Law Summary
Area Selection for Implementation
- Prioritize low-income or depressed barangays
- Target areas with poor social services and facilities
Community Profile Development
- Use existing community profiles if current, reliable, and adequate
- Conduct participative community surveys where profiles are lacking
- Utilize DSWD Family Survey form to gather socio-economic and health data
- Data determines resources needed for program implementation
Analysis and Consensus Building
- Present survey results to community for:
- Consensus on problems, priorities, and program thrusts
- Identification of target beneficiaries
- Planning integrated assistance and capability building
Core Group Formation and Orientation
- Supervising Social Worker organizes core group
- Engage key community persons and various groups/associations
- Core group to participate in program implementation
- Orientation covers:
- Concept and goals of Family Life Development
- Program objectives
- Roles of core group members
Roles and Responsibilities of Core Group
- Participate in community profiling
- Identify beneficiary families
- Identify appropriate family services
- Monitor and evaluate program activities
- Participate in family activities as appropriate
- Assist in accomplishing family assessment tools
Training on Family Assessment Tools
- Core group trained on assessment instruments to understand family dynamics
- Introduction to Family Case Management System for service implementation
- Tools include genograms, inventories of family stresses, and resources
Beneficiary Identification Criteria
- Bona fide residents of the community
- Families below poverty income line
- Families with inadequate resource use and insufficient family management skills
- Families experiencing multiple social welfare and health problems
Social Preparation of Beneficiary Families
- Prepares families’ attitudes and behavior for active and effective program participation
Target Family Orientation
- Explain program objectives
- Elicit expectations and questions from families
- Orient on assessment tools to be completed
- Secure family commitment through Agreement contract
Family Assessment Procedures
- Use of Family Genogram (Family Tree), Inventory of Family Stresses, and Inventory of Family Resources
- Family interviews conducted by core group
- Inventories completed by responsible family members to promote consensus and communication
Data Collation and Family Feedback
- Collate survey and assessment data
- Conduct family assemblies to present common problems and resources
- Discuss possible solutions and formulate family action plans
- Distinguish capability building activities from needs requiring external support
Family Case Planning
- Families develop their own case plans including:
- Priority problems
- Family resources
- Goals
- Family actions
- Capability building requirements
- External support needs
- Plans evaluated by DSWD workers and core group
Implementation of Family Case Plan
- Implement strategies as outlined in approved case plans
Family Enrichment Day
- Quarterly event for celebration, sharing, and affirmation among families
- Planned collaboratively by target families and core group members
Formation of Family Associations
- Encourage formation of support or peer groups among families
- Promote active community and national development roles
- Recruit volunteers from self-reliant families to assist others
Family Life Values Sessions
- Educational sessions on topics like:
- Effective communication
- Conflict resolution
- Meaning of love and marriage
These guidelines provide a structured and participative framework for the Family Life Development Program, ensuring empowerment of Filipino families through holistic support and capability building.