- The agency provides the LGU with a Social Protection Development Manual which contains guidelines on how to identify needs within their locale. The manual request for two outputs, a Situationer, and a Social Protection Development Report. This report uses a Risk Vulnerability Assessment Tool which is used to identify risks and vulnerabilities in a community. - Most areas with poor population are now covered under the NHTS and the 4Ps program. This is the flagship program of the agency. They admit that there exist gaps in the implementation of the program. (there have been several instances with our consultations with different sectors, where these problems arise) - The 4Ps beneficiaries also become automatic members for PhilHealth, thus ensuring that they will be covered by a social insurance component of the Social Protection umbrella. - The agency classifies its programs as such: a. Promotive Programs – 4Ps, KALAHI-CIDSS, NCDDP, SLP b. Protective Programs – Sectoral programs, adoption services, assistance to individuals in crisis situations, social pension for indigent senior citizens, supplementary feeding program, community-based programs, protective services for travelling children - They posit that with the implementation of the UHCL, it will decrease the number of individuals in crisis situations and lessen the burden on the agency’s resources. - The DSWD Region XI has 4 centers catering to different sectors: a. RRCY – Regional Rehabilitation Center for Youth (for children in conflict with the law) b. RCDD – Regional Center for Drug Dependents (transferred to local government, now known as Davao City Treatment and Rehabilitation Center for Drug Dependents) c. HGW – Home for Girls and Women d. HFA – Home for the Aged (abandoned older persons) e. RSCC – Reception and Study Center for Children (for abandoned, neglected children) - There is interface with other national government agencies and LGUs thru Regional Action Committee. In here they discuss social protection programs/initiatives that can be availed/implemented in the region. - They have Modified Conditional Cash Transfers for Indigenous Peoples, which have different qualifications from the normal CCT. It has the same benefits as the 4Ps beneficiaries. - Although they are just waiting for the IRR on the creation of a Department of Disaster Resilience, the agency in coordination with OCD, has interventions with communities including disaster preparedness, capacitating local government units and social workers thru Camp Coordination and Camp Management (issues and concerns in evacuation sites) - Thru the Regional Development Council, they create caravans of social protection programs to bring it to far-flung areas so that they can reach those people. 3. Key Performance Indicators of the agency? - Number of persons/sectors served (data sent) - The agency uses several tools in gathering first-hand data and reports: - a. Social Protection Development Manual given to LGU b. A sample Social Protection Development Report c. Risk Vulnerability Assessment Tool (RVA Tool, used for FRVA) d. Social Welfare and Development Indicator (SWDI Tool) They also have the annual Program Implementation Review where they get which issues and concerns will be the thrust of the agency. This review is on a national level. 56