The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Wednesday reminded the beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) to continue complying with conditions in their “oath of commitment” to continue receiving the cash grants from the government.
“Kung wala po kayong natupad sa mga conditions na nakalagay doon sa inyong oath of commitment ay wala po talaga kayong matatanggap na cash grants dahil ang cash grants natin ay nakabase doon sa pagtalima o pag-follow doon sa conditions na itinakda ng program (If you have not complied with any of the conditions provided in your oath of commitment, you will not receive cash grants because our cash grants are depending on the will to obey the conditions required by the program),” 4Ps Social Marketing-Division Chief (SMD-DC) Marie Grace Ponce said during the third episode of “4Ps Fastbreak” aired over the DSWD’s Facebook page.
Ponce said for health conditions, pregnant women should have pre- and postnatal checkups.
“Ang mga bata na 5 years old pababa ay kinakailangan ng regular checkup, magpa-vaccine kung ano yung mga nire-require na vaccines (The children 5 years old and below need to have regular checkup, must have required vaccines),” she said.
She said checkup procedures for pregnant women and children are based on the existing protocol of the Department of Health (DOH).
“Kasama na rin po dyan yung deworming ng mga bata na may edad 14 pababa (It includes deworming of children 14 years old and below),” she said.
For education, children 3-18 years old must be enrolled in school and daycare or preschool, elementary, and high school children must have 85 percent class attendance rate in a school year.
Ponce said one of the unique conditions of 4Ps is the attendance of parent beneficiaries at the Family Development Sessions (FDS).
Attendance to the monthly FDS is mandatory for 4Ps beneficiaries as part of the agency’s commitment to empower marginalized communities through education and practical support, she added.
Launched in 2008 and institutionalized by Republic Act 11310 in 2019, the 4Ps is the national poverty reduction strategy and human capital investment program that provides conditional cash transfer to poor households for a maximum period of seven years to improve their children’s health, nutrition and education.
Each household beneficiary receives PHP750 per month for health; PHP300 per child in elementary, PHP500 per child in junior high school, and PHP700 per child in senior high school for education, with a maximum of three children per household for 10 months in a school year; and a monthly rice subsidy of PHP600 for active and compliant households.
“Cash grants are computed according to compliance with said conditions and are released every two months,” Ponce pointed out. (PNA)
