Department of Social Welfare and Development(DSWD)

I would like to request for this form so I could also register for the Social Amelioration Card. Until now, nobody has visited our house to provide the said form. I have been trying to inquire regarding this matter for quite a while now but nobody seemed to have given me the right answer. Please advise me on where I could get the form and where to submit it. Thanks!

July 3, 2020

Dear Nelly,

Thank you for your request dated Jul 02, 2020 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Application form for Social Amelioration Card.

We received your request on Jul 02, 2020 and will respond on or before Jul 23, 2020 04:03:19 PM, 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/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHgsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEURTV0QtNTM4ODIyNjQwMDE1DA, for request with ticket number #DSWD-538822640015.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

Myrna Reyes
FOI Officer

ATTN:MYRNA REYES, I still havn't got the response of my request dated July 2,2020.You made me understand that i will be able  to receive one on or before the 23rd of this month. It's July 31 already. I hope you can give me the necessary answer i needed. Thanks!

5 September 2020


Dear Ms. Nelly Hoy,

Greetings!

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

Your request

You requested the following: (1) Application form so you could also register for the Social Amelioration Card. Until now, nobody has visited your house to provide the said form. You have been trying to inquire regarding this matter for quite a while now but nobody seemed to have given you the right answer. You are asking us to advise you on where you could get the form and where to submit it.

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, it is the barangay that chooses the SAP beneficiaries. Specifically:

X.	Role of the LGUs

	The LGU shall perform the following: xxx

		2.	Prepare the list of target beneficiaries/clients as stated above; xxx

Thus, it is the barangay which determines whether you could be given a SAC application form or not.

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