirement village.

Section 6 – Retirement Benefits.

- To the extent practicable and feasible, retirement benefits from both the
Government and the private sectors shall be upgraded to be at par with the current
scale enjoyed by those in actual service.
RA 7432
Section 7 – The Office for Senior Citizens Affairs (OSCA).
- There shall be established in the Office of the Mayor an OSCA to be headed by a
Councilor who shall be designated by the Sangguniang Bayan and assisted by the
Community Development Officer in coordination with the Department of Social
Welfare and Development. The functions of this office are:
a) to plan, implement and monitor yearly work programs in pursuance of the
objectives of this Act;
b) to draw up a list of available and required services which can be provided by the
senior citizens;
c) to maintain and regularly update on a quarterly basis the list of senior citizens and
to issue nationally uniform individual identification cards which shall be valid
anywhere in the country;
d) to service as a general information and liaison center to serve the needs of the
senior citizens
LAWS for SENIOR CITIZEN/ ELDERLY
No. to Title to Recall Date to Note Description/Important Features
Remember

RA 7432 The Senior Citizens Act April 23, 1992 An Act Maximizing the Contribution of Senior
Citizens to Nation Building
(qualifications, contributions, privileges for
the of senior citizens, government assistance,
retirement benefits and establishment for
the OSCA)
RA 7876 Senior Citizen’s Center Act February 19, An Act Establishing Senior Citizens Center in
of the Philippines” 1995 All Cities and Municipalities

RA 9257 Expanded Senior Citizens February 26, An Act granting additional benefits and
Act of 2003 2004 privileges to senor citizens
RA 9994 Expanded Senior Citizens February 15, Provided for additional benefits and
Act of 2010 2010 privileges for Senior Citizens.
RA 10645 November 5, An act providing for the mandatory Phil
2014 health coverage for all senior citizens.
RA 7876
Section 5 – Functions of the Centers.
- The centers are extensions of the fourteen (14) regional offices of the Department. They
shall carry out the following functions:
a) Identify the needs, trainings, and opportunities of senior citizens in the cities and
municipalities;chan robles virtual law library
b) Initiate, develop and implement productive activities and work schemes for senior citizens
in order to provide income or otherwise supplement their earnings in the local community;
c) Promote and maintain linkages with provincial government units and other
instrumentalities of government and the city and municipal councils for the elderly and the
Federation of Senior Citizens Association of the Philippines and other non-government
organizations for the delivery of health care services, facilities, professional advice services,
volunteer training and community self-help projects; and
d) To exercise such other functions which are necessary to carry out the purpose for which
the centers are established.
Section 6 – Center Workers.
- The Secretary of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) may designate social
workers from the Department as the workers of the centers: Provided, however, That the Secretary may
appoint other personnel who possess the necessary professional qualifications to work efficiently with the
elderly of the community.
LAWS for SENIOR CITIZEN/ ELDERLY
No. to Title to Recall Date to Note Description/Important Features
Remember

RA 7432 The Senior Citizens Act April 23, 1992 An Act Maximizing the Contribution of Senior
Citizens to Nation Building
(qualifications, contributions, privileges for
the of senior citizens, government assistance,
retirement benefits and establishment for
the OSCA)
RA 7876 Senior Citizen’s Center Act February 19, An Act Establishing Senior Citizens Center in
of the Philippines” 1995 All Cities and Municipalities

RA 9257 Expanded Senior Citizens February 26, An Act granting additional benefits and
Act of 2003 2004 privileges to senor citizens
RA 9994 Expanded Senior Citizens February 15, Provided for additional benefits and
Act of 2010 2010 privileges for Senior Citizens.
RA 10645 November 5, An act providing for the mandatory Phil
2014 health coverage for all senior citizens.
Benefits (RA 9257)
• 20% discounts in hotels, restaurants, recreation
centers, funeral parlors
• 20% discounts on medicines, medical and dental
services, admission fees to theaters and domestic
travel
• Tax exemption
• Express lanes
• Educational assistance
LAWS for SENIOR CITIZEN/ ELDERLY
No. to Title to Recall Date to Note Description/Important Features
Remember

RA 7432 The Senior Citizens Act April 23, 1992 An Act Maximizing the Contribution of Senior
Citizens to Nation Building
(qualifications, contributions, privileges for
the of senior citizens, government assistance,
retirement benefits and establishment for
the OSCA)
RA 7876 Senior Citizen’s Center Act February 19, An Act Establishing Senior Citizens Center in
of the Philippines” 1995 All Cities and Municipalities

RA 9257 Expanded Senior Citizens February 26, An Act granting additional benefits and
Act of 2003 2004 privileges to senor citizens
RA 9994 Expanded Senior Citizens February 15, Provided for additional benefits and
Act of 2010 2010 privileges for Senior Citizens.
RA 10645 November 5, An act providing for the mandatory Phil
2014 health coverage for all senior citizens.
RA 9994 Specific Amendments
• Exemption from value added tax on discounted
goods and services
• Free medical and dental services in government
hospitals for indigent senior citizens
• Mandatory PhilHealth coverage by LGUs
• Social Pension P500/month
• Burial expenses P2000
RA 9994 Specific Amendments
• 5% discount from water bills (30 cubic m) and
electric bills (below 100 kilowatt hrs)
• Senior Citizens’ Ward in all government hospitals
• Honorarium for OSCA Head (SG 10)
LAWS for SENIOR CITIZEN/ ELDERLY
No. to Title to Recall Date to Note Description/Important Features
Remember

RA 7432 The Senior Citizens Act April 23, 1992 An Act Maximizing the Contribution of Senior
Citizens to Nation Building
(qualifications, contributions, privileges for
the of senior citizens, government assistance,
retirement benefits and establishment for
the OSCA)
RA 7876 Senior Citizen’s Center Act February 19, An Act Establishing Senior Citizens Center in
of the Philippines” 1995 All Cities and Municipalities

