The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has set up voice and text hotlines to respond to queries and complaints regarding the upcoming implementation of the Listahanan 2nd round of assessment. The Listahanan is an information management system that contains a comprehensive list of families in need of social protection programs and services. It continue reading : DSWD opens SMS and voice hotlines for Listahanan
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), through the Listahanan or the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction, awarded the first Gawad Listahanan to the Municipal Government of Dalaguete, Cebu; Escalante City, Negros Occidental; and, Ilocos Norte on January 29 during the Department’s 64th anniversary celebration. Gawad Listahanan is an award conferred to continue reading : DSWD cites top LGU users of database of poor families
Sixteen local government units nationwide were selected as finalists in the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) first Gawad Listahanan. Gawad Listahanan is an award conferred to local government units (LGUs) that have registered the most number of beneficiaries of their locally funded programs in the Listahanan database of poor families. The Listahanan is continue reading : DSWD to award top LGU data users
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is in need of 47,644 field workers to implement the Listahanan 2nd nationwide assessment. These comprise of 1,277 area coordinators, 6,383 area supervisors, 31,908 enumerators, 4,038 encoders and 4,038 verifiers, who will be tasked to collect information from 15.3 million households in 1,490 municipalities and 144 cities continue reading : DSWD now hiring staff to do survey of poor families
Reposted from Rappler.com MANILA, Philippines – When Filipinos are asked to describe their financial status, whether based on income or purchasing power, 3 terms are usually heard: mayaman (rich), may kaya (well-off), and mahirap (poor). The boundaries of each classification are often blurry. Arguments have emerged over when one can be considered rich or middle continue reading : Who are the near-poor in the Philippines?
Reposted from Philippine Star CEBU, Philippines – The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office-7 is supporting the health insurance coverage of indigent families enrolled in the National Health Insurance Program of PhilHealth. This after the Department of Budget and Management has approved the release of the subsidy’s budget. “This is indeed good news continue reading : DSWD-7 backs insurance coverage for poor families
President Benigno S. Aquino III has recently approved the P1.9-billion budget for the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to conduct its second Nationwide Assessment that will identify poor families who will be qualified to receive assistance from the government’s social protection programs and services. “This undertaking will update the existing database and provide continue reading : PNoy gives green light for DSWD’s 2nd nationwide assessment of poor families
According to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), women constitute 48 percent of 28 million poor individuals identified through the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) or Listahanan. Listahanan is a project of the national government that is being implemented by the DSWD. It is an information management system that identifies continue reading : DSWD data show almost half of poor sector are women
Social Welfare and Development Corazon Juliano-Soliman browsed through the NHTS-PR Database during the 22nd National Statistics Month (NSM) Opening Ceremony. Secretary Soliman was joined by NEDA Deputy Director General Margarita Songco (left most), DSWD Undersecretary Alicia R. Bala (second from the left) and NSCB Secretary General Romulo Virola (not in the photo) during the launching continue reading : DSWD launches database of poor households
