The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is set to implement a computer-based application to fast-track the distribution of cash assistance to families affected by COVID-19 pandemic.
According to the fourth weekly report of President Rodrigo Duterte to the Congress Joint Oversight Committee on Bayanihan law, the DICT is now finalizing requirements for the implementation of the project called “ReliefAgad” that will assist the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in the disbursement of SAP allowances.
The report also stated that aside from the DICT, the Philippine Institute for Development Studies is also currently providing local government units a community-based monitoring system data to generate the list of households eligible to receive assistance from the government.
According to the report, “the DSWD is exploring other methods to ensure that the payment of emergency cash subsidies to beneficiaries is expedited.”
As of 18 April, the DSWD has already forged a total of 1,454 memorandum of agreement on SAP with cities and municipalities, excluding those in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, according to the report.
Among the SAP currently being implemented are the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Program (AICS) of the DSWD; the COVID-19 Adjustment Measures Program (CAMP) for affected formal workers, CAMP Abot-Kamay ang Pagtulong (AKAP) for displaced overseas workers and the Tulong Panghanapbuhay para sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) of the Department of Labor and Employment; and the Financial Subsidy for Rice Farmers of the Department of Agriculture (DA).
The total funding allotted is P100 billion for the AICS, P1.6 billion for CAMP, P966.5 million for TUPAD, P1.5 billion for CAMP AKAP; and P3 billion for DA’s subsidy for farmers.
According to the report, the DSWD has so far utilized P80.205 million for medical and burial assistance to 17,232 individuals.
According to the fourth weekly report of President Rodrigo Duterte to the Congress Joint Oversight Committee on Bayanihan law, the DICT is now finalizing requirements for the implementation of the project called “ReliefAgad” that will assist the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in the disbursement of SAP allowances.
The report also stated that aside from the DICT, the Philippine Institute for Development Studies is also currently providing local government units a community-based monitoring system data to generate the list of households eligible to receive assistance from the government.
According to the report, “the DSWD is exploring other methods to ensure that the payment of emergency cash subsidies to beneficiaries is expedited.”
As of 18 April, the DSWD has already forged a total of 1,454 memorandum of agreement on SAP with cities and municipalities, excluding those in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, according to the report.
Among the SAP currently being implemented are the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Program (AICS) of the DSWD; the COVID-19 Adjustment Measures Program (CAMP) for affected formal workers, CAMP Abot-Kamay ang Pagtulong (AKAP) for displaced overseas workers and the Tulong Panghanapbuhay para sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) of the Department of Labor and Employment; and the Financial Subsidy for Rice Farmers of the Department of Agriculture (DA).
The total funding allotted is P100 billion for the AICS, P1.6 billion for CAMP, P966.5 million for TUPAD, P1.5 billion for CAMP AKAP; and P3 billion for DA’s subsidy for farmers.
According to the report, the DSWD has so far utilized P80.205 million for medical and burial assistance to 17,232 individuals.