RA 9257 Expanded Senior Citizens February 26, An Act granting additional benefits and
Act of 2003 2004 privileges to senor citizens
RA 9994 Expanded Senior Citizens February 15, Provided for additional benefits and
Act of 2010 2010 privileges for Senior Citizens.
RA 10645 November 5, An act providing for the mandatory Phil
2014 health coverage for all senior citizens.
RA 10645
Section 1 – Mandatory PhilHealth Coverage.
- All senior citizens shall be covered by the national
health insurance program of PhilHealth. Funds
necessary to ensure the enrollment of all senior
citizens not currently covered by any existing
category shall be sourced from the National Health
Insurance Fund of PhilHealth from proceeds of
Republic Act No. 10351, in accordance with
pertinent laws and regulations
SOCIAL LEGISLATIONS
FOR WOMEN
LAWS for WOMEN

No. to Title to Recall Date to Note Description/Important Features

Remember

“United Nations Entered into The Convention defines discrimination

Convention on the force: against women as "...any distinction,
Elimination of All September exclusion or restriction made on the basis
Forms of 3, 1981 of sex which has the effect or purpose of
Discrimination impairing or nullifying the recognition,
Against Women” enjoyment or exercise by women,
(UN-CEDAW) irrespective of their marital status, on a
basis of equality of men and women, of
human rights and fundamental freedoms
in the political, economic, social, cultural,
civil or any other field."
CEDAW
• Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination
Against Women
• Adopted by UN on December 18, 1979
• Ratified by Philippines on August 1981
CEDAW Guarantee’s Women’s Rights to…
• Be free from all forms of violence whether physical, mental or
economic (Art. 6)
• Be free from all forms of traffic in women and exploitation of
prostitution (Art. 6)
• Report legislation in force to protect women against all kinds of
violence in everyday life and existence of support services
(General Recommendation 12 and 19)
Rights of Women
Quality Education Health Services Quality Education
Access to financial Leisure, sports Family Planning
credits and Cultural
Activities
Shared Parental Jobs, benefits and
Equal Pay
Responsibilities social security
Freedom from Vote, Run and Represent the
Violence and Hold Public Office country
Exploitation
Acquire, Change or Retain Nationality and Citizenship
PHILIPPINE LAWS covering
WOMEN'S RIGHTS
• Republic Act 11210 or the Expanded Maternity Leave Law
• RA 6725 An Act Strengthening The Prohibition On Discrimination Against
Women With Respect To Terms And Conditions Of Employment
• RA 9262 Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act of 2004
• RA 7882, or the act that states the Provision of Assistance to Women
Engaging in Micro and Cottage Business Enterprises, and for other purposes
• RA 7877 Anti-Sexual Harassment Act of 1995
PHILIPPINE LAWS covering
WOMEN'S RIGHTS

• RA 8353 The Anti-Rape Law of 1997

• RA 8505 Rape Victim Assistance and Protection Act of 1998
• RA 9710 Magna Carta of Women
• RA 6949 National Women's Day
• GAD Code
Republic Act 11210 or the Expanded
Maternity Leave Law
RA 6725 (Prohibition on Discrimination
Against Women) Approved on May 12, 1989
RA 9262 Anti-Violence Against Women and
Their Children Act of 2004

Approved on March 8, 2014

Violence Against Women and Their Children

Husband
Former Husband
Woman Vs. Common law partner
Boyfriend
sexual or dating relationship
Punishable Acts
• Physical Violence
refers to acts that include bodily or physical harm;
Psychological Violence

– violence refers to acts or omissions causing or likely to cause mental

or emotional suffering to the victim such as but not limited to
intimidation, harassment, stalking, damage to property, public
ridicule or humiliation, repeated verbal abuse, and marital infidelity.
Economic Violence

– withdrawal of financial support or preventing the victim from

engaging in any legitimate profession, occupation, business or
activity, except in cases wherein the other spouse/ partner objects on
valid, serious and moral grounds
Sexual Violence
– acts causing or attempting to cause the victim to engage in any sexual
activity by force, threat of force, physical or other harm or threat of
physical or other harm or coercion; and prostituting the woman or
her child.
Protection Orders
• Barangay Protection Order (BPO)
– refers to the protection order issued by the barangay ordering the
perpetrator/respondent to desist from committing acts
Who issues and how?

• Punong Barangay (ex parte)

• Barangay kagawad (with attestation)

• FREE of CHARGE
Who issues and how?

Statements must be printed in bold-

faced type or all in capital letters

The PB or Kagawad shall serve a copy of

the BPO to the respondent
Documentation
• The PB or Kagawad and the Barangay Secretary, shall record all
BPOs in a logbook specifically in VAWC cases

• They shall submit a quarterly report of all BPOs issued to the

DILG
Violation of the BPO
• Punishable by imprisonment of 30 days
• File directly to the MTC or family court
• Initiated by the PB or Kagawad (or any of the barangay
officials)
• If the PB or barangay officials refuses to initiate complaint, the
victim-survivor shall have the right to file a case against these
barangay offficials
• Temporary Protection Order
• Permanent Protection Order
Who may file Protection Order
a) the offended party;
b) parents or guardians of the offended party;
c) ascendants, descendants or collateral relatives within the
fourth civil degree of consanguinity or affinity;
d) officers or social workers of the DSWD or social workers
of local government units (LGUs);
e) police officers, preferably those in charge of women and
children’s desks;
Who may file Protection Order

f) Punong Barangay or Barangay Kagawad;

g) lawyer, counselor, therapist or healthcare provider of the
petitioner; and
h) at least two (2) concerned responsible citizens of the city or
municipality where the violence against women and their
children occurred and who has personal knowledge of the
offense committed.
RA 7882, or the act that states the Provision of Assistance to Women Engaging in
Micro and Cottage Business Enterprises, and for other purposes

Approved on February 20, 1995

RA 7877 Anti-Sexual Harassment Act of 1995

Approved on
February 14, 1995
RA 8353 The Anti-Rape Law of 1997

Approved on
September 30, 1997
RA 8505 Rape Victim Assistance and Protection
Act of 1998

Approved on
February 13, 1998
RA 9710 Magna Carta of Women

Approved on August 14,

2009
MCW is a comprehensive
women’s human rights law that
seeks to eliminate discrimination
against women by recognizing,
respecting, protecting, fulfilling
and promoting the rights of
Filipino women, especially those
in the marginalized sectors.
Laws for Children
Four Broad Rights

