Beneficiaries of the federal government’s meals stamps program could be required to get enrolled within the job-generating packages of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) mentioned Sunday.
In a Super Radyo dzBB interview, DSWD Undersecretary Eduardo Punay defined that this requirement goals to finish the Filipinos’ “culture of dependency” on the monetary help usually offered by the federal government.
“Itong design natin para sa food stamp program ay multi-purpose… Nag-e-evolve na ang DSWD. Hindi lang kami puro ayuda na kinalakihan ng ating kababayan. Kami ay nagiging developmental na. Sinisiguro namin na ‘yung aming mga beneficiary ay hindi masasanay lang sa ayuda lang na tanggap nang tanggap,” he mentioned.
(The design for the meals stamp program is multi-purpose… The DSWD is evolving. We don’t simply present monetary help to our countrymen anymore. We are aiming for improvement. We now be sure that our beneficiaries won’t get used to only receiving assist.)
Thus, to ensure that the meals stamp beneficiaries to stay in this system, Punay mentioned amongst their necessities is to submit a certificates proving that they’re searching for a job by DOLE or TESDA.
“‘Yun ang objective natin para sagutin na natin ‘yung isang pagkain nila for the day para ‘yung gagastusin nila sa pagkain, ipang-pamasahe na lang nila o ipang-training na lang nila para makahanap sila ng trabaho,” he added.
(That is our goal. We will present their one meal for the day, so they might use their remaining cash for his or her fares or coaching to allow them to discover a job.)
The DSWD earlier mentioned that the estimated P40-billion finances requirement for the meals stamps program will cowl the P3,000 monthly allowance of focused a million poor households.
The company would offer “electronic benefit transfer (EBT) cards” that shall be loaded with meals credit for beneficiaries to buy a choose checklist of meals commodities from the DSWD-registered or accredited native retailers.
Dubbed as “Walang Gutom 2027: Food Stamp Program,” the challenge goals to help focused households to handle involuntary starvation within the nation.
Punay mentioned on Saturday that the federal government continues to be discussing the way it will bankroll the implementation of the meals stamps program. —KG, GMA Integrated News
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