QuestionsQuestions (KKPP DEPARTMENT ORDER NO. 20, S. 1993)
The Order invokes the DSWD’s mandate to “care, protect and rehabilitate” physically and mentally handicapped persons and socially needy individuals for their effective functioning.
Marillac Hills (Philippine Training School for Girls) is renamed as the “Center for Girls and Women in Difficult Situations.”
To serve its mission and strengthen programs and services to constituents in Marillac Hills in light of current trends and developments, consistent with DSWD’s protective and rehabilitative mandate.
It shall be relocated to a new 5.6-hectare site reserved for the purpose at the Alabang Stock Farm.
It provides rehabilitation service to female youth offenders, victims of sexual abuse, women in difficult situations, and other young female youth and women needing special care.
No. It also covers “women in difficult situation,” and “other young female youth and women needing special care.”
They, in coordination with the Assistant Secretary for Programs, are directed to prepare the implementing rules and regulations to facilitate the transfer and operations of the Center.
The concerned Bureaus coordinate with the Assistant Secretary for Programs.
They must facilitate the transfer and the operations of the Center.
The movement of the Center from the former Marillac Hills setup to the new 5.6-hectare site at Alabang Stock Farm.
The Order establishes the renamed institution as the Center for Girls and Women in Difficult Situations, implying a formal change in organizational identity for program administration under DSWD.
It provides the policy rationale for why the programs and services needed strengthening or adjustment, supporting the administrative decision to rename and relocate.
It was adopted on 16 November 1993 by (signed) Corazon Alma G. De Leon, Secretary.
The Assistant Secretary for Programs coordinates with the concerned Bureaus in preparing the implementing rules and regulations.
The Order explicitly emphasizes rehabilitation for female youth offenders, victims of sexual abuse, and women needing special care, aligning with a welfare and protection orientation.
It states that the Center’s mission strengthens services to physically and mentally handicapped and socially needy persons, and more specifically to girls/women in difficult situations.