DILG MC 2021-039

“COMPREHENSIVE GUIDELINES FOR THE

ESTABLISHMENT, STRENGTHENING, AND
MONITORING OF THE LOCAL COUNCIL FOR
THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN (LCPC) AT
ALL LEVELS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES”

January 31, 2023

Mibang Hotel, Dipolog City

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 LEGAL BASES
Articles 359 and 360 of • Establish Councils for the Protection of
the Civil Code of the
Philippines (1949) Children

Article 87 of Presidential • Every barangay council shall encourage

Decree (PD) 603 -
Children and Youth
the organization of a Local Council for
Welfare Code (1974) the Protection of Children (LCPC)

Republic Act 4881 enacted • Creation of a Council for the Protection

in 1967 of Children in cities and municipalities

Republic Act No. 9344 • Local government units (LGUs) to establish

(2006) their respective LCPC, and to allocate at
“Juvenile Justice and least 1% of their internal revenue allotment
Welfare Act” (IRA) for its strengthening
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 PURPOSE

To provide
To provide
consolidated
guidelines on
guidelines for the
Monitoring and
establishment and
evaluation
operation of LCPCs

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 SCOPE/COVERAGE

All P/C/M/B governments and others

concerned

Provincial City Municipal Barangay

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POLICY CONTENT AND GUIDELINES

Ordinance
by the
Local
Sanggunian
ORGANIZATION
Executive
Order by the
Local Chief
Executive

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 POLICY CONTENT AND GUIDELINES

Children
sector
COMPOSITION

All members of the LCPC Government

shall be chosen from
among the responsible agencies
members of the community
including a representative
from:
Private
agencies

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 BARANGAY COUNCIL FOR THE
PROTECTION OF CHILDREN (BCPC)
Members:
• Barangay Violence Against Women
Desk Person/ Officer
Chairperson: • Barangay Day Care/Child Development
Punong Barangay Worker
• Barangay Midwife
• Barangay Health Worker
Vice-Chairperson: • Barangay Nutrition Scholar
Barangay Kagawad • Chief Tanod
sitting as Chair of • SK Chairperson
the Committee on • Child representative
Women and Family • DepEd Principal/Teacher-in-Charge or
the Child Protection Committee (CPC)
Coordinator
• Parent Representative
• Others
May include representative from local civil society organization (CSO) partners, or Council of
Elders for BLGUs with indigenous peoples (IPs)
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 FUNCTIONS OF THE BCPC
• Establish and maintain an updated and disaggregated database on
children;
• Prepare an Annual Work and Financial Plan;
• Make recommendations to the barangay on policies and PPAs
relative to children for inclusion in the comprehensive and annual
development plan of the Barangay;
• Perform functions related to its mandate;
• Document the barangay’s PPAs and accomplishments on children;
• Coordinate its efforts with the concerned barangay officials and higher
level LGU;
• Conduct of advocacy activities; and
• Organize the necessary documents needed by the concerned IMTF.

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 CITY AND MUNICIPAL COUNCIL FOR THE
PROTECTION OF CHILDREN (C/MCPC)
Members:
• City/Municipal Administrator
• City/Municipal Planning and
Chairperson: Development Officer
City/Municipal Mayor • City/Municipal Social Welfare and
Development Officer
Vice-Chairperson: • City/Municipal Health Officer
Sangguniang • City/Municipal Nutrition Officer
Panlungsod/Bayan Member • City/Municipal Budget Officer
(Chairperson of the Committee • City/Municipal Public Employment
on Women and Family or Service Officer
Committee on Children) • City/Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction
and Management Officer
• City/Municipal Agriculture Officer

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 CITY AND MUNICIPAL COUNCIL FOR THE
PROTECTION OF CHILDREN (C/MCPC)

• City/Municipal LIGA ng mga Barangay

President
• City/Municipal SK Federation President
Chairperson: • Child representative
City/Municipal Mayor • DILG City Director/City/Municipal Field
Officer/Local Government Operations
Vice-Chairperson: Officer
Sangguniang • DepEd Division Superintendent/District
Panlungsod/Bayan Member Supervisor or CPC Coordinator
(Chairperson of the Committee • PNP Director or City/Municipal Chief of
on Women and Family or Police (for HUCs)
Committee on Children) • At least one (1) CSO representative
• Parent Representative
• Others

May include representative from the People with Disabilities Affairs Office (PDAO), Local Youth
Development Office (LYDO), PTA, Council of Elders for C/MLGUs with IP groups, or others.
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 FUNCTIONS OF THE C/MCPC
• Formulate, develop, coordinate, monitor and review all local policies (to
include BCPC prepared and issued policies), ordinances, plans, programs,
and activities and ensure mainstreaming in the local development agenda;
• Prepare an Annual Work and Financial Plan;
• Establish, maintain and update a disaggregated database on children;
• Conduct advocacy activities;
• Conduct capability-building activities for all stakeholders on children;
• Provide assistance to children in need of special protection;
• Document good practice/s on children;
• Coordinate and consult with other LCPCs, LGUs and other regional and
national authorities with respect to policies and PPAs on children;
• Organize the necessary documents needed by the concerned IMTF; and
• Conduct the CFLGA, through the LCPC IMTF annually.

