A party-list group is proposing to institutionalize the “Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation,” or AICS, program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).
A party-list group is proposing to institutionalize the “Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation,” or AICS, program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development .
“The 1987 Constitution mandates the State to ‘free the people from poverty through policies that provide adequate social services,” said the bill’s explanatory note. Section 4 of the measure proposes that the AICS program provide integrated services to individuals and families in crisis or difficult situations in the form of psychosocial intervention or direct financial and material assistance. The bill said recipients will be subject to screening, verification and assessment by social workers.
The medical aid may be from P1,000 up to P150,000 and may be requested every three months, according to the bill. It provides P5,000 up to P25,000 for burial assistance.
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