President Duterte said the government cannot accommodate 5.4 million more families in its social amelioration program (SAP) for now due to limited resources.
Duterte, in his report to Congress, said the Department of Finance made the computations after the Senate proposed to add 5.4 million family beneficiaries to cover 95 percent of the total families in the country.
To ensure that the benefits are given to the rightful beneficiaries, the DSWD is set to issue Omnibus Guidelines consolidating and harmonizing all issuances pertaining to the implementation of its ESP. The DSWD targets to serve 18 million families through the SAP. However, the figure may include beneficiaries from other comparable assistance programs of the national government.
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