Secretary Esperanza I.

Cabral
20 August 2008
 Outline
y The Philippine Definition of Social Protection (SP)
y The Four SP Components

y DSWD and The National Social Welfare Program

y Description of some DSWD SP Programs that help

cushion the impact of rising food and fuel prices to the
poor
Social Protection defined
y NEDA-SDC Cabinet Resolution No. 1, Series 2007 (13
February 2007)

Social protection constitutes policies and programs

that seek to reduce poverty and vulnerability to risks
and enhance the social status and rights of the
marginalized by promoting and protecting
livelihood and employment, protecting against
hazards and sudden loss of income, and improving
peoples capacity to manage risks.
Four Social Protection Components

1. Labor Market Interventions- Measures to enhance

employment opportunities, and protect the rights and
welfare of workers
2. Social Insurance- Programs to mitigate income risks.
3. Social Welfare- Preventive and developmental
interventions to support the minimum basic needs
of the poor.
4. Social Safety Nets- Urgent responses & mechanisms
that address effects of socio-economic shocks,
disasters and calamities on vulnerable groups.
Provisions of A.O. 232 and 232-A
y Clustering of existing government programs dealing with
social welfare/protection into a National Social Welfare
Program

y SSS Administrator - Chairman of the Policy Group

y DSWD Coordinator and Secretariat
 Social Protection Framework
OBJECTIVES
Social Protection
Reduction of Poverty and Protecting the Poor & Mitigating Pressures on
Reduction of Vulnerabilities Vulnerable from Risks Households

RISKS
Illness, other Unemployment; Food insecurity; Hunger & nutrition; Damage to infrastructure
health risks; Underemployment High population growth; Poor quality business & community due
Disability; old Loss of income of education; Land & housing to environmental
age; crop insecurity; lack of access to clean water degradation; disasters and
disasters and sanitation armed conflicts
COMPONENTS
Social Insurance Labor Market Social Welfare Social Safety Nets
Interventions

-Retirement/ -Employment -Basic social services i.e. health -Emergency assistance

Pension Plans generation and nutrition, population -Unconditional cash transfers
-Health Insurance -Skills devt. and management, education, social -Feeding Programs
-Crop Insurance training welfare, socialized housing -Price subsidies
-Labor and -Conditional cash and in-kind -Food subsidies
trade policies transfer -Emergency employment
-Agriculture -Capability building programs -Retraining and emergency
support -Program support (targeting) loans
 Major Agencies Responding to Social Risks
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

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1. Food Insecurity, Hunger and
Malnutrition 3 3 3 3 3

2. Diseases and Ill-Health

2.1. Sickness 3 3 3 3 3
2.2. Injuries 3 3 3 3 3
2.3. Disability 3 3 3 3
2.3. Death 3 3
3. Large Family Size 3 3
4. Labor Market Related Risks

4.1. Lack/limited access to

3 3 3 3 3 3
Livelihood
4.2. Lack/limited access to Skills
3 3 3 3 3
Training
4.3. Unemployment and Under-
3 3 3 3 3 3
employment
4.4. Retirement 3
5. Natural Disaster 3 3 3 3 3 3
6. Land and Housing Insecurity
3 3

7. Lack of Access to Clean Water

3 3 3
and Sanitation
8. Armed Conflicts 3 3

* NGAs and LGUs need to update/complete this matrix

 Major Agencies Responding to Social Risks
NAT'L GOV'T AGENCIES

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1. Food Ins e curity, Hunge r
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2. Dis e as e s and Ill-He alth

2.1. Sick ne s s
3 3 3 3 3 3
2.2. Injurie s 3 3 3 3 3 3
2.3. Dis ability 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2.3. De ath
3 3 3 3 3
3. Large Fam ily Size
3 3
4. Labor M ark e t Re late d Ris k s

4.1. Lack /lim ite d acce s s

to Live lihood 3 3 3 3
4.2. Lack /lim ite d acce s s
to Sk ills Training 3 3 3
4.3. Une m ploym e nt and
Unde r-e m ploym e nt 3 3 3 3 3
4.4. Re tire m e nt 3 3 3
5. Natural Dis as te r 3 3 3 3 3 3
6. Land and Hous ing
Ins e curity 3 3 3 3 3 3
7. Lack of Acce s s to Cle an
Wate r and Sanitation 3 3
8. Arm e d Conflicts
3 3 3
*See Annex B: Details of SP Programs from Major Agencies
 Social Welfare & Development Programs
Protective Preventive Promotional Transformational

