{"id":1256814,"date":"2020-04-10T19:15:16","date_gmt":"2020-04-10T11:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/?p=1256814"},"modified":"2020-04-10T19:22:01","modified_gmt":"2020-04-10T11:22:01","slug":"group-to-govt-use-more-universal-methods-to-cover-more-families-in-cash-aid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/1256814\/group-to-govt-use-more-universal-methods-to-cover-more-families-in-cash-aid","title":{"rendered":"Group to gov&#8217;t: Use &#8216;more universal&#8217; methods to cover more families in cash aid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">MANILA, Philippines \u2014 A civil society organization on Friday urged the government to explore \u201cmore universal\u201d approaches in the implementation of its social amelioration program in order to help more families amid the COVID-19 lockdown.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">According to Social Watch Philippines (SWP), the government should automatically include households in impoverished areas in its cash aid project instead of considering only the \u201cmost deserving families\u201d \u2013 or those severely affected by the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">SWP co-convener Dr. Ma. Victoria Raquiza said the government should instead hasten and widen its targeting modes, like considering households in fourth to sixth class barangays as automatically qualified for the social amelioration program.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cIn doing so, there is no need to conduct a means test or validation process per family, thereby expediting the provision of assistance,\u201d she explained.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThis type of targeting will be administratively easier because the government will be dealing with a smaller population size. This promotes administrative ease for many LGUs which are already overburdened and stretched to capacity,\u201d she added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Raquiza further justified such an approach, emphasizing that a lot of families have been affected by the work suspension due to the strict quarantine that was imposed to contain the spread of the virus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">As statistics present an uptrend in the number of COVID-19 cases in the Philippines, the government was forced to place Luzon under the enhanced community quarantine.\u00a0 This scheme allows only those in frontline services like hospitals, food deliveries and production, and law enforcement agencies, among others, to continue operations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Majority, especially those who rely on daily wages and whose jobs cannot adopt to a work-from-home scheme, were left without any income since the lockdown was imposed in March. The government extended the <a href=\"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/1255035\/luzon-wide-quarantine-extended-until-april-30\"><span class=\"s2\">Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine up to April 30<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cNow is not the time to fine-tune the criteria of who is deserving of government aid and who is not. During this period of intensified and widespread poverty, they are all deserving,\u201d Raquiza pointed out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">While the government promised P5,000-P8,000 financial assistance to 18 million families \u2013 as mandated by Republic Act No. 11469 or the <a href=\"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/1248107\/look-bayanihan-to-heal-as-one-act-signed-by-duterte\"><span class=\"s2\">Bayanihan to Heal as One Act<\/span><\/a> \u2013 problems have been encountered in the distribution of the cash subsidy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The main issue seemed to emanate from the differing <a href=\"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/1256073\/dswd-chief-says-delay-in-social-aid-distribution-due-to-lgus-lack-of-beneficiaries\"><span class=\"s2\">list of beneficiaries<\/span><\/a> between the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), the lead agency in the distribution of the social amelioration program, and local government units (LGUs).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">DSWD Secretary Rolando Bautista said they are <a href=\"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/1256085\/dswd-validating-amelioration-beneficiaries-to-prevent-duplication-of-social-aid\"><span class=\"s2\">validating the beneficiaries<\/span><\/a> to prevent a duplication of awarded benefits since it is possible that some might have already received assistance from other government agencies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">These issues, according to SWP, makes government response slow and \u201cbureaucratic\u201d, whereas self-targeting and automatic inclusion for households in poor barangays would help LGUs fast-track the list of beneficiaries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWe urge the government to explore utilizing a combination of the geographic and self-targeting approach in the implementation of [social amelioration program] to expedite the provision of public aid,\u201d Raquiza said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h6 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">KGA<\/span><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA, Philippines \u2014 A civil society organization on Friday urged the government to explore \u201cmore universal\u201d approaches in the implementation of its social amelioration program in order to help more families amid the COVID-19 lockdown. 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