The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) 11 is intensifying its monitoring on reported cases of misuse of Pantawid Pamilya funds and pawning of ATMs used in withdrawing cash grants.
Regional Grievance Officer Odissa Esther Kilayco said Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) links at the community level are giving emphasis on the prohibition of ATM pawning and misusing of 4Ps cash grants during assemblies with beneficiaries.
They are also warning beneficiaries of the possible suspension of cash grant release if they are found guilty of using it to purchase goods or services other than for the education and health of their children.
“Dapat focus lang jud ang kwarta sa education ug health sa mga bata,” she said in a radio interview over DXRP Radyo ng Bayan Davao.
Kilayco admitted that complaints on diversion of 4Ps cash grants, particularly to alcoholic drinking sprees, and pawning of 4Ps ATM cards had reached DSWD, but added that the accused were not outright delisted because due process has to be undertaken.
The complainant has to fill in a form stated his or her accusation. There will be fact-finding to be conducted and if found guilty, the accused will be warned verbally. A written warning will follow the succeeding offense and the accused is given 15 days to explain.
4Ps beneficiaries will also be delisted if they file a waiver stating their ineligibility for such government cash grant which is intended only for the survival needs of the poorest of the poor.
If found having a regular source of income during the conduct of eligibility check routine (ECR), 4Ps beneficiaries will be removed from the list.
Meanwhile, Sheryll Sanico, 4Ps regional information officer on the same occasion said, 4Ps has now registered a total of 125,057 beneficiaries in the Davao region covering four provinces, three cities, 32 towns and 625 barangays.
These beneficiaries are in Davao City (16,557); in eight towns of Davao del Sur (34,084); in two cities and eight towns in Davao del Norte (24,454); in nine towns of Davao Oriental (24,576); and in seven towns of Compostela Valley (25,186). [PIA 11/jean duron-abangan]
Regional Grievance Officer Odissa Esther Kilayco said Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) links at the community level are giving emphasis on the prohibition of ATM pawning and misusing of 4Ps cash grants during assemblies with beneficiaries.
They are also warning beneficiaries of the possible suspension of cash grant release if they are found guilty of using it to purchase goods or services other than for the education and health of their children.
“Dapat focus lang jud ang kwarta sa education ug health sa mga bata,” she said in a radio interview over DXRP Radyo ng Bayan Davao.
Kilayco admitted that complaints on diversion of 4Ps cash grants, particularly to alcoholic drinking sprees, and pawning of 4Ps ATM cards had reached DSWD, but added that the accused were not outright delisted because due process has to be undertaken.
The complainant has to fill in a form stated his or her accusation. There will be fact-finding to be conducted and if found guilty, the accused will be warned verbally. A written warning will follow the succeeding offense and the accused is given 15 days to explain.
4Ps beneficiaries will also be delisted if they file a waiver stating their ineligibility for such government cash grant which is intended only for the survival needs of the poorest of the poor.
If found having a regular source of income during the conduct of eligibility check routine (ECR), 4Ps beneficiaries will be removed from the list.
Meanwhile, Sheryll Sanico, 4Ps regional information officer on the same occasion said, 4Ps has now registered a total of 125,057 beneficiaries in the Davao region covering four provinces, three cities, 32 towns and 625 barangays.
These beneficiaries are in Davao City (16,557); in eight towns of Davao del Sur (34,084); in two cities and eight towns in Davao del Norte (24,454); in nine towns of Davao Oriental (24,576); and in seven towns of Compostela Valley (25,186). [PIA 11/jean duron-abangan]
