Department of Social Welfare and Development(DSWD)

13 April 2023 Dear Ms. Jaafar, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated 04 April 2023 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your request 1. What are the programs offered by the DSWD? 2. Who funds the DSWD? Response to your request We shall partially grant your request and we shall refer your request with respect to this matter to the proper DSWD office. DSWD has information about the programs that is being offered to our fellow Filipinos who are poor, vulnerable and disadvantaged. For your second request, we believe that it is the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) that may have the data that you require. Under the General Appropriations Act FY 2023. Hence, you may wish to direct your request to the DBM by submitting a request to them via this portal. You may also contact them by telephone at 8657-3300 or via email at [email protected] 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 REX GATCHALIAN 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