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CLARK FREEPORT – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) reiterated that families of Filipinos abroad (OF) at risk are among the beneficiaries of the Social Improvement Program (SAP).
According to the Department’s General Guidelines on SAP Implementation, OFs are considered vulnerable members of the community and are among those most affected by the enhanced community quarantine.
They are those who were repatriated, or who do not have OF income or remittances due to Covid-19, or those who were prohibited from traveling outside the Philippines or were stranded in this document due to the Covid-19 outbreak, which prevents their ability to work abroad, from January 2020 until the removal of the community quarantine.
Families with OF who have no other source of income from January 2020 until the removal of community quarantine will qualify under the SAP.
OFs can contact their respective local government units (LGUs) or barangay officers through requests on request, which will then be evaluated at the barangay level. In this way, the barangay can validate and verify the “no job, no pay” status of OFs in their localities.
The use of other agency programs, such as the provision of financial assistance to Philippine displaced workers based on land and sea due to Covid-19 from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) for OFW should also be considered in the OF rating as SAP beneficiaries to avoid duplication of assistance as prescribed in the guidelines.
DSWD, DILG and LGUs continue to work closely together to provide much-needed SAP to low-income families most affected by improved community quarantine.
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