Objectives
- Improve nutritional status of 35% of moderately and severely underweight preschool beneficiaries.
- Improve family food habits.
General Policies
Target Clientele and Eligibility
- Preschool children aged 36 to 72 months, moderately and severely (non-medical) underweight.
- Families with six members and monthly income of 3,675 PHP or below.
Strategies and Interventions
- Organized neighborhood feeding programs for 15-30 children.
- Nutrition education for mothers and encouragement of participation in nutrition-related activities.
- Promotion of family backyard or community food production projects.
- Access to livelihood opportunities and health services like deworming and immunization.
- Involvement of government organizations, people’s organizations, NGOs, and volunteers.
Rate, Duration, and Supervision
- At least 50 PHP assistance per child monthly, including 4 lbs. of foreign food commodities.
- Feeding is from Monday to Friday, averaging 22 days per month, for up to 18 months.
- LGUs assign trained Municipal Social Worker and Development Officer (MSWDO) and trained mother leader per feeding center.
Feeding Venue and Monitoring
- Use of existing or newly established feeding centers/multi-purpose centers with proper equipment and storage.
- Program monitored and audited jointly by DSWD and Catholic Relief Services (CRS).
- Regular reporting to DSWD and CRS required.
Implementing Details
Data Collection
- Conduct analysis of nutrition problems including cause, extent, and type of malnutrition.
- Utilize available secondary data and update with community surveys by Barangay Nutrition Scholars and Health Workers.
- MSWDO to prepare comprehensive Community Nutrition Profile.
Social Preparation and Planning
- Present nutritional data to community assemblies.
- Formulate Barangay/Municipal Nutrition Action Plans.
- Involve existing people’s organizations and nutrition committees.
Project Implementation
- Reweigh and enroll only eligible children, maintaining individual growth charts.
- Conduct home visits informing families of program objectives and roles.
- Hold organizational meetings discussing malnutrition data, program objectives, community roles, and volunteer identification.
- Preparation and approval of project proposals serving as implementation basis.
- Coordinate with Rural Health Units for health protection measures.
- Organize feeding schedules and menu planning using available food commodities.
- Encourage parental contributions in cash or kind recorded and reported.
- Promote backyard/community food production and parent participation in nutrition activities.
Food Supply Management
- Detailed procedures for delivery, receiving, recording, and storage of food commodities using formal documents:
- Specimen Signature Forms
- Commodity Allocation Letters (CAL)
- Bills of Lading/Delivery Receipts (BL/DR)
- Stock Registers (SR)
- Requisition Issue Vouchers (RIV)
- Monthly Stock and Distribution Reports (MSDR)
- Food Consumption and Daily Feeding Attendance Records
- Two contracted forwarding companies handle food transportation with specific protocols.
Financial Management System
- Accountability for funds from LGU augmentation, parent contributions, and community donations.
- Maintenance of the following records:
- Daily Cash Collection
- Daily Cash Position/Combined Cash Receipts and Disbursement Book
- Cash Vouchers
- Records of Parents’ Contributions in Kind and Services
Nutritional Impact and Center Activities
- Monthly growth monitoring via detailed records:
- Child’s Nutritional Status
- Progress Weight Records
- Barangay and Municipal Consolidated Progress Weight Records
- Documentation of mothers’ attendance in education sessions.
- Referral records for children requiring additional services.
Reporting of Program Accomplishments
- Regular submission of various reports at monthly, quarterly, bi-annual, and semi-annual intervals.
- Reports prepared by feeding centers, MSWDO, and submitted through DSWD hierarchy to CRS.
- Reports include caseload, nutritional impact, education activities, food and financial data, referrals, problems, and recommendations.
Monitoring and Technical Assistance
- CRS conducts regular monitoring down to beneficiary level coordinated with DSWD.
- DSWD Central and Field Offices monitor program implementation and provide technical assistance.
- MSWDO monitors feeding centers and beneficiaries directly.
Duties and Responsibilities
Catholic Relief Services
- Provide food commodities (corn soya blend).
- Monitor, evaluate, and audit program jointly with DSWD.
Department of Social Welfare and Development
- Facilitate release and delivery of food commodities.
- Augment inland handling expenses for 5th and 6th class municipalities.
- Monitor and provide technical support.
- Conduct joint evaluations and submit reports to CRS.
Local Government Units
- Provide safe storage and protect food stock.
- Assign trained MSWDO and mother leaders.
- Provide funds and equipment for feeding centers and training.
- Submit required reports.
- Designate authorized persons to receive food with specimen signatures and photos.
- Prepare and submit reimbursement claims with supporting documents.
- Replace spoiled or lost food with local food of equivalent value.
Parents of Beneficiaries
- Bring children to feeding centers daily and for monthly growth monitoring.
- Attend nutrition/health education sessions and participate in related activities.
- Voluntarily contribute cash or kind and render services.
Parents Committee
- Handle receipt and accounting of parent contributions.
- Participate in nutrition and health activities.
Community
- Contribute cash or kind, render services, and participate in nutrition/health activities.
- Attend community assemblies.
Penalty Clause
- Non-compliance with guidelines may result in termination of the Supplemental Feeding Program.