Secure basic Reduce Enable people to Build, diversify, & Transform

consumption fluctuations in save, invest, & enhance use of institutions and
consumption assets relationships
and avert asset accumulate Reduce access Economic
reduction through constraints Political
reduction in risk Directly provide Social
& income or loan assets
variation Build linkages
with institutions

Aid to individuals in Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino SEA-K

crisis situations Food for School Livelihood Programs
Disaster Cash for Work Microfinance
Relief/Rehabilitation Early Childhood Care Core Shelter
Supplemental feeding and Development KALAHI-CIDSS
Rice, power & Center & Home-based Care Juvenile Justice
transport subsidies for children, women, the elderly Education & Skills
Emergency shelter and disabled Training
1. Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino (4Ps) Conditional
Cash Transfer (CCT)
2. Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and
Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS)
3. Self-Employment Assistance Kaunlaran (SEA-K)
4. Tindahan Natin (TN)
5. Family Access Cards (FAC)
6. Food for School (FSP)
7. Emergency Operation Philippines-Assistance to
Conflict Affected Mindanao (EMOP-ACAM)
What is the 4Ps?
y A CCT program adopted for the Philippines
y Undertaken by DSWD as a component of its National
Social Welfare and Development Reform Program
Dual Objectives of the CCT
Social Assistance provide cash assistance to
the poor to alleviate their needs
Social Development break the
intergenerational poverty cycle through
investment in human capital (i.e., education,
health and nutrition)
Other issues addressed by 4Ps:
y Child Labor

y Maternal Health

y Gender Equality
 The 4Ps Cash Assistance

y Health & nutrition @ P6,000.00/year or P

500.00/mo per household
y Education @ P3000/year or P300.00/mo/ child for 10
months a year for a maximum of 3 children
 The 4Ps Conditionalities
9 Children 0-5 years of age must get regular preventive
health check ups and vaccines,
9 Children 5 years old must attend day care /pre-school at
least 85% of the time
9 Children 6-14 years must attend school at least 85% of
the time
9 Pregnant woman must get pre-natal care, child birth is
attended by skilled birth attendant, get post-natal care
9 Mothers must attend Mothers class
9 Parents must attend Parent Effectiveness Seminars and
Responsible Parenthood Seminars
 Making Payments

y To Whom?

- The most responsible adult person

in the household (usually, the mother)

y How?

- Via Land Bank Cash Card

 Expected Outcomes
y Health & Nutrition
y Incidence of acute respiratory infection decreased
y Incidence of diarrheal diseases decreased
y Stunting decreased

y Education
y School attendance increased
y Enrolment in elementary increased
y Enrolment in high school increased
y Ave. yrs. of education completed increased

y Economic/Poverty
y Per capita annual household expenditure increased
y Food expenditure as a % of household budget increased
y Expenditure on nutrient dense food increased
 Phases of Implementation
y Pilot - June - December 2007
Target = 6, 000 households
Agusan del Sur - 1,500
Misamis Occidental - 1,500
Pasay - 1,500
Caloocan - 1,500
y Full - January 2008 December 2012
Target = 321,000 households
 To ensure that governments programs reach the poorest of
the poor.

Reduce leakage and under-coverage rates by

identifying who and where the poor are

To improve coordination of governments social welfare and

social protection programs.
 Many Targeting Schemes Used
by the Government
y Classification by poorest provinces Club 20
y Classification by poorest municipalities
y Classification by poorest barangay - Lingap para sa
Mahirap
y Identification of the 100 poorest families in every
barangay (family/household targeting)
 The PMT System
1. 20 poorest provinces based on the FIES 2006 selected.
2. Poorest municipalities within selected provinces ranked
based on the NSCBs Small Area Estimates (2005)
3. Households within the poorest barangays in selected
municipalities surveyed and ranked according to PMT
What is the Kalahi-CIDSS?
y A community-driven poverty alleviation project
undertaken by DSWD with the support of WB, JSDF
and AECI

