(f) Home for Unwed Mothers;
(g) Drug Abuse Centers;
(h) Other Reception and Study Centers;
(i) Such other facilities as may be necessary to assist the socially disadvantaged.
SECTION 16. Regional Directors. The Regional Office sball be headed by a Regional Director who shall be
responsible for efficiently and effectively carrying out its functions. Towards this end, and in line witb
the policy of decentralization, the Regional Director shall be vested with the authority to exercise
functional and administrative supervision over Ministry provincial operations as delegated by the
Minister including the authority to contribute resources and personnel to integrated region and providewide development thrusts.
The Regional Director shall be assisted by two (2) Assistant Regional Directors, one for programs and
one for administration.
SECTION 17. Provincial/City Office.The Ministry is hereby authorized to establish, operate and maintain
a Provincial/City Office throughout the country with jurisdiction over all municipalities/districts within
the province, The Provincial/City Office shall have the following functions:
(a) Formulate and coordinate the implementation of operational, field-level plans/programs of the
Ministry;
(b) Provide specialized services and comprehensive assistance to other ministry/agency units whenever
necessary;
(c) Secure all pertinent feedback and information from field units as well as appropriate ministry/agericy
units, particularly local government units, and communicate the same regularly to the Regional Office;
(d) Establish and maintain a vocational rehabilitation and special education program for the
handicapped in the form and magnitude appropriate for the needs of the province..
SECTION 18. Provincial/City Social Welfare Officer. The Provincial/City Office shall be headed by a
Provincial/City Social Welfare Officer who shall be accountable for the efficient and effective
performance of its functions and implementation of programs of the Ministry, within the province. The
Provincial/City Social Welfare Officer shall exercise functional administrative supervision over field
operations of the Ministry, including the authority to recommend that field resources and personnel be
contributed to integrated, municipality-wide development efforts.
SECTION 19. Municipal/District Office. The Miinistry is hereby authorized to establish, operate and
maintain a Municipal/District Office to service a municipality/city district, which shall be headed by the
Supervising Social Welfare Officer and shall be primarily responsible for the efficient and effective
implementation of the Ministry’s field programs in the municipality or city, under supervision of the
Provincial/City Office.
SECTION 20. Social Welfare Services by Others. Social welfare services by the Ministry shall be without
prejudice to similar efforts by any local government unit or private agency, institution or group. All