WHAT IS PANTAWID PAMILYANG PILIPINO

PROGRAM?
It is a human development program of the national
government implemented by the DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT (DSWD) in
partnership with the DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
(DepEd), DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (DOH), and the
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENT (DILG) and in coordination with the
LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS (LGUs.
It is an investment in human capital that ensures that
children belonging to poor household, particularly those
aged zero to 18, grow up healthy and stay in school.
It utilizes the conditional cash transfer scheme wherein
beneficiaries receive cash grants based on their
compliance to their co-responsibilities.

HOW ARE THE BENEFICIARIES

SELECTED?
To be eligible, a household:
Must be identified as poor based on the database of the
Listahan (formerly known as the National Household
Targeting System for Poverty Reduction)
Must have children aged zero to 18 or have a pregnant
member at the time of the enumeration
Must be willing and able to comply with the conditions of the
program as part of their co-responsibilities.
Registration of household are conducted during a
Community Assembly (ComAss) prior to the program
implementation. Households are required to submit
documentary requirements such as marriage certificate and
birth certificates of child/children.

WHAT ATE THE BENEFICIARIES CORESPONSIBILITIES WITH THE

PROGRAM?

Household-beneficiaries
must comply with their coresponsibilities on health
and education to receive
their cash grants. These
co-responsibilities include:

For
Education
Children six to 18 years old must be enrolled in
primary/secondary schools (or equivalent
Alternative Learning System / Alternative
Delivery Method) and have at least 85% school
attendance.
Children three to five years old must attend
daycare/preschool program with at least 85%
school attendance
High school students must obtain a passing
General Weighted Average (GWA) prescribed by
DepEd and be promoted to the next grade level.

For Health
Children zero to five years old must get
regular preventive health check-ups, growth ,
monitoring and vaccines
Pregnant women must get pre-natal care and
must be attended by skilled/ professional
health worker during child birth. Mothers who
have given birth shall get post-natal care in
accordance with the standard DOH protocol
Children six to 14 years old must receive
deworming pills twice a year

For Family Development Sessions

(FDS)
Parents / guardians must attend the
monthly Family Development
Sessions (FDS).

WHAT ARE THE GRANTS THAT

BENEFICIARIES RECEIVE?
A household is entitled to receive the following
grants provided that they comply with their coresponsibilities with the program:
Health Grants:
>P500 per month per household
Education Grants:
>P300 per month per child in elementary
> P500 per month per child in high school

The education grant is provided

for 10 months per school year ( June to
March)

HOW BENEFICIARIES GET

THEIR CASH GRANTS?
Households receive their grants
every two months through their Land
bank cash cards or through other
conduits authorized by the land bank
such as globe remit, first
consolidated rank, rural banks and
other cooperative financial
institutions.

HOW MANY CHILDREN PER

HOUSEHOLD CAN BE COVERED?
The program covers a maximum of
three (3) child-beneficiaries per
household.
Children who finished high school or
are more than 18 years old will no
longer be monitored by the program.
These children cannot be replaced in
the list of monitored children.

HOW LONG WILL THE CHILDREN BE

COVERED BY THE PROGRAM?
Child-beneficiaries are covered by the program
until they are 18 years old or finish high
school, whichever comes first.
Those who turns 19 years old within the school
year will still be monitored and covered by
the program until the end of the school year.
Accordingly, the household will exit from the
program when all the child beneficiaries
graduate from high school or reach the
maximum age of eligibility.

WHEN A CHILD-BENEFICIARY GRADUATES FROM

HIGH SCHOOL, CAN THE HOUSEHOLD ENROLL
THEIR CHILDREN TO THE PROGRAM?

Replacement of a child-beneficiary who graduates

from high school or reaches 18 years old so a
household can complete the three-child limit is
not allowed.
Replacement of a child-beneficiary may only be
allowed in the following circumstances:
The child acquired full scholarship.
The child is diagnosed to be differently-abled
and was found to be unable to benefit from any
form of education
The child dies

The household must submit

supporting documents such as
certificate of scholarship,
medical certificate or death
certificate as basis for
replacement. The household may
select the replacement child
from the existing household
roster or enroll a new member
through filing an Updates Form

HOW IS THE COMPLIANCE OF BENEFICIARIES

TO THEIR CO-RESPONSIBILITIES MONITORED?
The compliance of beneficiaries is monitored
through the compliance verification system,
which is reporting mechanism used to
beneficiaries to program co-responsibilities.
The following persons are responsible in the
compliance monitoring:
Teachers / principals (for school attendance and
deworming)
Midwives / health practitioners (for health
checkups of children and pregnant mothers)
City / Municipal Links (for attendance to Family
Development Sessions)
The monitoring is conducted every two months and

CAN A BENEFICIARY WHO TRANSFER RESIDENCE

CONTINUE TO RECEIVE GRANTS FROM THE PROGRAM?

Beneficiaries who move residence to another

barangay, municipality or region must update
their residence address through the beneficiary
data management system so that they will
continuously be monitored by the program.
The beneficiary must complete the updates from
that can be acquired from the City / Municipal
Link or parent leader together with documents
including Certificate of transfer Residency from
the barangay captain of the new residence and
Certificate of Residency from the barangay
captain of the old residence.
Other than change of address, beneficiaries must
also update other household information that can

ARE STREET FAMILIES AND INDIGENOUS

PEOPLE ALSO CATHERED BY THE
PROGRAM?

The DSWD is also implementing the

Modified Conditional Cash Transfer
(MCCT), which is designed to reach
out homeless street families (HSF)
and Indigenous people (IP) who are
poor, more vulnerable and
disadvantaged and are not covered
by the regular Pantawid Pamilya.

MCCT-HSF
Enables the homeless street families to overcome
barriers that prevent them from enjoying the
governments social protection support and investment
in their childrens human development. Beneficiaries are
expected to be transitioned to regular Pantawid Pamilya
after one year coverage.

MCCT for IPs

Provides Indigenous cultural communities in
geographical isolated and disadvantaged
areas with equal opportunities to access
the services and benefits of the program.

HOW DOES THE DSWD SUSTAIN

THE GAINS OF THE PROGRAM?
The Department has also engaged other agencies in the
provision of assistance to Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries
to help them improve their living conditions and prepare
them for self-sufficiency. Among the programs provided
to qualified beneficiaries include:
Free health insurance coverage (PhilHealth)
Employment facilitation and capital assistance for small
to medium scale businesses through the Sustainable
Livelihood Program or SLP (DSWD)
Employment through the Trabahong Lansangan Project
(DPWH)
College scholarship grants through the students Grantsin-Aid Program for poverty Alleviation or SGP-PA (CHED)

INTERVIEW
3 City Link
- Naneth Vergola
- Shiela Mutiayangpili
- Marivic Congreso
2 LGU Link
- Harwin John Lazaro
- Aldrin Baretto
9 CSO Facilitator

18 barangay
Aplaya, Dila, dita, ibaba, kanluran,
malusak, market, sinalhan, Tagapo >
MS. NETH
Balibago, caingin, macabling, malitlit,
pook, pulong Sta. Cruz > MS. SHIELA
Don Jose, Sto Domingo, sinalhan > MS.
MARIVIC