Department of Social Welfare and Development(DSWD)

February 21, 2022 Dear Vergel Florenz Agravante, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated 12 February 2022 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your request (1) Number of Reported Cases of Child Abuse in Region 3 (per city and municipality) from 2016-2022; (2) Number of DSWD Residential Care Facility in Region 3 (please list the name of facility and address); (3) Number of children residing in each facility in Region 3; and (4) Contact person in DSWD Region 3, can you have his/her working email or other contact details? 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

March 2, 2022 Dear Vergel Florenz Agravante, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated 12 February 2022 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your request (1) Number of Reported Cases of Child Abuse in Region 3 (per city and municipality) from 2016-2022; (2) Number of DSWD Residential Care Facility in Region 3 (please list the name of facility and location); (3) Number of children residing in each facility in Region 3; and (4) Also, if there is a contact person in DSWD Region 3, can you have his/her working email or other contact details 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