QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 11310)
It is the “Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) Act.” It institutionalizes the 4Ps as a national poverty reduction strategy and human capital investment program providing conditional cash transfers to poor households to improve health, nutrition, and education, for a maximum period of seven (7) years (subject to possible extension under exceptional circumstances).
It is the amount received by qualified household-beneficiaries who comply with the conditions for entitlement under the 4Ps.
These are households identified by the DSWD for entitlement to the monthly conditional cash grants as provided under Section 6 of the Act.
It is a system for identifying who and where poor households are through generation of a socioeconomic database of poor households adopted by national government agencies and implemented by the DSWD.
They must: (a) be classified as poor and near-poor based on the Standardized Targeting System and the poverty threshold issued by PSA at the time of selection; (b) have members aged zero (0) to 18 (18) years or have members who are pregnant at registration; and (c) be willing to comply with the program conditions.
Farmers, fisherfolks, homeless families, indigenous peoples, those in the informal settler sector, and those in geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas—including areas without electricity—are automatically included to ensure coverage of vulnerable populations likely to be underserved.
The program provides conditional cash transfer for a maximum period of seven (7) years; the National Advisory Council (NAC) may recommend a longer period under exceptional circumstances.
Day care and elementary: not lower than P300 per month per child for a maximum of 10 months/year. Junior high school: not lower than P500 per month per child for a maximum of 10 months/year. Senior high school: not lower than P700 per month per child for a maximum of 10 months/year.
It is not lower than P750 per month for a maximum of 12 months/year. The health grant component is a fixed amount and does not depend on the number of members in the household.
Key conditions include: pregnant women must avail prenatal services, give birth in a health facility with a skilled professional, and receive postpartum/natal care; children 0–5 must receive regular preventive health/nutrition services (including immunization and deworming-related services as specified); children 1–14 must avail deworming pills at least twice a year; children 3–4 must attend day care/pre-school at least 85% of the time; children 5–18 must attend elementary/secondary at least 85% of the time; and at least one responsible person must attend family development sessions at least once a month.
Upon reported noncompliance, the responsible person is first notified in writing and payment of cash grants is immediately terminated. After four (4) months of noncompliance, the household is subjected to case management. If the household persists in noncompliance within one (1) year from receipt of the written notification, it is removed from the program.
They may be suspended by the DSWD Secretary during times of calamities, war, and armed conflicts.
Yes. All 4Ps beneficiaries identified as qualified household-beneficiaries in the standardized targeting system shall be automatically covered in the NHIP. Funding for coverage shall be sourced from revenue generated pursuant to RA 10351, the “Sin Tax Reform Act of 2012.”
The DSWD serves as the central planning, coordinating, implementing, and monitoring body of the Program, including beneficiary identification and selection, setting participatory monitoring systems, coordinating with agencies, recommending policies to the NAC, submitting an annual report to Congress, formulating implementing rules and guidelines, and other necessary functions.
Among others: it recommends measures and policies to the President for responsive delivery and integration with poverty reduction strategy; ensures livelihood/training/employment facilitation funding is included in agency budgets; promulgates/handles grievance redress system; and reviews monitoring/assessment reports from the Independent Monitoring Committee and submits necessary policy recommendations to Congress.
It requires regular and timely posting on the DSWD website of financial disclosures and beneficiary information by geographical area and social/economic/cultural circumstances (Section 20), and it mandates monitoring by DSWD, independent monitoring through a private/civil society committee, and reporting to Congress (Sections 16–18), plus compliance verification and case management within implementation (Sections 3, 11–12).
Any person who inserts or allows insertion of false/altering data in the registry or diverts program funds to persons other than qualified household-beneficiaries is penalized with imprisonment of not less than one (1) month but not more than one (1) year, or a fine of not less than P10,000 but not more than P100,000, or both, at court discretion. A public official is additionally penalized with temporary disqualification to hold public office. Administrative sanctions may also be imposed without prejudice to prosecution.
It takes effect fifteen (15) days following its publication in the Official Gazette or in two (2) newspapers of general circulation in the Philippines.