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 PROVINCIAL COUNCIL FOR THE PROTECTION OF
CHILDREN (PCPC)

Members:
• Provincial Administrator
Chairperson: • Provincial Planning and Development
Governor Officer
• Provincial Social Welfare and
Vice-Chairperson: Development Officer
Sangguniang Panlalawigan • Provincial Health Officer
Member (Chairperson of the • Provincial Nutrition Officer
Committee on Women and • Provincial Budget Officer
Family or Committee on • Provincial Labor and Employment
Children) Officer
• Provincial DRRM Officer
• Provincial Agriculture Officer

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 PROVINCIAL COUNCIL FOR THE PROTECTION OF
CHILDREN (PCPC)

• Provincial LIGA ng mga Barangay

President
Chairperson: • Provincial SK Federation President
Governor • Child representative
• DILG Provincial Director
Vice-Chairperson: • DepEd Division Superintendent/District
Sangguniang Panlalawigan
Supervisor or CPC Coordinator
Member (Chairperson of the • Provincial PNP Director
Committee on Women and • At least three (3) CSO representatives
Family or Committee on • Parent Representative
Children) • Others

May include representative from PDAO, LYDO, PTA, Council of Elders for PLGUs
with IP groups, or others
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 FUNCTIONS OF THE PCPC

• Assist and support the lower level LCPCs on their PPAs for
children;
• Prepare an Annual Work and Financial Plan;
• Develop a Technical Assistance and Resource Augmentation
(TARA) Plan based on the results of the annual LCPC
Functionality Assessment and the CFLGA; and
• Other functions related to its mandate as provided by national
laws and policies.

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 LCPC SUB-COMMITTEES

LCPC
sub-committees

Survival Development Protection Participation

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 LCPC SECRETARIAT

Province/City/Municipality

shall provide
shall be administrative
from three (3) provided or technical
different office space or support to the
offices a desk LCPC

Barangays

the barangay secretary shall serve as the LCPC

Secretariat
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 ROLE OF THE LCPC SECRETARIAT
• Coordinate with LCPC members;
• Prepare agenda for the LCPC;
• Prepare minutes of the LCPC meeting;
• Follow-through action points and agreements from the
LCPC meetings;
• Consolidate AWFPs of various departments related to
LCPC plans (provinces, cities, and municipalities);
• Maintain and update relevant data/information/document of
the Council;
• Prepare accomplishment report of the LCPC; and
• Monitor services and programs related to LCPC.

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 MEETINGS AND ACTIONS BY THE LCPC

Two Special
Regular Quarterly
Meetings and/or as
Meetings
the need arises

• Meetings shall be presided by the Chair or the Vice-Chair.

• In the absence of both, the members present constituting a

quorum shall elect among themselves the presiding officer
with a majority vote.

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 MEETINGS AND ACTIONS BY THE LCPC

• When budgetary proposals are being considered, the Chair

must be present.  

• All resolutions for endorsement by the LCPCs to the local

Sanggunian and other authorities - including the AWFP and
its accompanying documents - shall be approved by a
majority of its members constituting a quorum, excluding the
Chair. In case of a tie, the Chair shall make the deciding
vote.

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BUDGET AND FUNDING SOURCES

• 1% Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA)

• 20% Development fund
• GAD
• SK
• Outsourced/partnership

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 MONITORING AND EVALUATION

Municipality/City

Inter-Agency Monitoring
Province/HUC
Task Force (IMTF)

Region

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 COMPOSITION AND FUNCTIONS OF THE
CITY/MUNICIPAL IMTF

Functions:
Chairperson:
C/MLGOO • Gather, collect and organize the required
documents from BCPC on or before May 15
Vice-Chairperson: of the assessment year;
C/M SWDO
• Review the documents and evaluate the BCPC
using LCPC Assessment Form 001-A;
Members:
• C/MPDC • Meet with concerned barangay officials for
• C/M Health and feedback giving on the strengths/weaknesses of
Nutrition Officer the BCPC; and
• DepEd/Academe
Representative • Using LCPC Consolidated Form 001-A, submit
• NGO/ Interfaith report in soft and hard copies to the Provincial
Rep IMTF on or before May 30, copy furnished the
DILG City/Municipal Office.

