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The Philippines’ Conditional Cash Transfer Program: Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps)
One of Philippine government’s social assistance is the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program. This has been the
government’s strategy in alleviating the Filipino people from poverty in the past years. The basic idea of the
program is to provide cash assistance to extremely poor families in the country provided that they follow the
conditions set by the government. The program includes three important aspects: Health, Nutrition and Education.
The program ensures physical and intellectual developments outlining the approach - sound body, sound mind. And
so, the members of the program can avail freely the following benefits: health check-ups for pregnant women and
children aged 0 to 5; deworming of schoolchildren aged 6 to 14; and enrollment of children from kindergarten to
high school. The program hopes to uplift the conditions of the poorest sectors in the Philippine society and enjoy
human development in general (DSWD, 2019).
According to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), as of January 31, 2020 the
Pantawid Pamilya Program has already served 5, 066, 899 poor households nationwide. Since its implementation in
2008, the unwavering commitment of the program to reach poverty-stricken communities in the different parts of
the country remains. To further strengthen the program President Rodrigo Roa Duterte signed the Republic Act No.
11310 or an Act institutionalizing the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (Official Gazette, 2019).
SOCIAL PENSION
One dimension of social inequality is the minority especially the ill and forsaken elderly. They are oftentimes left
behind when it comes to priority in social assistance and programs. Fortunately, the Philippine government pays
tribute to the senior citizens for their contributions in nation building by passing into law the Republic Act No. 9994
or the Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2010. Under SocPen, the qualified senior citizens receive cash assistance
amounting to P500 per month to be given in a monthly or semestral basis. The program clearly specifies the
qualified beneficiaries: to wit; the senior citizens who are frail, sickly or with disability; without a permanent source
of income and without any pension from other government agencies (PNA, 2020). According to the Department of
Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), as of April 29, 2020 they have given benefits to 227,876 indigent senior
citizens from the different regions in the country equivalent to more than P674 million (PNA, 2020).
UNCONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER
In order to protect the poor and vulnerable on the impact of TRAIN law the government initiates a mitigating
measure – the Unconditional Cash Transfer Program. Under this program the poor households receive cash
assistance who may not directly benefit from the tax cuts provided by TRAIN but affected by inflation. Unlike in
Conditional Cash Transfer which requires conditions to be followed, the Unconditional Cash Transfer requires no
criteria upon the recipient’s actions. According to the Department of Finance, under the 2019 national budget
around P18.39 billion was released from July 2019 to March 2020 to 5,108,330 UCT recipients with an amount
equivalent to P3, 600 per beneficiary-household. The beneficiaries are composed of the members of 4Ps, Senior
Citizens Act of 2010 and poor households identified by DSWD (DOF, 2020).
Pantawid Pasada
Program With the implementation of TRAIN law some sectors of the Philippine society are starting to feel it. This
includes our jeepney drivers whose daily income is only enough for the daily subsistence of their families. In
response to this, the government initiates the Pantawid Pasada Program to grant fuel subsidy to eligible
beneficiaries. According to the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB), last 2018 there
were around 179,000 valid franchise holders of Public Utility Jeepneys (PUJ) nationwide who were given Pantawid
Fuel card containing P5,000 valid only for fuel purchases (LTFRB, 2018).
Education For All (EFA)
It articulated the country’s national goals, objectives, policies and strategies, as well as the regional programs for
implementation for the first decade of the EFA movement. Its thrusts included Early Childhood Development,
Universalization of Quality Primary Education, and Alternative Learning Systems.
Service Delivery Network (SDN)
Under this set-up, every family in a local health system is designated to a health service provider or health facility
within the network to ensure sustained access to quality Department of Health 4 healthcare across political,
geographical and administrative boundaries.
Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP)
The developmental program provides for the disposal of public alienable and disposable (A&D) lands with the
intent to open up frontier lands while the redistributive program involves the redistribution of property or rights on
private agricultural lands and the abolition of agricultural (or share) tenancy.

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