Development Participation

Survival Protection
Presidential Decree 603
• Child and Youth Welfare Code
• Signed December 10, 1974
Karapatan ng Bata ayon sa PD 603
Tahanan Mapaunlad
Maipanganak at Pamilya ang kakayanan
at pagkatao
Pangunahing
Pangangailangan
Edukasyon
Payapang
komunidad
Proteksyon
Mahusay at tapat na
Makapaglaro pamahalaan
Responsibilidad ng Bata ayon sa PD
603
Sundin at Mahalin at
Mabuhay ng
igalang tulungan ang
matuwid
ang mga mga kapatid
magulang
Paunlarin ang
sarili

Igalang Makibahagi
ang sa mga
gawaing Igalang ang
karapatan
panlipunan matatanda at ang
ng iba
kulturang Pilipino
R.A. 8552
• Domestic Adoption Act of 1998
Who may be adopted?
• Any person below eighteen (18) years of age who has been administratively
or judicially declared available for adoption;
• The legitimate son/daughter of one spouse by the other spouse;
• An illegitimate son/daughter by a qualified adopter to improve his/her status
to that of legitimacy;
• A person of legal age if, prior to the adoption, said person has been
consistently considered and treated by the adopter(s) as his/her own child
since minority;
• A child whose adoption has been previously rescinded; or
• A child whose biological or adoptive parent(s) has died: Provided, That no
proceedings shall be initiated within six (6) months from the time of death of
said parent(s).
Who may adopt?
• Filipino citizen of legal age
– in possession of full civil capacity and legal rights
– good moral character
– has not been convicted of any crime involving moral turpitude
– emotionally and psychologically capable of caring for children
– at least sixteen (16) years older than the adoptee, and who is in a
position to support and care for his/her children in keeping with the
means of the family.
Who may adopt?
• Any alien possessing the same qualifications as that for Filipino
nationals
– his/her country has diplomatic relations with the Republic of the
Philippines
– has been living in the Philippines for at least three (3) continuous
years prior to the filing of the application for adoption
– has the legal capacity to adopt in his/her country
– his/her government allows the adoptee to enter his/her country as
his/her adopted son/daughter
Who may adopt?
• Any alien possessing the same qualifications as that for Filipino
nationals
– former Filipino citizen who seeks to adopt a relative within the fourth
(4th) degree of consanguinity or affinity
– seeks to adopt the legitimate son/daughter of his/her Filipino spouse
– married to a Filipino citizen and seeks to adopt jointly with his/her
spouse a relative within the fourth (4th) degree of consanguinity or
affinity of the Filipino spouse
Whose consent is necessary for adoption?
• The adoptee, if ten (10) years of age or over;
• The biological parent(s) of the child, if known, or the legal
guardian, or the proper government instrumentality which has
legal custody of the child;
• The legitimate and adopted sons/daughters, ten (10) years of
age or over, of the adopter(s) and adoptee, if any;
• The illegitimate sons/daughters, ten (10) years of age or over
• The spouse, if any, of the person adopting or to be adopted.
Procedure for Domestic Adoption
• Safeguard against hurried decisions
– All measure to strengthen the family have been exhausted
– Counseling
• Case study from social worker of LSWDO/Child-placing/Child-caring
agency
– Adoptee
– Biological Parents
– Adopter(s)
• Supervised Trial Custody
– At least six months
R.A. 8043
• The Intercountry adoption act of 1995
– the socio-legal process of adopting a Filipino child by a foreigner or a
Filipino citizen permanently residing abroad where the petition is
filed, the supervised trial custody is undertaken, and the decree of
adoption is issued outside the Philippines.
– Child
• Below 15 years of age
Inter-Country Adoption Board or ICAB
• act as the central authority in matters relating to inter-country
adoption. It shall act as the policy-making body for purposes of
carrying out the provisions of this Act, in consultation and
coordination with the Department, the different child-care and
placement agencies, adoptive agencies, as well as non-
governmental organizations engaged in child-care and
placement activities.
Requirements for the adoptee to be considered for
placement:
• Certification Declaring A Child Legally Available for Adoption (CDCLAA)
• Child Study and Updated Report prepared at the time of matching
• Security Paper (SECPA) of the Birth or Foundling Certificate;
• Notarized Deed of Voluntary Commitment executed after the birth of the
child;
• Certified True Copy of the Death Certificate of child’s birthparent/s, if
applicable;
• Medical evaluation or history, including that of the child’s biological parents,
if available, and updated medical abstract;
• Psychological evaluation report, as may be deemed necessary;
• Child’s own written consent to adoption, if he/she is ten (10) years or older
• Most recent whole body size picture of the child. If applicable, any physical
impairment of the child should be visible in the picture.
R.A. 9523
• AN ACT REQUIRING CERTIFICATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT (DSWD) TO DECLARE A
"CHILD LEGALLY AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION" AS A
PREREQUISITE FOR ADOPTION PROCEEDINGS
Supporting Documents
• Social Case Study Report made by the DSWD, local government
unit, licensed or accredited child-caring or child-placing agency
or institution charged with the custody of the child;
• Proof that efforts were made to locate the parent(s) or any
known relatives of the child.
• Birth certificate, if available; and
• Recent photograph of the child and photograph of the child
upon abandonment or admission to the agency or institution.
Proof of Efforts to locate parents or any known
relatives
• The following shall be considered sufficient:
– Written certification from a local or national radio or television station that
the case was aired on three (3) different occasions;
– Publication in one (1) newspaper of general circulation;
– Police report or barangay certification from the locality where the child
was found or a certified copy of a tracing report issued by the Philippine
National Red Cross (PNRC), National Headquarters (NHQ), Social Service
Division, which states that despite due diligence, the child's parents could
not be found; and
– Returned registered mail to the last known address of the parent(s) or
known relatives, if any.
R.A. 10165
• Foster Care Act of 2012
• Foster Care
– Provision of planned temporary care of a child by a foster parent
Who may be placed under foster care?
• Abandoned, surrendered, neglected, dependent or orphaned;
• Survivor of abuse and exploitation
• Children with special needs;
• Children whose family members are temporarily or permanently unable or unwilling to
provide the child with adequate care;
• Children awaiting adoptive placement
• Children who needs long-term care and close family ties but who cannot be placed for
domestic adoption;
• Children whose adoption has been disrupted;
• Street child, a child in armed conflict or a victim of child labor or trafficking;
• Children who committed a minor offense but is released on recognizance, or who is in custody
supervision or whose case is dismissed; and
• Children in need of special protection as assessed by a social worker, an agency or the DSWD.
Application for Foster Parents
• Submission of Home Study Report
• Issuance of License (3 years)
• Matching
• Placement
Assistance and Incentives
• Subsidy (2,500 Pesos)
• Health Insurance for the child
• Support Care Services
• Additional Tax Exemption
REPUBLIC ACT 7610
• SPECIAL PROTECTION OF CHILDREN AGAINST
CHILD ABUSE, EXPLOITATION AND
DISCRIMINATION ACT
Who is a child?
• refers to a person below eighteen (18) years of
age or one over said age and who, upon
evaluation of a qualified physician, psychologist
or psychiatrist, is found to be incapable of
taking care of himself fully because of a physical
or mental disability or condition or of
protecting himself from abuse (IRR of RA 7610)
“CHILD ABUSE”
Maltreatment (habitual or not)
Psychological, physical , sexual abuse; neglect,
cruelty and emotional maltreatment
Degrading words and deeds
Deprivation of basic needs
 Failure to give medical treatment to injured
child
R.A. 9208 or Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003

- Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT)

*DOJ as lead agency
Trafficking in persons

• refers to the recruitment, transportation, transfer or harboring or

receipt of persons with or without the victims consent or
knowledge, within or across, national borders by means of threat or
use of force or other forms of coercion, abduction, fraud, deception,
abuse of power or of position, taking advantage of the vulnerability
of the person or the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to
achieve the consent of a person having control over another person
for the purpose of exploitation which includes at a minimum, the
exploitation or the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual
exploitation, forced labor or services, slavery, servitude or the
removal or sale organs.
Prohibited Acts of Trafficking
1. To recruit, transport, transfer; harbor, provide, or receive a person by any
means, for the purpose of prostitution, pornography, sexual exploitation,
forced labor, slavery, involuntary servitude or debt bondage.
2. To introduce or match for money, profit, or material, economic or other
consideration, any person or, as provided for under Republic Act No. 6955,
any Filipino woman to a foreign national, for marriage for the purpose of
…
3. To offer or contract marriage, real or simulated, for the purpose of
acquiring, buying, offering, selling, or trading them to engage in …
4. To undertake or organize tours and travel plans consisting of tourism
packages or activities for the purpose of utilizing and offering persons for
1. To maintain or hire a person to engage in prostitution or
pornography.
2. To adopt or facilitate the adoption of persons for the purpose of …
3. To recruit, hire, adopt, transport or abduct a person, by means of
threat or use of force, fraud, deceit, violence, coercion, or
intimidation for the purpose of removal or sale of organs of said
person.
4. To recruit, transport or adopt a child to engage in armed activities
in the Philippines or abroad.
Prohibited acts that Promote Trafficking
• knowingly lease or sublease, use or allow to be used any house, building or
establishment.
• To produce, print and issue or distribute unissued, tampered or fake counseling
certificates, registration stickers and certificates of any government agency as proof
of compliance with government regulatory and pre-departure requirements.
• To advertise, publish, print, broadcast or distribute, or cause the advertisement,
publication, printing, broadcasting or distribution by any means, including the use
of information technology and the internet, of any brochure, flyer, or any
propaganda material.
• To assist in the conduct of misrepresentation or fraud for purposes of facilitating
the acquisition of clearances and necessary exit documents from government
agencies.
• To facilitate, assist or help in the exit and entry of persons from/to the
country at international and local airports, territorial boundaries and
seaports who are in possession of unissued, tampered or fraudulent travel
documents.
• To confiscate, conceal, or destroy the passport, travel documents, or
personal documents or belongings of trafficked persons in furtherance of
trafficking or to prevent them from leaving the country or seeking redress
from the government or appropriate agencies.
• To knowingly benefit from, financial or otherwise, or make use of, the labor
or services of a person held to a condition of involuntary servitude, forced
labor, or slavery.
Qualified Trafficking
• When the trafficked person is a child.
• When the adoption is effected through Republic Act No. 8043
• When the crime is committed by a syndicate, or in large scale.
• When the offender is an ascendant, parent, sibling, guardian or a person who
exercises authority over the trafficked person or when the offense is committed
by a public officer or employee.
• When the trafficked person is recruited to engage in prostitution with any
member of the military or law enforcement agencies.
• When the offender is a member of the military or law enforcement agencies.
• When by reason or on occasion of the act of trafficking in persons, the offended
party dies, becomes insane, suffers mutilation or is afflicted with Human
Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) or the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
(AIDS).
R.A. 10364
• Expanded Anti-trafficking in Persons Act of 2012
Attempted Trafficking
• any act to initiate the commission of a trafficking offense but
the offender failed to or did not execute all the elements of the
crime due to accident or by reason of some cause other than
voluntary desistance.
• facilitating the travel of a child without clearance from DSWD
or parental/legal consent;
• executing affidavit of consent for adoption;
• Recruiting a woman to bear a child; simulating a birth; or
soliciting a child and requiring custody through any means
from hospital, health centers and the like, all for the purpose of
selling the child.
Accomplice Liability
• profiting themselves or assisting the offender to profit by the
effects of the crime;
• by concealing or destroying the body of the crime; and
• by harbouring, concealing or assisting in the escape of the
principal of the crime.
• Additional Funds for the Council is also now provided by the
law, the amount collected from every penalty, fine or asset
derived from any violation of this Act shall be considered
additional funds for the Council.
RA 9231

