BAGUIO CITY - - The
Department of Social Welfare and Development is currently working for the
direct payout of the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) second tranche financial
subsidy and hopes to reach out to all qualified family beneficiaries
in Baguio City and Benguet sooner.
DSWD
Cordillera regional director Leo Quintilla, in a media forum Aug.
11 reported 84 percent accomplishment for direct payout for
second tranche SAP target beneficiaries.
To be paied
yet are areas locked down due Covid -19 cases.
For the waitlisted SAP
beneficiaries, direct payout by the regional DSWD reached 97 percent accomplishment, he added.
Based on DSWD
data, total target is 98,490 family beneficiaries in
Cordillera for the SAP second tranche of which 69,311 receive their
P5,500 cash subsidy through Financial Service Provider while 29,
196 through direct payout.
For Benguet
towns Atok, Bakun, Bokod, Kabayan, Kibungan and Sablan, the SAP financial
distribution was through direct payout by DSWD-CAR.
For Baguio
City and Benguet municipalities of Itogon, Kapangan, Mankayan, La Trinidad,
Tuba, and Tublay, distribution of cash assistance was through direct payout and
FSP
Quintilla
said 100 percent of the fund allocation thru FSP was
transferred to contracted financial service providers and
beneficiarieswere being contacted and
given instructions through the mobile phone numbers they have registered.
Payout
for several family beneficiaries in Baguio City, Mankayan and
Kapangan is through Paymaya, Star
Pay for Buguias and Itogon beneficiaries and G
Cash for La Trinidad, Tuba and Tublay.
Amid Covid-19
pandemic Quintilla said they are now working how to incorporate
minimum health requirements and safety protocols to ensure safety of their
clients and the DSWD personnel and other local partners/stakeholders in the
delivery of social welfare and development services to the people. -- PIA CAR
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