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 COMPOSITION AND FUNCTIONS OF THE
PROVINCIAL/HUC IMTF

Chairperson: Functions:
DILG Provincial/HUC
Field Officer • Gather, collect and organize the required
documents from C/MCPC on or before June 15
Vice-Chairperson: of the assessment year;
PSWDO/HUC SWDO
• Review and validate the consolidated reports of
Members: the C/M IMTF on the functionality of BCPC;
• PPDC/HUC-PDC
• Provincial/HUC • Evaluate the C/MCPC based on submitted
Health and Nutrition documents using LCPC Assessment Form 001-
Officer
B;
• DepEd/Academe Rep
• NGO/Interfaith
• Confer with concerned City or Municipal Mayors
Representative
on the outcome of the evaluation; and

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 COMPOSITION AND FUNCTIONS OF THE
PROVINCIAL/HUC IMTF

Chairperson: • Using LCPC Consolidated Form 001-A and

DILG Provincial/HUC LCPC Consolidated Form 001-B, submit report in
Field Officer soft and hard copies to the DILG Regional Office
on or before June 30, copy furnished the DILG
Vice-Chairperson:
Provincial Office.
PSWDO/HUC SWDO

Members:
• For HUC IMTF, functions of City IMTF shall be
• PPDC/HUC-PDC applied.
• Provincial/HUC
Health and Nutrition • The heads of the agencies at the Provincial/HUC
Officer level shall form an advisory group to oversee the
• DepEd/Academe Rep activities of the Provincial/HUC IMTF. The
• NGO/Interfaith advisory group shall be chaired by the DILG
Representative PD/CD and Co-Chaired by the P/CSWDO.

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 COMPOSITION AND FUNCTIONS OF THE
REGIONAL IMTF

Chairperson: Functions:
DILG Regional Focal Person
• Gather, collect and organize the required
Vice-Chairperson:
DSWD Regional Focal Person
documents from P/HUCCPC on or before July
15;
Members:
• NEDA Regional Focal Person • Review and validate the consolidated reports on
• DOH Regional Focal Person
• NNC Regional Focal Person the (i) functionality of C/MCPC by the PIMTF, and
• DepEd Regional Focal (ii) BCPC functionality by the HUCMITF;
Person
• PIA Regional Focal Person • Evaluate the P/HUCCPC based on the submitted
• Academe Representative
• NGO/Interfaith documents using LCPC Assessment Form 001-B
Representative and LCPC Assessment Form 001-C, respectively;

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 COMPOSITION AND FUNCTIONS OF THE
REGIONAL IMTF

Chairperson:
DILG Regional Focal Person • Confer with concerned Governors, HUC Mayors
and member agencies in the findings and come
Vice-Chairperson:
DSWD Regional Focal Person
up with recommended action points; and

Members: • Using LCPC Consolidated Form 001-C, submit

• NEDA Regional Focal Person report in soft and hard copies to the DILG
• DOH Regional Focal Person
• NNC Regional Focal Person Regional Office on or before July 30, copy
• DepEd Regional Focal furnished the RSCWC.
Person
• PIA Regional Focal Person • The RSCWC shall oversee the activities of the
• Academe Representative
• NGO/Interfaith Regional IMTF.
Representative

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 DOCUMENTARY REQUIREMENTS

The BCPC shall prepare/submit the following documents to the

City/Municipal IMTF:

Executive Order or Sangguniang Barangay Approved Annual Work and Financial Plan,
Ordinance organizing/ reconstituting the BCPC and Barangay Council Ordinance or Barangay
Budget providing or appropriating funds for
the BCPC
Minutes of meetings duly signed by the
secretariat head, notices of meetings with
agenda and attendance sheets attached Copies of the (i) Barangay Annual Report,
(LCPC AR Form 001-A) (ii) State of Barangay
Resolutions recommending proposed policies, Address (SOBA) reflecting accomplishments
plans and programs for adoption by the on children, and (iii) Barangay State of
Sangguniang Barangay Children Report

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 DOCUMENTARY REQUIREMENTS

The C/MCPC shall prepare/submit the following documents to the

Provincial IMTF:

Executive Order or Sanggunian Ordinance Approved Annual Work and Financial Plan
organizing/reconstituting the C/MCPC (LCPC WFP Form 001-B), and Local Council
Ordinance or LGU Budget providing or
appropriating funds for the C/MCPC
Minutes of meetings duly signed by the
secretariat head, notices of meetings with
agenda and attendance sheets attached Copies of the (i) City/Municipal Annual Report
(LCPC AR Form 001-B), (ii) State of C/M
Resolutions recommending proposed policies, Address (SOC/MA) reflecting
plans and programs for adoption by the C/M accomplishments on children, and (iii) State of
Sanggunian Children Report

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 DOCUMENTARY REQUIREMENTS

The P/HUCCPC shall prepare/submit the following documents to the

Regional IMTF:

Executive Order or Sanggunian Ordinance Approved Annual Work and Financial Plan
organizing/reconstituting the P/HUCCPC (LCPC WFP Form 001-C), and P/HUCCP
Council Ordinance or Budget providing or
appropriating funds for the P/HUCCPC
Minutes of meetings duly signed by the
secretariat head, notices of meetings with
agenda and attendance sheets attached Copies of the (i) Provincial Annual Report
(LCPC AR Form 001-C; (ii) State of P/HUC
P/HUCCPC Resolutions recommending Address (SOP/HUCA) reflecting
proposed policies, plans and programs for accomplishments on children, and (iii) State of
adoption by the P/HUC Sanggunian Children Report

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 RATING SYSTEM

The BCPC shall be rated based The C/MCPC shall be rated based The PCPC shall be rated
on the following: on the following: based on the following:

Organizational Sustainability 15% Organizational Sustainability 20% Organizational Sustainability 20%

Policies and Plans for Policies and Plans for Policies and Plans for 30%
30% 30%
Children Children Children

Budget for the BCPC 25% Budget for the C/MCPC 20% Budget for the PCPC 20%

Service Delivery Monitoring Service Delivery Monitoring Service Delivery Monitoring

and Management for 30% and Management for 30% and Management for 30%
Children Children Children

TOTAL : TOTAL : 100% TOTAL : 100%

100%
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 MAXIMUM RAW SCORE

The BCPC shall be rated based The C/MCPC shall be rated based The PCPC shall be rated based on
on the following raw score: on the following raw score: the following raw score:

Organizational Sustainability 30 Organizational Sustainability 35 Organizational Sustainability 35

Policies and Plans for Policies and Plans for Policies and Plans for 50
40 50
Children Children Children

Budget for the BCPC 10 Budget for the C/MCPC 10 Budget for the PCPC 10

Service Delivery Monitoring Service Delivery Monitoring Service Delivery Monitoring

and Management for 25 and Management for 25 and Management for 20
Children Children Children

TOTAL : 105 TOTAL : 120 TOTAL : 115

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LEVEL OF FUNCTIONALITY

IDEAL 80% - 100%

MATURE 51% - 79%

PROGRESSIVE 21% - 50%

BASIC 0% - 20%

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 FORMULA

x = R * RS
MS

Where:
x Weighted score
R Rating (%)
RS BCPC’s raw score
MS Maximum Score

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 ASSESSMENT TOOL

BCPC Assessment Form

LCPC Assessment Form 001-A (for Barangay)

C/MCPC Assessment Form

LCPC Assessment Form 001-B (for City/Municipality)

P/HUCCPC Assessment Form

LCPC Assessment Form 001-C (for Province/HUC)

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 FREQUENCY OF ASSESSMENT AND
SUBMISSION OF REPORT

1 2 3

The DILG Regional Office Accomplished LCPC

Monitoring of the Consolidated Form 001-D and
LCPC functionality shall consolidate
accomplished LCPC LCPC Consolidated Form 001-
shall be conducted E shall be submitted to the
every 1st quarter of Consolidated Forms 001-
A, 001-B and 001-C using Office of the Secretary, through
every year. NBOO using email address
LCPC Consolidated Form
The period to be 001-D and shall
accomplish LCPC [email protected]
assessed shall be
the preceding year. Consolidated Form 001-E on or before August 15 of
to be noted by the DILG every year, copy furnished the
Regional Director.
RSCWC.

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 CONSOLIDATED FORMS

BCPC Consolidated Form

LCPC Consolidated Form 001-A (for Barangay)

C/MCPC Consolidated Form

LCPC Consolidated Form 001-B (for City/Municipality)

P/HUCCPC Consolidated Form

LCPC Consolidated Form 001-C (for Province/HUC)

Regional Consolidated Form

LCPC Consolidated Form 001-D (for Region)
LCPC Consolidated Form 001-E

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“Our children are our future. What we do for them
today will result in quality human resources of
our country tomorrow.”

THANK YOU!
National Barangay Operations Office

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