An act providing for the elimination of the worst

forms of Child Labor and affording stronger
protection for the working child amending for this
purpose R.A. 7610
• Children below 15 shall not be employed except:
– Family Enterprise
– Public entertainment or information
• Only 20% of the child’s income may be used for the collective
needs of the family
Hours of Work for a Working Child
• Below 15
– 20 Hours a week but not more than 4 hours a day
– No work between 8pm to 6pm
• 15 years and above
– 8 hours a day but not more than 40 hours a week
– No work between 10 pm to 6 am
Worst forms of Child Labor
• All forms of slavery
• Prostitution and Pornography
• Likely harmful to health, safety and morals
• Use of dangerous equipments
• Exposure to harmful substances and agents
• Advertisement of vices and violence
R.A. 9344
• Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of 2006
• Passed by Congress on March 21, 2006

• Signed into law on April 28, 2006

• Published on May 5, 2006

• Date of Effectivity: May 20, 2006

Malabon City, 2005
Specific Rights
Exemption from Criminal Liability of Children 15 Years Old
and Below
• A child fifteen (15) years of age or under at the time of
the commission of the offense shall be exempt from
criminal liability.
• A child above fifteen (15) years but below eighteen (18)
years of age shall also be exempt from criminal liability
unless he/she has acted with discernment. (Sec. 6, R.A.
9344)
Specific Rights
Treatment of Children Exempt from
Criminal Responsibility
Immediate release of the child to the
custody of parents or nearest relative; or in
their absence, to NGO or religious
organization, BCPC. LSWDO.
 Notify local social welfare development
officer to determine appropriate programs.
Specific Rights
Presumption of Minority
• The child in conflict with the law shall enjoy the
presumption of minority.
• The age of a child may be determined from the child’s
birth certificate, baptismal certificate or any other pertinent
documents.
• In case of doubt as to the age of the child, it shall be
resolved in his favor.
Specific Rights
Prohibition of Detention and Locking up in Jails

• A child in conflict with the law shall not be locked up in a

detention cell. (Sec. 21)
• Detention or imprisonment is a disposition of last resort,
and which shall be for the shortest appropriate period of
time. (Sec. 21)
• The court shall not order the detention of a child in a jail
pending trial or hearing of his/her case. (Sec. 35)
Specific Rights
Prohibition of Detention and Locking up in Jails
Are there instances that the law allows detention of a CICL ?
 Yes – Whenever detention is necessary, a child will always be
detained in youth detention homes established by local
governments in the city or municipality where the child resides.

What if there are no youth detention homes ?

 CICL may be committed to the care of the DSWD or a
local rehabilitation center recognized by the government within
the jurisdiction of the court.
Specific Rights
Release on Recognizance

• A child can be released to his or her parents or another

suitable person (a relative, a pastor, head/social worker
of an NGO) who is willing to take responsibility for
making sure that the child will appear in court whenever
required (Sec. 35)
Specific Rights
Diversion
Conditions:
 For crimes punishable by not more than six (6)
years
Law Enforcement Officer
Punong Barangay
•With the assistance of the local
social development officer or other
members of the LCPC.
Specific Rights
Diversion
Conditions:
 For victimless crimes where the imposable penalty is not more
than six (6) years imprisonment
Local social welfare and development officer shall meet
with the child and his/her parents or guardians for the
development of the appropriate diversion and
rehabilitation program.

•With the assistance of the local social development officer

or other members of the LCPC.
Specific Rights
Diversion

Conditions:

 Where the imposable penalty for the crime

committed exceeds six (6) years imprisonment

Diversion measures may be resorted to

only by the court.
Specific Rights
Diversion
Is Diversion always available in court
regardless of the penalty imposed by law on
the crime ?
For CICL cases filed before the court, where
the maximum penalty imposed by law for
the offense charged is imprisonment of not
more than 12 years, the court shall
determine whether or not diversion is
appropriate before the child is arraigned.
(Sec.37)
Specific Rights
Suspension of Sentence

Suspension of sentence shall still be applied even

if the juvenile is already eighteen years (18) of age
or more at the time of the pronouncement of
his/her guilt. (Sec. 38)
Specific Rights
Decriminalization of Status Offenses

What are “Status Offenses” ?

 Status Offenses refers to offenses which discriminate
only against a child, while an adult does not suffer any
penalty for committing similar acts.
• Any conduct not considered an offense or not penalized if
committed by an adult shall not be considered an offense and
shall not be punished if committed by a child.
(Sec.57)
Specific Rights
Offenses Inapplicable to Children

• Prostitution and Vagrancy

• Mendicancy

• Sniffing of rugby

• Status offenses
Specific Rights
Confidentiality of Records and
Proceedings

All records and proceedings involving

children in conflict with the law from
initial contact until final disposition of
the case shall be considered privileged
and confidential.
R.A. 10630
• AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE JUVENILE JUSTICE
SYSTEM IN THE PHILIPPINES, AMENDING FOR THE
PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9344, OTHERWISE
KNOWN AS THE “JUVENILE JUSTICE AND WELFARE ACT
OF 2006” AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
R.A. 10630

• There shall be a Regional Juvenile Justice and Welfare

Committee (RJJWC) in each region. The RJJWCs will be
under the administration and supervision of the JJWC.
The RJJWC shall be chaired by the director of the
regional office of the DSWD. It shall ensure the effective
implementation of this Act at the regional and LGU
levels and the coordination among its member
agencies. (Sec. 4)
R.A. 10630