Objectives of the Kalahi-CIDSS

empowering communities
improve local governance
reduce poverty
Project Coverage
42 Provinces, 184 Municipalities and 4,270 Barangays

Project Cost (as of April 2008)

PhP 4B total project cost
PhP 2.7B KALAHI Grant
PhP 1.3M Local Community Counterpart
Kalahi-CIDSS Accomplishments
(as of 30 April 2008)
2,667 completed sub-projects benefiting 557,782
households in 2,773 barangays
1,518 kilometers of farm to market roads
649 potable water systems
257 schools (534 classrooms)
224 health stations
197 day care centers
51 electrification projects
What is the SEA-K?
Provision of capital assistance and training in
entrepreneurial skills to poor families to establish and
self-manage a sustainable community-based micro-
credit organization
Types of SEA-K

SEA-K Level I Gives association members (usually 15 to

an association) training in business management and
livelihood skills. Provides interest-free capital assistance
of P5,000.00 per person (payable in 2 years).
SEA-K Level II (SEA-Kabayan) Consists of 2-3 SEA-K
Level I Associations whose members have fully paid their
loans. Loans as much as P1.0 million (payable in 3 years)
per SEA-Kabayan given for expansion of livelihood
projects, home improvement and shelter construction.
Program Accomplishments

SEA-K Level I
20,323 Projects (CY 1993-June 2008) has
benefited 324,262 members with a capital seed
fund of PhP1.4B
SEA-K Level II (SEA-Kabayan)
229 Projects (CY 1997-June 2008) has benefited
10,133 members with capital seed fund of
PhP203M
What is the Tindahan Natin (TN)?
A national government initiative for food security, job
generation and livelihood
Provides subsidized rice, noodles and other basic
commodities through stores jointly identified and
endorsed by the DSWD, Barangay Council, the
National Food Authority (NFA) and the City/Municipal
Social Welfare and Development Offices.
Interest-free loans up to P20,000 available from
DSWD
Program Accomplishments

9,934 active TN Outlets (TNO) (CY 2006 June 2008)

1 TNO usually serves 250 families. An estimated 2.5M

families are being served by TNOs

Program Cost (as of June 2008)

PhP 130.6M in loans released for TN operation
What is the Family Access Card (FAC)?
A government-issued card that enables poor families to
purchase subsidized NFA rice from Tindahan Natin Outlets
(TNO) and other stores.

Currently targets poorest families in Metro Manila

Project Accomplishments
270,480 families issued with FACs, as of June 2008.
What is the FSP?
The FSP provides hot meals in school or 1 kilo of iron-
fortified rice per day to pupils in pre-school and day care
centers. This subsidy serves as incentive for parents to keep
their children in school. Similar program in elementary
schools being implemented by DepED
Project Accomplishments

YEAR Total no. of No. of No. of Type of Subsidy

Children Day Care School Days
Served Centers

C.Y. 2006 363,928 9,771 40 1 kilo of

rice/child/day
C.Y. 2007 266,578 7,007 42 Supplemental
feeding
C.Y. 2008 467,707 13,265 120 1 kilo of
(ongoing) rice/child/day
What is the EMOP-ACAM?
The EMOP-ACAM is a UN-WFP & DSWD funded project that
supports the peace process in Mindanao by addressing food security
needs of the poor in conflict-affected areas; promoting education,
health, and social development.

Project Coverage
Families and individuals from 10 provinces in Mindanao

Regular recipients: Lanao del Norte, Lanao del Sur, North Cotabato,
Sultan Kudarat, and Maguindanao.
Additional recipients for the Food-for-Work Component: Zamboanga
del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur, and Zamboanga Sibugay.
Additional recipients for emergency relief distributions: Basilan, Sulu
Project Accomplishments
1,793,433 individuals from 54 municipalities and 371
barangays have benefited from the Project from CY 2006- 2008
Below are some project outcomes per component:
Project Accomplishments
A total of 23,556 Metric Tons (MT) of food have been
distributed
13,628 MT Rice
4,837 MT Corn Soya Meal Blend (CSB)
525 MT - Maize
331 MT Vegetable Oil
267 MT Sugar
150 MT Beans
Project Cost (CY 2006 2008)
DSWD = PhP 12.1M
UN-WFP = USD 16.7M (PhP 668M)