Title
Establishment of Public Assistance Service
Law
Executive Order No. 350
Decision Date
May 31, 1941
Manuel L. Quezon establishes a Public Assistance Service under the Bureau of Public Welfare to take over the relief activities of the Associated Charities of the Philippines, ensuring government support for the welfare of indigent citizens.

Q&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 350)

The Director of Public Welfare has direct administrative supervision and control over the Public Assistance Service.

The relief and other activities performed by the Associated Charities of the Philippines were transferred to the Public Assistance Service under the Bureau of Public Welfare.

The Secretary of Health and Public Welfare is directed to take necessary steps to transfer activities, personnel, properties, unexpended balances, records, equipment, and supplies from the Associated Charities of the Philippines to the Public Assistance Service.

These funds, along with related properties and supplies, are to be transferred to the Public Assistance Service and future government funds related to these activities are to be given directly to the Public Assistance Service.

It is deemed desirable that the public should be aware that the government, through the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes and other agencies, is the actual source of the help given to indigent persons, not just private charity.

The Board of Directors of the Associated Charities of the Philippines signified their willingness to place the future of the organization in the hands of the President of the Philippines.

It was promulgated on May 31, 1941.

Future funds provided by the government through the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes or related agencies must be given to the Public Assistance Service instead of the Associated Charities of the Philippines.


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