Department of Social Welfare and Development(DSWD)

Hi! I want to request information regarding the following:

1. Is the DOH or any other pertinent agency providing any programs to assist Solo Parents with their psychosocial needs? (For example, counseling, stress management, etc.). If so, what are those?
2. Is there any psychosocial data about Solo Parents in the country? I'm primarily interested in learning about the major causes of their distress, other than financial issues.

Finally, may I humbly request a signed memorandum of your responses to my questions? I intend to include it in my research as proof of my thesis problem. Thank you.

January 23, 2023

Dear Paulo Mapoy,

Thank you for your request dated Jan 23, 2023 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Psychosocial Data of Solo Parents.

We received your request on Jan 23, 2023 and will respond on or before Feb 13, 2023 08:11:27 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://foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHgsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEURTV0QtMzA5MzA2OTI3NDA1DA, for request with ticket number #DSWD-309306927405.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

Myrna Reyes
FOI Officer

31 January 2022

Dear Paulo Mapoy,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated 23 January 2023 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your request

1. Is the DOH or any other pertinent agency providing any programs to assist Solo Parents with their psychosocial needs? (For example, counseling, stress management, etc.). If so, what are those?
2. Is there any psychosocial data about Solo Parents in the country? I'm primarily interested in learning about the major causes of their distress, other than financial issues.

Response to your request

Unfortunately, the DSWD does not have the information you need per records of the Department. Thus, we are constrained to deny your request.

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) that may have the data you require. Under Republic Act 10625 (the “Philippine Statistical Act of 2013”), the PSA is the government agency responsible for preparing and conducting periodic censuses on population, housing, agriculture, fisheries, business, industry and other sectors of the economy. Hence, you may wish to direct your request to the PSA by submitting a request to the PSA via this portal. You may also contact the PSA by telephone at 462-6600 locals 839, 833 and 834 or via email at [email protected].

Further, you may contact the Department of Health, for your concern.

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 EDUARDO M. PUNAY, Officer-In-Charge 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. Megan Therese Y. Manahan
FOI Decision Maker