The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) introduced on Tuesday that its “Listahanan” poverty database program will finish this 12 months to offer method for the total implementation of the Community Based Monitoring System (CBMS) beginning in 2024.
DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian made the announcement throughout the Committee on Appointments (CA) panel assembly, just a few hours earlier than he was confirmed by the CA plenary.
“The beauty about next year is the CBMS law that Congress passed. Listahanan will end its life this year. We will no longer be creating another Listahanan. So with CBMS being the main driver for a database, LGUs [local government units] will be empowered to make it more responsive,” Gatchalian stated.
According to the DSWD, “Listahanan” is a poverty database that identifies poor households and their areas.
The division stated it was created as a main reference for the identification of attainable beneficiaries of social safety packages and companies.
Under the Republic Act No. 11315 or the CBMS Act, the creation of a database would be the duty of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).
In compliance with this provision, the DSWD will now not be creating one other “Listahanan” database in help of the total implementation of the CBMS regulation by 2024.
“Listahanan is not responsive as naging kongkreto na yung bahay, nasa Listahanan pa din. Humirap na yung tao pero wala pa din sa listahan [Listahanan is not responsive as some people are already able to build concrete houses but they’re still on the list, while other people who have become poor are still not included in the list],” Gatchalian stated.
Meanwhile, Camarines Sur District Representative Luis Raymund Villafuerte referred to as on the DSWD to rigorously research the listing of beneficiaries, such because the listing of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps).
Villafuerte really helpful that the division ought to entrust to LGUs the pay-outs of the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) program by way of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) because the division lacks the manpower.
In response, Gatchalian agreed to the advice, saying that the DSWD seems to be on the LGUs as companions in growth.
The DSWD secretary stated the MOA for partnership has already been forwarded by the division for the knowledge of the LGUs.
He added that the division will proceed to work with the LGUs to “more efficiently respond to the social welfare and developmental needs of the poor, vulnerable, and marginalized sectors.” — BM, GMA Integrated News
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