The DSWD has issued checks to Metro Manila LGUs that have completed the requirements for the social amelioration program (SAP). | KAguilarINQ
Taguig – P739.97 million
LGUs are tasked to distribute and collect social amelioration cards that identify holders as qualified recipients of the cash aid.“Per the DSWD, all Metro Manila LGUs have committed to submit the list of families not included in the initial list of beneficiaries at the soonest possible time,” Nograles said in a virtual briefing.already began distribution of the cash aid to their target beneficiaries, Nograles said.
He said the DSWD’s field office in Metro Manila has already established 17 monitoring teams “to supervise the full implementation of the first tranche of the SAP.” “It has requested LandBank to open on Saturdays to facilitate SAP implementation for the 17 NCR LGUs even on weekends,” Nograles added. The government has set aside P200 billion worth of cash aid to be distributed to about 18 million low-income families under the Bayanihan to Heal As One Act recently signed by President Rodrigo Duterte.These amounts will be based on the prevailing wage rates in the regions where the beneficiaries live.
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