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Date: June 24, 2020, 7:25 p.m.
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Date: 2020-06-26 15:04:52.000000
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Date: 2020-09-03 10:57:41.000000
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Published by Department of Social Welfare and Development(DSWD) on June 24, 2020.
Requested from DSWD by E. Borreros at 07:25 PM on
June 24, 2020.
Purpose: SAP Form
Date of Coverage: 05/28/2020 - 06/24/2020
Tracking no: #DSWD-655871189092
Good day officer! We would like to have a SAP form because my family did not receive any cash assistance coming from the DSWD in our barangay. I went several times in our barangay hall to ask for the form but they only asked and list my name. Days and months passed by, the officers did not give us any updates and unfortunately they won't allow us to enter their office. My husband is very sick and admitted in the hospital for dialysis. I am just a corn vendor every weekend only. I hope you can help us since my family is suffering from hunger. Thank you.
June 26, 2020 Dear Editha, Thank you for your request dated Jun 24, 2020 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for SAP Form for Cash Assistance. We received your request on Jun 24, 2020 and will respond on or before Jul 15, 2020 07:25:14 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://foipmo12232019163500-dot-efoi-ph.appspot.com/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHgsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEURTV0QtNjU1ODcxMTg5MDkyDA, for request with ticket number #DSWD-655871189092. Thank you. Respectfully, Myrna Reyes FOI Officer
2 September 2020 Dear Ms. Editha Borreros, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated 24 June 2020 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your request You requested the following: (1) SAP Form for Cash Assistance. You said that you did not receive any cash assistance coming from the DSWD in our barangay. You went several times in your barangay hall to ask for the form but they only asked and list your name. Unfortunately, there were no updates since then. Your husband is very sick and admitted in the hospital for dialysis. You are just a corn vendor every weekend only. 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 on whether you could be given a SAC Form or not. It is also them who can possible add you to the list of the 2nd tranche beneficiaries. Further still, for other related concerns, you may wish to direct your concern to the DILG by submitting a request to them via this portal. You may also contact them by telephone at 8876-34-54 or fill-out the form located at their Public Assistance Center page at https://www.dilg.gov.ph/public-assistance-center. 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