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Date: Jan. 22, 2020, 1:52 p.m.
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Published by Department of Social Welfare and Development(DSWD) on Jan. 22, 2020.
Requested from DSWD by J. Jaictin at 01:52 PM on
Jan. 22, 2020.
Purpose: For Thesis purposes.
Date of Coverage: 01/01/2015 - 12/31/2019
Tracking no: #DSWD-771770062173
Good day! 1. I would like to ask for the number of the homeless with mental illness in the: a. Philippines as a whole; and b. Manila City in particular 2. And how many of them were admitted to the mental institutions; and 3. Who were the one who bring them to the mental institutions.
Jan 22, 2020 Dear Jessa Jaictin, Thank you for your request dated Jan 22, 2020 01:52:08 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Statistics of homeless with mentall illness in the Philippines. We received your request on Jan 22, 2020 01:52:08 PM and will respond on or before Feb 12, 2020 01:52:08 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://pcoomaster10262017170000-dot-efoi-ph.appspot.com/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHgsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEURTV0QtNzcxNzcwMDYyMTczDA, for request with ticket number #DSWD-771770062173. Thank you. Respectfully, Myrna Reyes FOI Officer
24 January 2020 Dear Ms. Jessa Jaictin, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated 22 January 2020 01:52PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your request You requested information on the following: (1) number of the homeless with mental illness in the (a) Philippines and (b) Manila City; (2) how many of them were admitted to the mental institutions; and (3) who were the one who bring them to the mental institutions. Response to your request Unfortunately, the DSWD does not have the information you need. Thus, we are constrained to deny your request. It is the Department of Health (DOH) that may also have the data you wish to obtain. Under Executive Order No. 292, the DOH is the government agency that is responsible to collect, analyze and disseminate statistical and other relevant information on the country’s health situation, and requires the reporting of such information from appropriate sources. Therefore, you may wish to direct your request to the DOH via this portal. You may also contact the DOH by telephone at 8651-7800 locals 5003-5004 or via email at [email protected]. Furthermore, since you are asking for information specific to City of Manila, the Local Government Unit (LGU) of Manila may also have the data you wish to obtain. Therefore, you may also direct your request to the LGU of Manila. 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