Department of Social Welfare and Development(DSWD)

October 18, 2021 Dear Suzette Mae Candelaria, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated 13 October 2021 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your request 1. Guidelines/ Protocols for visitors of Bahay Pag-asa or Regional Rehabilitation Centers. - Who are the allowed visitors - Maximum number of visitors allowed per CICL - Prohibited items that the visitors can't bring 2. Minimum and Maximum Number of years inside a Rehabilitation Facility before reintegration of the CICL. 3. Do Bahay Pag-asa and/or RRCY have categories for the CICL upon admission? Like in prison, which has Low Risk, Medium Risk, and High Risk category. Response to your request We are currently processing your request. We shall send it to the e-mail address you provided once we have received the response from the office responsible. 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. Paul Anthony A. Tacorda FOI Decision Maker

November 17, 2021 Suzette Mae Candelaria, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated 13 October 2021 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your request Information about the operations and protocols in Bahay Pag-asa or RRCY Response to your request Your FOI request was approved as we explained in the previous communication. We have sent the requested information to the e-mail address you have provided. Further responses will be sent to your e-mail address directly. Thank you. Respectfully, Atty. Paul Anthony A. Tacorda FOI Decision Maker