• “SEC. 49. Establishment of ‘Bahay Pag-Asa’. – Each

province and highly-urbanized city (the LGUs) shall be
responsible for building, funding and operating a ‘Bahay
Pag-asa’ within their jurisdiction following the standards
that will be set by the DSWD and adopted by the JJWC.
R.A. 10630
• “SEC. 20-A. Serious Crimes Committed by Children Who Are Exempt From
Criminal Responsibility. – A child who is above twelve (12) years of age up
to fifteen (15) years of age and who commits parricide, murder, infanticide,
kidnapping and serious illegal detention where the victim is killed or raped,
robbery, with homicide or rape, destructive arson, rape, or carnapping
where the driver or occupant is killed or raped or offenses under Republic
Act No. 9165 (Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002) punishable by
more than twelve (12) years of imprisonment, shall be deemed a neglected
child under Presidential Decree No. 603, as amended, and shall be
mandatorily placed in a special facility within the youth care faculty or
‘Bahay Pag-asa’ called the Intensive Juvenile Intervention and Support
Center (IJISC).
R.A. 10630
• “SEC. 20-B. Repetition of Offenses. – A child who is above twelve (12) years of age
up to fifteen (15) years of age and who commits an offense for the second time or
oftener: Provided, That the child was previously subjected to a community-based
intervention program, shall be deemed a neglected child under Presidential Decree
No. 603, as amended, and shall undergo an intensive intervention program
supervised by the local social welfare and development officer: Provided,
further, That, if the best interest of the child requires that he/she be placed in a
youth care facility or ‘Bahay Pag-asa’, the child’s parents or guardians shall execute
a written authorization for the voluntary commitment of the child: Provided,
finally, That if the child has no parents or guardians or if they refuse or fail to
execute the written authorization for voluntary commitment, the proper petition for
involuntary commitment shall be immediately filed by the DSWD or the LSWDO
pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 603, as amended.”
R.A. 10630
• “SEC. 20-C. Exploitation of Children for Commission of
Crimes. – Any person who, in the commission of a crime,
makes use, takes advantage of, or profits from the use of
children, including any person who abuses his/her authority
over the child or who, with abuse of confidence, takes
advantage of the vulnerabilities of the child and shall induce,
threaten or instigate the commission of the crime, shall be
imposed the penalty prescribed by law for the crime
committed in its maximum period.”
R.A. 10630

• “SEC. 20-D. Joint Parental Responsibility. – Based on the

recommendation of the multi-disciplinary team of the
IJISC, the LSWDO or the DSWD, the court may require
the parents of a child in conflict with the law to undergo
counseling or any other intervention that, in the opinion
of the court, would advance the welfare and best
interest of the child.
R.A. 10630

• “SEC. 20-E. Assistance to Victims of Offenses Committed

by Children. – The victim of the offense committed by a
child and the victim’s family shall be provided the
appropriate assistance and psychological intervention
by the LSWDO, the DSWD and other concerned
agencies.”
Other Laws on Children

• R.A. 10821 (Children’s Emergency Relief and Protection Act)

• R.A. 8044 (Youth in Nation Building Act)
• R.A. 9255 (An act allowing illegitimate children to use the
surname of their father amending article 176 of E.O. 209
otherwise known as the Family Code of the Philippines)
Rights of Persons Living with
Disabilities
R.A. 7277
• Magna Carta for Disabled Persons
• Disabled Persons
– Are those suffering from restrictions or different abilities as a result
of a mental, physical or sensory impairment, to perform and activity
in the manner or within the range normal for a human being
R.A. 9442
• An act amending R.A. 7277, signed April 2007
• Disabled Persons to Persons with Disabilities
• 20% discounts
• Incentives for caring and living with PWDs
• Penalties for ridiculing PWDs
R.A. 8371
• Indigenous People’s Rights Act of 1997
• Created the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples
Rights and Aspirations
• Right to Ancestral Domain
– Conversion of Certificates of Ancestral Domain Claims to CADT
– Free and informed consent of IP communities for projects within
ancestral lands
• Right to self-governance and empowerment
• Social Justice and Human Rights
• Cultural Integrity
Solo Parents
R.A. 8972
• Solo Parent Welfare Act of 2000
• An act providing for the benefits and privileges to solo parents
and their children
Who is a solo parent?
• A woman who gives birth as a result if rape or crimes against
chastity
• Parent left solo due to death of spouse
• Parent left solo due to the spouse being detained for at least 1
year or serving a sentence for criminal conviction of at least 1
year
Who is a solo parent?
• Parent left solo due to physical and/or mental incapacity of
spouse
• Parent left solo due to legal separation or de facto separation
for at least 1 year
• Parent left solo due to nullity or annulment of marriage
• Parent left solo due to abandonment of spouse for at least 1
year
Who is a solo parent?
• Unmarried mother or father who has preferred to keep and
rear his/her children
• Any other person who solely provides parental care to a child
provided that he/she is duly licensed as a foster parent or duly
appointed legal guardian
Who is a solo parent?
• Any family member (4th degree of consanguinity) who assumes
the responsibility of head of family due to death and
abandonment, disappearance, or prolonged absence for at
least 1 year of the parents or solo parent
Comprehensive Package of Services
• Work related benefits
– Flexible work schedule
– Protection against work discrimination
– Parental leave (not more than 7 days)
• Housing Benefits
• Psychosocial Services
• Health services
Comprehensive Package of Services
• For solo parent below the poverty line
– Livelihood Development Assistance
– Educational Assistance (CHED, TESDA, DepEd)
How to avail?
Application at Issuance of Solo
Assessment
the LSWDO Parent ID
• Filled out • Interview
application form • Home visit
• Barangay residency • SCSR
certificate • Assessment (30
• Documentation as days)
solo parent • Registration
• Evidence of income
level
VISION
 We envision a society where the poor,
vulnerable and disadvantaged are
empowered for an improved quality of
life. Towards this end, DSWD will be
the world’s standard for the delivery
of coordinated social services and
social protection for poverty reduction
by 2030.
MISSION
 To develop, implement and coordinate social
protection and poverty reduction solutions for and
with the poor, vulnerable and disadvantaged.
VALUES
◦ Respect for Human Dignity
◦ Integrity
◦ Service Excellence
 Formulates policies and plans which
provide direction to intermediaries and
other implementers in the development
and delivery of social welfare and
development services.
 Develops and enriches existing
programs and services for specific
groups, such as children and youth,
women, family and communities,
, older persons and
Disabilities (PWDs);
 Registers, licenses and accredits
individuals, agencies and organizations
engaged in social welfare and
development services, sets standards
and monitors the empowerment and
compliance to these standards.

