Question & AnswerQ&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 867)
The title is 'Providing for the Adoption of the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction as the Mechanism for Identifying Poor Households Who Shall Be Recipients of Social Protection Programs Nationwide.'
The main purpose of the NHTS-PR is to establish a system for identifying who and where the poor households are, to prioritize these households as recipients of social protection programs nationwide.
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is tasked to maintain the system and serve as the repository of data on poor households.
The data must be updated every four (4) years.
Yes, all NGAs are directed to adopt the NHTS-PR and use the data for prioritizing beneficiaries of government social protection programs and projects.
The UMID System, upon its operationalization, is to be adopted as the main ID system of the NHTS-PR to strengthen monitoring of beneficiaries of social welfare and protection programs.
The agencies include the DSWD, Social Security System (SSS), National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), National Statistics Office (NSO), and all other agencies involved in the UMID project.
Any executive issuance, order, or provision inconsistent with this Executive Order is deemed modified or repealed.
The order took effect immediately upon its signing on March 9, 2010.