DSWD Field Office 1 (FO 1) conducts expanded testing for COVID-19 Program to its staff using reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) or commonly known as swab test, one of the most accurate laboratory methods for detecting, tracking, and studying the coronavirus disease. This is in response with the directives of the Inter-Agency Task Force for continue reading : DSWD FO 1 staff undergo swab test

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

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

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

DSWD Field Office 1 provided a total amount of PhP1,092,461.84 worth of assistance such as financial assistance, hygiene kits, among others to 140 individuals who withdrew membership and support to Underground Mass Organization (UGMO) in February 2020. The said individuals who are residents of the Municipalities of Salcedo, Sta. Lucia, Sta. Cruz, and Suyo, Ilocos continue reading : DSWD FO 1 provides more than 1 million worth of assistance to former UGMO members and supporters

Leah Mylen L. Lucero is a strong-willed woman, a judicious, thorough, and tactful leader, a loving wife, and a mother of two beautiful daughters . She is a registered social worker by profession who completed her college education at Saint Louis University, Baguio City. She has been designated as the Center Head of the Regional continue reading : Footsteps to trail, a leader to follow

Child protection advocate Shirlyn D. Lamsen made a breakthrough for DSWD FO 1 Home for Girls (HFG) after being named by the Program on Awards and Incentives for Service Excellence (PRAISE) national committee as one of the top three finalists for the Best Social Worker Category. She is the first-ever DSWD FO 1 HFG social continue reading : A social worker creating milestones for Home for Girls