 Provides technical assistance and

to intermediaries;
and
 Provides social protection of the poor,
vulnerable and disadvantaged sector,
DSWD also gives augmentation funds
to local government units so these
could deliver SWD services to
depressed municipalities and
barangays and provide protective
services to individuals, families and
in crisis situation.
 Children in Especially Difficult and/or
with Special Needs
 Youth with Special Needs/OSY
 Women in Especially Difficult
Circumstances
 Persons with Disabilities/With Special
Needs
 Families (disadvantaged, dysfunctional,
marginalized, displaced, homeless,
victims of disasters)
(low income, poorest,
 Constitutes policies and program that seek to
reduce poverty and vulnerability to risks and
enhance the social status and rights of the
marginalized by promoting and protecting
livelihood and employment, protecting against
hazards and sudden lost of income and improving
people’s capacity to manage risks.
1. Social Pension for Indigent Senior
Citizens
2. Assistance to Inds. In Crisis Situation
(AICS)
3. Supplementary Feeding Program
4. Child Protective Services
5. Child Care & Placement Services
6. Travel Clearance for Minors
7. Services for WEDC
Reduction & Response
 Center Based
 Community Based
 Residential Care
 Social Welfare and Development Technology
Services rendered in facilities referred
to as “centers” on a daily basis or
during part of the day. Clients of these
facilities have families to return to
after treatment or after undergoing
developmental activities. These
facilities may also accommodate
clients who need to undergo thorough
assessment and diagnosis for a
three weeks.
Preventive, rehabilitative and developmental programs
and initiatives that mobilize/utilize the family and
community to respond to a problem, need, issue or
concern of children, youth, women, person with
disabilities, older persons and families who are in
need and at-risk.
 Centers and facilities that provide 24-hour
alternative family care to poor vulnerable and
disadvantaged individuals and families in crisis
whose need cannot be met by their families and
relatives or by any other form of alternative family
care for a period of time.
 The DSWD continues to implement pilot projects
which will be marketed to local government units
that need the projects.
 An information management system that
identifies who and where the poor are and
the implementation was spearheaded by
the DSWD
 Its aim is to establish a socio-economic
database of households that will be used
in identifying the beneficiaries of national
social protection programs. It also seeks
to reduce the problems of leakage or
inclusion of non-poor and lessen
exclusion or under coverage of the poor
in social protection programs.
A statistical model that predicts income of the
households based on proxy variables in the HAF –
Household Assessment Form which Is compared to
the poverty thresholds at the provincial level to
determine the poor and non-poor households
On Demand Application (ODA) -provides an
opportunity to households who were not
assessed during the regular enumeration to
apply for an assessment
VALIDATION- assesses and authenticates
the preliminary list of poor & non-poor
households. A Local Verification Committee
is created to review or act on all complaints
raised during the validation period
Both processes are aimed at ensuring
the integrity of the data base, wherein all
the qualified poor households are captured
by the system
Sustaining Interventions in Poverty Alleviation
and Governance (SIPAG) is the banner project
of the DSWD in the Social Protection Support
Initiative (SPSI) as part of the Commission on
Information and Communication
Technology’s CICT- assisted Priority E-
Government Projects
 DSWD prepared this SIPAG project with the
support of the Electronic Government for
Efficiency and Effectiveness (E3) Project of
the Canadian International Development
Agency (CIDA) in consonance with the
DSWD’s mandate to provide support and
technical assistance to intermediaries (LGU)
in the implementation of
development services.
Through SIPAG, the DSWD intends to
demonstrate an improved delivery of
programs and services through
convergence of partner agencies guided
by the enhanced Social Case Management
System (SCMS) and Utilizing Social Welfare
Indicators (SWI). Partners agencies are the
LGUs, DOH, Phil Health Insurance
Company (PHIC/PhilHealth) and the
Technical and Skills Development
Authority (TESDA)
The SIPAG project will contribute to the
attainment of DSWD’s Reform Agenda 2 which is
to provide a faster and better social protection
programs and Reform Agenda 4 which is to
improve its delivery systems and capacities,
including its management information system.
Social Case Management is part of Social Work
practice which was installed nationwide by the
DSWD in 1981. It is both a skill in sw
intervention and an approach to service delivery
using the helping process. It facilitates the
delivery of quality services through a referral
network resulting to convergence with partner
agencies & other community resources.
It is the act of directing complementary
and/or synergetic interventions/programs
to specified targets such as poor individuals,
families, households, and/or communities.
It involves pooling of expertise and
resources and systematically channeling of
efforts in pursuit of a commonly agreed goal
or objectives
PRINCIPLES: Synchronization,
complementation and coordination of all
government interventions and the private
sectors in one geographical area to ensure
that reforms in terms of poverty alleviation
and social protection are achieved
As a response to the MDG’s call to halve the
poverty incidence by 2015, the DSWD as
the leader in the social welfare &
development sector, implements three
major social protection programs – ,

, the
which are
all aimed at targeting the poor households
and the poor municipalities in the country
a. Common resolve (unity of goals & objectives)
b. Common understanding ( what and how)
c. Common commitment (institutional support)
1. Maximize resources allocated for the
implementation of the department’s social
protection programs
2. Reduce duplication of efforts, strategies and
activities at all levels
3. Harmonize and synchronize the processes involved
in the implementation of the core social protection
programs;
4. Unify mechanisms for feedback,
reporting, monitoring and
documentation
5. Enhance partnership with the NGOs,
Pos and CSOs; and
6. Enhance knowledge, skills and
attitude towards collaborative action
among stakeholders.
1. Unity in goals and confluence of action
2. Focused targeting
3. Empowerment
4. Complementation
5. Operational efficiency
6. Human rights based appraoch
1. Unified targeting system through NHTS-PR
2. Synchronized implementation of social preparation
and mobilization activities
3. Harmonized engagement of the LGUs
a) integration of M/CLGU commitments to support
Pantawid Pamilya implementation into KALAHI-
CIDSS MOA in KALAHI-CIDSS areas that are
targetted for 4Ps
b. performance of LGU partners of
Pantawid Pamilya commitments as
criteria for inclusion in the KALAHI-
CIDSS scale-up project and

