Department of Social Welfare and Development(DSWD)

Good day! I would like to request information on the number of social workers per region and/or per province and their delineation of field work (e.g., those who handle cases of domestic violence against women and children, information dissemination on sustainable livelihood, and counsel of PWDs). I look forward to receiving your response.

March 22, 2021

Dear Valerie,

Thank you for your request dated Mar 22, 2021 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Social workers who interact with communities.

We received your request on Mar 22, 2021 and will respond on or before Apr 12, 2021 11:29:43 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://www.foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHgsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEURTV0QtMzA1MDU2NDk4MjYxDA, for request with ticket number #DSWD-305056498261.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

Myrna Reyes
FOI Officer

5 May 2021


Dear Mr. Edealdo Bustamante, Jr.,


Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated 21 March 2021 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your request

You requested for the following information: (1) Clarification on who will qualify for the Social Pension for Indigent Senior Citizens, specifically, whether or not senior citizens who has/have child/children working in the government are qualified for the program.

Response to your request

Unfortunately, the DSWD is no longer the appropriate government agency to answer your query. Thus, we are constrained to deny your request.

Under Section 11 of the newly-passed Republic Act No. 11350 [NATIONAL COMMISSION ON SENIOR CITIZENS ACT], all functions, programs, projects and activities which are being undertaken by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for the formulation, implementation, and coordination of social welfare and development (SWD) policies and programs for the poor, vulnerable and disadvantaged senior citizens shall be transferred to the National Commission of Senior Citizens (NCSC). Thus, you may wish to direct your concern to the NCSC.

However, the latest issuance of the DSWD regarding the Social Pension for Indigent Senior Citizens is DSWD Memorandum Circular No. 4, series of 2019 entitled Omnibus Guidelines in the Implementation of the Social Pension for Indigent Senior Citizens and can be downloaded at https://www.dswd.gov.ph/issuances/MCs/MC_2019-004.pdf. 

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. Maria Cassandra M. Urbiztondo
FOI Decision Maker