Mindanaotoday.com | DSWD-10 monitors compliance of 4Ps beneficiaries in NorMin
THE Department of Social Welfare and Development-10 (DSWD-10) is monitoring the compliance of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries to conditionalities.
Buena Rafer of the 4Ps Compliance Verification System would visit areas in Northern Mindanao with low compliance rates to the program conditions on education, health, and attendance to Family Development Sessions.
Rafer emphasized that the monitoring visit ensures the well-being of every household member belonging to the program.
Rafer has visited Kitaotao and Damulog towns in Bukidnon.
Kenneth Haze S. Lustre, 4Ps regional project coordinator, disclosed that Rafer, along with compliance verification system officers of Bukidnon and members of the Municipal Action Team of DSWD-10, will talk to partner-program implementers to check on the facilities and services that 4Ps grantees access to comply with the conditions
Among the partner-implementers are teachers of the Department of Education, and local health workers, among others.
4Ps beneficiaries must attend the Family Development Sessions (FDS) to empower them with values formations like responsible parenthood and family planning, Lustre said.
Other agencies also provide awareness on health, sanitation, environment, and disaster preparedness through FDS.
Health conditions include regular check-ups of the whole household members, children’s immunization, and deworming, especially for five years old and below.
Meanwhile, children beneficiaries shall go to school and maintain at least 85% school attendance before enjoying the education grant of the program.
The 4Ps is a national poverty reduction strategy of the national government.
It invests in the health, nutrition, and education of poor households for the improved well-being of the Filipinos.