The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), through the Listahanan or the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTSPR), will hire and train 1,245 staff to conduct the special validations for the beneficiaries of Social Pension for Indigent Senior Citizens and Modified Conditional Cash Transfer (MCCT) Program. They will be assigned as area continue reading : DSWD to hire 1,245 staff to validate qualified aid recipients
Barangay officials in NCR endorse areas for assessment
In support to the Listahanan second round of assessment, the barangay chairpersons and officials of the Local Government Units (LGUs) in Metro Manila have identified “pockets of poverty” in their respective areas to be included in the forthcoming enumeration of households this year. Department of Social Welfare and Development – National Capital Region (DSWD-NCR) Regional continue reading : Barangay officials in NCR endorse areas for assessment
DSWD data show almost half of poor sector are women
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
DSWD pilot tests survey tools for the 2nd assessment
The Department of Social Welfare and Development through the Listahanan or the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR), conducted pilot testing of the assessment tools that will be used for the upcoming 2nd Nationwide Assessment. “This activity aims to check the correctness, clarity and flow of questions in the Family Assessment Form (FAF) continue reading : DSWD pilot tests survey tools for the 2nd assessment
Survey noon, Listahanan na ngayon!
Evangeline Roz is a volunteer health worker in Barangay Bani, San Narciso, Quezon Province. She has 9 children and because of limited income, the needs of their children could hardly be, until their household was surveyed and an opportunity for a better life begun. This survey referred to by Evangeline and many other poor households continue reading : Survey noon, Listahanan na ngayon!
LDN Province utilizes Listahanan
The Provincial Government of Lanao del Norte utilizes Department of Social Welfare and Development’s Listahanan for the implementation of its anti-poverty programs. Listahanan is an information management system that identifies poor families needing assistance. The province was one of the local government units, which entered into a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with the DSWD in continue reading : LDN Province utilizes Listahanan
DOH extends services to Listahanan identified poor senior citizens
The Department of Health (DOH) is a national government agency responsible for ensuring access to basic health services of all Filipinos, especially those among the marginalized sectors. With the help non-government organizations (NGOs) and local government units (LGUs), DOH instituted a national health program that provides an integrated health service to poor senior citizens identified continue reading : DOH extends services to Listahanan identified poor senior citizens
DSWD to orient LGUs on the conduct of the next family assessment
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) thru Listahanan will conduct orientation with officials of Local Government Units (LGUs) in Cagayan Valley in the first quarter of 2014. The orientation aims to enlighten LGUs on the next family assessment likewise their duties and functions such as to provide the department with municipality spot map, continue reading : DSWD to orient LGUs on the conduct of the next family assessment
DSWD Caraga promotes targeting system’s brand name Listahanan
Butuan City – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Caraga advocated the new brand name of its targeting system, “Listahanan” in the activity “Lakat Caraga, Iban Kita!” held last December 17, 2013. The activity introduced Listahanan to the Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries and partner agencies in attendance. Regional Director Minda B. Brigoli explained that continue reading : DSWD Caraga promotes targeting system’s brand name Listahanan
DSWD-MIMAROPA enlists Palawan media’s partnership for Listahanan
By PNA and Philippine Times of Southern Nevada The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in the MIMAROPA Region held a one-day media forum in this city in a bid for an information and dissemination campaign partnership for the second round of assessment of the Listahanan or the National Household Targeting System for Poverty continue reading : DSWD-MIMAROPA enlists Palawan media’s partnership for Listahanan