Council for the Welfare of Children(CWC)

March 26, 2021 Dear Ms.Angelika Balidoy: This refers to your letter on March 23, 2021, at 02:28 P.M. under Executive Order No. 2 (s.2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch requesting data on our agency’s profile for educational purposes as a final requirement in your Social Work subject. Further, we would like to make clarification on the specific nature and coverage of social work that you needed information whether it is focused on handling/managing social work cases or social work in general. You may use the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://www.foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEENXQy00NzIxOTI5OTU2NDIM for request with ticket number #CWC-472192995642, to respond. During the period of us awaiting your reply, your request will be put on hold. If we do not receive a reply on or before June 15, 2021, your request will be closed. We hope to hear from you at the soonest possible time. Thank you. Respectfully, JOSEF ANDREW MENDOZA Deputy Executive Director FOI Decision Maker

Dear Ms. Angelika Balidoy, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated March 23, 2021 at 02:28 P.M under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your request You asked for information for educational purposes as final requirement on Social Work subject regarding information of the agency’s profile, as follows: Head of the Agency; Vision, Mission, Goals and Objectives; Programs and Services; Client System; Area of Coverage; Policies and Procedures; Sources of Funding; and, Organizational Chart. Response to your request Your FOI request is approved. The answer to your request is that the requested agency’s profile information except for sources of funding and area of coverage are available online at www.cwc.gov.ph Other information about the CWC, are as follows: a. The CWC is a focal government coordinating agency on children and not a direct implementing agency and it is not within the agency mandate to handle or manage social work cases. It has a national office located in Quezon City with regional structures in seventeen (17) regions. The agency social work service when it comes to the client system is limited to referral system or network accessible via CWC website. b. CWC source of funding is thru General Appropriations of the government. c. The agency goals and objectives are set forth in its Frameworks for Plan Development for Children (e.g. Child 21, National Plan of action for Children or NPAC, Philippine Plan of Action to End Violence against Children or PPAEVAC. Information on NPAC and PPAEVAC are available online via (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PVv4THjA9JvBLOnd_MjUYsT9xQp9KqN_/view and https://drive.google.com/file/d/1knillHpQEXs_0x2m2dhQuUbgSKZ2z1fU/view) respectively. 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 the Executive Director of CWC, Mary Mitzi Cajayon-Uy with an e-mail address [email protected]. 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, JOSEF ANDREW MENDOZA Deputy Executive Director FOI Decision Maker