The first tranche of the Emergency Subsidy Program (ESP) implementation under the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) of the government has paid a total of 777,716 beneficiaries from the 125 Local Government Units (LGUs) in Region 1. Each eligible family-beneficiary, pursuant to Memorandum Circular No. 9 series of 2020, received a cash grant of PhP5,500.00 computed continue reading : DSWD FO 1, NGAs, LGUs converge during SAP implementation

Alaminos City, Pangasinan – 100-year-old Aurea Basobas Corpuz of Brgy. Bisocol, Alaminos City, Pangasinan received her PhP100,000.00 cash gift today, 24 June 2020, from the national government through the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 1. “Malaking tulong ang cash gift na ito dahil magagamit namin itong pambili ng pang-araw-araw na pangangailangan ng continue reading : Centenarian receives PhP100k cash gift

“Hindi ako napasama sa Emergency Subsidy Program under ng Social Amelioration Program (ESP-SAP) ng DSWD dahil isa akong frontliner. Hindi ko rin inasahang  mabibigyan ng ganitong halaga na galing sa Local Government Unit (LGU) ng Bangar at lubos akong nagpapasalamat dahil malaking tulong ito para sa aking pamilya upang matugunan ang aming mga pangangailangan habang continue reading : Localized SAP brings optimism to Bangareños

DSWD Field Office 1, through the local government units (LGUs), has already started distributing PhP3,000.00 stipend each to some 161,258 indigent senior citizens for the first semester of calendar year 2020. LGUs that completed their emergency subsidy program payout under the Social Amelioration Program in the first week of May have immediately started providing cash continue reading : Social Pension beneficiaries in Region 1 receive PhP3,000.00 stipend

DSWD Field Office 1, through its strike teams composed of DSWD, DILG, and PNP/AFP staff, has already started validating paid beneficiaries who received cash subsidy under the Emergency Subsidy Program – Social Amelioration Program (ESP-SAP) in compliance to Memorandum Circular No. 09 “Omnibus Guidelines in the Implementation of the Emergency Subsidy Program of the Department continue reading : DSWD Field Office 1 starts validating ESP-SAP paid beneficiaries

While most are advised to stay at home during the Enhanced Community Quarantine due to the health threat of COVID-19, some Sustainable Livelihood Program Associations (SLPAs) assisted by the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 1 chose to leave the comfort of their homes to render services to their communities. SLPAs sew PPE continue reading : More DSWD-assisted Associations bring service to the community amid ECQ

If there is something more frightening than this pandemic, it is no doubt— desperation. For people trying to make ends meet, the implementation of the Enhanced Community Quarantine means that the rope got even shorter especially for “no work, no pay” workers like Dominador “Doming” Rindon from the coastal barangay of Tabucolan, Santa, Ilocos Sur. continue reading : Emergency subsidy: A sparkle of hope

8 April 2020 – DSWD Field Office 1 started distributing emergency subsidy to eligible beneficiaries of the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) in Municipalities of Santa, Ilocos Sur and Santol, La Union. Each family-beneficiary received PhP5,500.00 to augment their day-to-day necessities which include food, medicine, and toiletries. In Santa, 238 out of 2,500 qualified beneficiaries have continue reading : DSWD FO 1 distributes emergency subsidy under the Social Amelioration Program