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Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao headquarters in Cotabato City (File photo) MANILA - The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is in constant coordination with the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to hasten the release of funds allocated for various social welfare programs in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). In an inter-agency consultation meeting held on Tuesday, DSWD officials facilitated the discussion of the terms and conditions stipulated under the department's 2023 budget special provision No. 8 of the General Appropri...

PARTNERSHIP. Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Erwin Tulfo (2nd from left) and Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benhur Abalos Jr. shake hands after signing the memorandum of agreement for the smooth distribution of education assistance on Wednesday (Aug. 24, 2022). Also in photo are DSWD Undersecretary Jerico Francis Javier (left) and DILG Undersecretary Lord Villanueva. (Contributed photo) MANILA - The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has inked a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the Department of the Interior and...

MANILA - The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Friday said it is now updating its nationwide list of beneficiaries for the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). Data management efforts will ensure that all unqualified and ineligible beneficiaries will be removed from the program, the DSWD in a statement. Secretary Erwin Tulfo directed the delisting of beneficiaries whose children have already completed the education requirements. The Beneficiary Data and Management System will determine the active beneficiaries who are entitled to receive cash grants, subject to the m...

MANILA - Victims of arranged child marriages and their children will be included in the intervention programs under Republic Act 11596 or An Act Prohibiting the Practice of Child Marriage, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said on Friday. As the lead agency mandated to draft the implementing rules and regulations (IRR), the DSWD said it would make sure child marriage victims would receive the necessary protection. "(The) DSWD will focus on creating appropriate programs that will address the prevalence of child marriage and interventions for the victims of arranged ch...

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a law simplifying the process for Filipinos seeking to adopt a child. Republic Act No. 11642, also known as the Domestic Administrative Adoption and Alternative Child Care Act, was signed by Duterte on Jan. 6, 2022 and released to reporters on Thursday. In signing RA 11642, Duterte recognizes "the policy of the State to ensure that every child remains under the care and custody of parents and be provided with love, care, understanding, and security towards the full and harmonious development of the child's personality." "The best...