Department of Social Welfare and Development(DSWD)

August 2, 2021 Dear June Gatdula, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated 13 July 2021 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your request You asked about the information under foster care program. Response to your request Unfortunately, your query is a bit vague. Please ask us a clear question so we could evaluate your request properly. We would also like to clarify the type of information regarding foster that you are need. Thank you. Very Truly Yours, Atty. Paul Anthony A. Tacorda FOI Decision Maker

Oct 25, 2021 Dear june, I refer to my letter of Aug 02, 2021 about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for foster care. In particular, I had requested specific information for you to clarify upon in order for us to proceed with the request. As we have not received a reply within the 60-day working period since the letter requesting for clarification was sent out, we regret to inform you that this request will be closed as of Oct 25, 2021. You may wish to submit a new request describing the specific information you are looking for, and we will be able to consider it under the guidelines as stated in Executive Order No. 2. 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 or visiting our central office. 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. Paul Anthony A. FOI Officer