Field Office IV-B (MIMAROPA)

WHAT is Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program?

Pantawid Pamilya is a conditional cash transfer program that provides incentives for poor families to invest in their future by ensuring that mothers and children avail of healthcare and that children go to school. As such, it is a human development program that invests in the health and education of children.

At the same time, the cash grants alleviate current poverty by providing immediate relief from cash flow problems. Such extra cash received on a bimonthly basis is especially important for poor households that have irregular or seasonal income.

WHAT are its benefits?

Health and Nutrition Grant

A household receives a total of P6,000 per year or P500 per month intended for health and nutrition needs of the family such as food, medicine, and vitamins.

Education

Every household receives a total of P3,000 per year or P300 per month per child for 10 months a year, to a maximum of 3 children per household.

A household with three qualified children receives a subsidy of P1,400/month during the school months or P15,000 for the whole year for as long as they comply with the conditionalities set by the program. The amount of grants that they would be receiving depends upon their compliance to the conditionalities.

Beneficiaries receive their cash grants through different modes of payment such as Over-the-counter (OTC), Offsite, Cash Card, and G-Cash Remit.

WHY is this project needed?

Pantawid Pamilya is geared towards attaining the five of the eight Millennium Development Goals: (1) Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, (2) Achieve Universal Primary Education, (3) Promote gender equality and empower women, (4) Reduce child mortality, and (5) Improve maternal health, and to promote Department’s commitment to United Nations’ Convention on the Rights of Children.

WHO is it intended for?

The beneficiaries of the program are the poorest households as determined by the use of the proxy Means Test (PMT). Eligible households are those that have been found to meet the following criteria:

· Are located in the municipalities and barangays selected for the Pantawid Pamilya program

· Whose economic The program targets poor families belonging to the top 20 poorest provinces in the country and top 100 poorest municipalities who have children 0-14 years old or a pregnant mother.

WHO is DSWD working with to implement this project?

Department of Health (DOH), Municipal Health Office (MHO), the Department of Education (DepEd), Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), Municipal Social Welfare Development Office (MSWDO), Provincial Social Welfare Development Office (PSWDO) and the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP)

WHO can be contacted with regards to this program?

Ms. Purificacion R. Arriola, Deputy Program Manager

DSWD Field Office IV-B

1680 F.T. Benitez cor. Malvar St., Malate, Manila

Tel. No. (02) 303-0533 loc. 206

Mr. Vincent Dominic G. Obcena, Regional Coordinator

DSWD Field Office IV-B

1680 F.T. Benitez cor. Malvar St., Malate, Manila

Tel. No. (02) 303-0533 loc. 202

Ms. Maridel Rodriguez, Provincial Link for Oriental Mindoro

Capitol Complex Camilmil

Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro

SWADT Office

(043) 286-2297

Ms. Remy C. Beltran, Provincial Link for Palawan

No. 54 H. Mendoza St.

Puerto Princesa City, Palawan

SWADT Office

(048) 434-1083

Ms. Abigail Ablana, Provincial Link for Occidental Mindoro and Marinduque

M.H. del Pilar St. Brgy. 7

San Jose, Occidental Mindoro

SWADT Office

(043) 491-4253

Mr. Edgar Nivera, SWO III for Romblon

Servanez Bldg., Brgy. Liwayway

Odiongan, Romblon

SWADT Office

(042) 567-5117

Ms. Helen Alcoba, SWADT Leader

028 Nepomuceno St., Brgy. Murallon

Boac, Marinduque

SWADT Office

(042) 754-0015

WHEN did this project start? When will it end?

For Set 1 areas, the program started in June 2008 and shall continue until 2013. For Set 2 areas, the program started in April 2009 and shall end in 2014. For Set 3 areas, the program started in 2010 and shall continue until 2015. For Set 4 areas, the program started in January 2011 and shall continue until 2016.

New areas under Set 5 will start implementation by 2012 and shall end in 2017.

WHERE is this project implemented?

As of December 2011, the program covers all the provinces in the region, namely: Oriental and Occidental Mindoro, Palawan, Marinduque, and Romblon with a total of 1,308 barangays in 68 municipalities and 2 cities.

HOW does one avail of this program?

Beneficiaries of the program are chosen through the Proxy Means Test which is generated by the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR).

WHAT have we accomplished so far?