Department of Social Welfare and Development(DSWD)

Mam,sir
               Isang magandang araw po sa inyong butihing tanggapan.nais ko po sanang linawin kung kaming mga 4ps member ay pwedeng mag avail ng sbws na programa ng sss. .maraming salamat po sa inyong maagap na pag tugon.

June 9, 2020

Dear Jimbo,

Thank you for your request dated Jun 08, 2020 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for 4ps member are allow to get sbws program of sss.

We received your request on Jun 08, 2020 and will respond on or before Jun 29, 2020 10:37:53 AM, in accordance with the Executive Order's implementing rules and regulations.

Should you have any questions regarding your request, kindly contact me using the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://www.foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHgsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEURTV0QtODUxODI1ODY2ODI0DA, for request with ticket number #DSWD-851825866824.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

Myrna Reyes
FOI Officer

22 June 2020


Dear Mr. Jimbo Enriquez,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated 8 June 2020 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your request

You requested the following: (1)  Inquiry whether 4Ps members can avail of SSS SBWS for clarification. 

Response to your request

Unfortunately, this is not a valid Freedom of Information (FOI) Request. Thus, we are constrained to deny your request.

However, you may contact the DSWD Social Amelioration Program Hotline Numbers at telephone  number 16545 or by cellular phones through calling 09474822864 (Smart), 09162471194 (Globe) or 09329333251 (Sun) or texting 09189122813 or by e-mail at [email protected] to inquire about your concerns and/or report irregularities about the Social Amelioration Program brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.

According to MC 009, s. 2020 entitled Omnibus Guidelines in the Implementation of the Emergency Subsidy Program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development and is available at https://www.dswd.gov.ph/issuances/MCs/MC_2020-009.pdf, if a 4Ps beneficiary received a SAP top-up through their CCT cash card, they are disqualified from receiving other social amelioration programs, including those of the Small Business Wage Subsidy of the Social Security System. Specifically:

V.	PROVISION OF EMERGENCY SUBSIDY IN ACCORDANCE WITH R.A. No. 11469

xxx The subsidy shall be computed based on the prevailing regional minimum wage rates, taking into account the amount given under the DSWD’s Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) program and the rice subsidy, which is estimated at an average of PhP 1,350.00 per month per family. In this regard, the national government will augment the CCT and rice subsidy with ESP to reach the herein mandated PhP 5,000.00 to PhP 8,000.00.

In accordance with R.A. No. 11469, the ESP shall be implemented for two months covering the months of April and May 2020. The ESP shall be distributed through any of the programs enumerated in Section 7, DSWD-DOLE-DTI-DA-DOF-DBM JMC No. 01, series of 2020, so long as the total amount from various social amelioration programs does not exceed the prescribed thresholds.

Your right to request a review

If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to Secretary ROLANDO JOSELITO D. BAUTISTA at DSWD-Central Office, IBP Road Batasan Pambansa Complex, Constitution Hills, Quezon City. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request.

If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011).

Thank you.


Respectfully,

Atty. Sittie Raifah M. Pamaloy-Hassan
FOI Decision Maker

Atty. Maria Cassandra M. Urbiztondo
Attorney V
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