Nine graduates of the Expanded Students’ Grants-in-Aid Program for Poverty Alleviation (ESGP-PA) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 1 (DSWD FO1) are now Licensed Teachers based on the result of the Licensure Examination for Teachers held March 2017. From this number, three are from the Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University continue reading : New Licensed Teachers are ESGP-PA grantees

The Department of Social Welfare and Development – Field Office I (DSWD-FO1) together with the Department of Justice – Parole and Probation Administration (DOJ-PPA) leads the convergence initiative for the probationers, parolees, and pardonees in providing assistance as intermediate intervention towards their reintegration. A Regional Technical Working Group (TWG) under the Regional Social Development Committee continue reading : Government Agencies unite to address the reintegration of Parolees, Pardonees, and Probationers

“Pag-aralan natin ang nilalaman ng ating puso na siyang magiging batayan sa ating pag-accredit. Iisa dapat ang ating kaisipan para tayo ay magkakasundo para sa maayos na accreditation. Naniniwala akong mas nagiging matibay pa ang bawat Pamilyang Pilipino sa likod ng mga kaguluhan sa paligid. Ang matibay na pundasyon ng isang pamilya ay nakasalalay sa continue reading : DSWD Field Offices to accredit Pre-Marriage Counsellors

Director Marcelo Nicomedes J. Castillo awarded Php 8 million worth of shelter assistance to 50 families whose houses in Navotas, Laoag City were totally damaged. Through Core Shelter Assistance Program (CSAP), every family was given Php 160,000.00 for one single-detached house with an 80 square meter-lot given by the City Government of Laoag, which under continue reading : Dir. Castillo awards Php 9.1M financial assistance to build new houses for typhoon victims in Ilocos Norte

“We are really impressed with the performance of all the Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries we hire. So whenever we need workers here in our production farm, we always hire them and renew their contract after every six months,” Farm Supervisor Engr. Roland Cararang shared. East West Seeds Company Incorporated in Dingras, Ilocos Norte has been hiring continue reading : Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries are trusted manpower says private company

All Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries in San Fabian, Pangasinan are now assured to be covered by the Social Security System (SSS). This is after the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) was inked by the Local Government Unit of San Fabian, Pangasinan and the SSS. Based on the Social Welfare Development Indicator (SWDI) result administered by the Department continue reading : Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries in San Fabian, Pangasinan claim Social Security

“This partnership is for the youth, as the Department of Education (DepEd) seeks to nurture and develop children. As teachers, this partnership is a commitment and compassion for the children.” This was the statement of Dr. Maria Celia J. Fernandez during the signing of the Tripartite Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) among the Department of Social continue reading : DSWD partners with CSO and DepEd on YDS Implementation

Tribal Leaders and Indigenous Peoples Mandatory Representatives (IPMRs) in the Region were convened by the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 1 through Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program to draft Community Family Development Session (CFDS) Module for Indigenous Peoples. These Tribal Leaders and IPMRs  from the tribes of Kankana-ey, Bago, Ibaloi, Itneg, Tinguian, Yapayao, continue reading : CFDS Module for Indigenous Peoples on its first draft