c. inclusion of support for

Sustainable Livelihood and Pantawid
Pamilya as an agenda in KALAHI-CIDSS
provincial engagements
4. Coordinated capability building
5. Harmonized monitoring and
reporting
6. Integrated Social Case Management
7. Enhanced partnership with the CSOs
8. Disaster Risk Reduction and
Management
9. People’s Participation
It is a poverty reduction strategy that
provides conditional cash grants to poor
households with children 0-14 years old and
with pregnant and lactating mothers, to
build human capital through investments in
health and education.
It provides health and education cash grants
upon compliance of the beneficiaries with
certain conditionalities.
1. Eradication of extreme poverty and hunger
2. Achieve universal primary education
3. Promote gender equality and empower women
4. Reduce child mortality
5. Improve maternal health
 Break the intergenerational cycle of poverty through
investment in human capital i.e, education and
nutrition (long term)- “To help keep 4.2 million
children healthy and in school”
 Residents of the poorest municipalities based on
2003 Small Area Estimates (SAE) of NSCB
 Households whose economic condition is equal to
or below the provincial poverty threshold
 Households that have children 0-14 years old
and/or have a pregnant woman at the time of
assessment
 Households that agree to meet condition specified
in the program . Poorest households are selected
through a Proxy Means Test (PMT) which determines
the socio-economic category of families.
1. To improve preventive health care among
pregnant women and young children
2. To increase the enrollment and attendance
rate of children in school
3. To reduce incidence of child labor
4. To raise the average household
consumption in food expenditure of poor
households; and
5. To encourage parents to invest in their
children’s and their own human capital
through investments in their health and
nutrition, education & participation in
community activities
1. P6,000 a year or P500 per month per
household for health and nutrition
expenses;
2. P3,000 for one school year or 10 months
or P300 per month per child for
educational expenses. A maximum of 3
children per household is allowed for this
grant.
* A household with 3 qualified children
receives a maximum cash grant of P1,400 per
month during the school year or P15,000
annually as long as they comply with the
conditionalities.
 Land Bank ATM (cash card)
 Land Bank Over-the-Counter (off-Site)
 Globe G-Cash Remit
 Rural Banks and other banks/financial facilities that
are still being explored
 HEALTH AND NUTRITION
◦ Pregnant HH member:
 Visit their local health center to
avail of pre-and post natal care
 Avail of appropriate delivery
services by a skilled health
professional
 Avail at least one post-natal care
within 6 weeks after childbirth
 Visit the health center to avail
immunization
 Have monthly weight monitoring and
nutrition counseling for children aged
0-2 years old
 Have quarterly weight monitoring for
25 to 73 weeks old
 Have management of childhood
diseases for sick children
 Must receive deworming pills twice a year
 CHILDREN 3-5 YEARS OLD
◦ Enrolled in day care or pre-school
program and maintain a class
attendance rate at least 85 % per
month
 CHILDREN 6-14 YEARS OLD
◦ Enrolled in elementary and
secondary school and maintain a
class attendance rate of at least
 PARENTS OR GUARDIANS
◦ Attend family development
sessions at least once a month
◦ Ensure attendance in Responsible
Parenthood Sessions and Family
Counseling Sessions
◦ Participate in community activities,
promote and strengthen the
implementation of Pantawid
Pamilya
5
4 Family Registry
3 Preparation (Final
Community
Selection of HH list of enrolled 4Ps
Assembly
(Enumeration, PMT, beneficiaries with
(Reg & Validation
Eligibility Check) LBP enrollment
of HH)

2
Supply-Side 6
Assessment 1st Release
(Availability of
Health & Education
facilities & service
providers) 7
8 Verification of
2nd and Succeeding Compliance
1
Releases with
Selection of
Provinces/Municipa Conditions
lities (SAE)
Community Assembles
Updates/Grievance and
Complaints
 The MCCT for FNSP hopes to strengthen the
coverage by targeting the families in need of
special protection to provide and strengthen the
safety, protection and development of children in
difficult circumstances. It is a modified approach
designed to maximize the reach of the Conditional
Cash Transfer Program for the purpose of helping
families and children in difficult circumstances
overcome their situation and mainstream their into
the regular CCT while generating appropriate
resources & service in the community
 To bring back children from the
streets to more suitable, decent and
permanent homes and reunite with
their families
 To bring children to schools and
facilitate their regular attendance
including access to Alternative
Delivery Mode and other special
learning modes
 Facilitate availment of health and
nutrition through regular visits to the
health center
 to enhance parenting roles through
attendance to Family Development
Sessions
 To mainstream Families with Special
Children in Need of Special Protection for
normal psycho-social functioning
Program
 Street families and homeless in Pockets of
Poverty not covered by the regular CCT
 IP Migrant families
 Families with Children with Disabilities
 Families of Child Laborers
 Displaced families due to manmade and
natural disasters and other environmental
factors
 Other Families in Need of Special
Protection
 Highly Urbanized Cities (Cebu, Davao
City, Angeles City, Olongapo City, Iloilo,
Bacolod, Zamboanga, Cagayan De Oro
and Baguio City) and other cities and
municipalities with such cases of families
 Pantawid Pamilya areas with mining
industry, big plantations and factories
and similar situations
 Cities in NCR to include Manila, Quezon
City, Pasay, Pasig, San Juan, Muntinlupa,
Paranaque, Caloocan)
AIM: reduce poverty by:
empowering the poor to participate meaningfully
in development
Making development initiatives responsive to the
needs of citizens by making local governance
processes and systems more participatory,
transparent and accountable
 Itadopted the Community-Driven
Development (CDD) as a primary
development approach & strategy. It
targets the poor municipalities in the
identified poorest provinces based
on the NSCB report. These
municipalities constitute the poorest
25% of all municipalities of the 42
poorest provinces.
Program activities are implemented
through:
1. Mobilization of community structures &
LGU support
2. Provision of capability building & skills
training for communities & LGUs on
self-awareness & development values,
participatory needs prioritization &
program planning & implementation
3. Provision of technical assistance &
resources grants for community
priorities
A community based program which provides capacity
building to improve the program participants’ socio-
economic status through:
support to microenterprises to become
organizationally and economically viable
Links participants to employment opportunities
REFERENCES:
(FOR SWPP PART I, II AND III)
Balmes et al., 2017. Summary of Laws Related to Social Work Practice. Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng
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Based National Dialogue (ABND) One Pacific Place, Makati City.
Villar, F. (2013), The Philippine Social Protection Framework and Strategy: An Overview. 12th
National Convention on Statistics (NCS), EDSA Shangri-La Hotel, Mandaluyong City.
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PowerPoint presentation of Ms. Alexis Nasiad, MSU-Marawi City.
PowerPoint presentation of Mr. Jopfler Ruedas, MSU-Marawi City.
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