The Department of Budget and Management released last Friday the P6.2-billion fund for the program that will be distributed as monthly assistance to low-income families. I said, ‘on Monday morning, sir,’” Tulfo said in Filipino. “President Marcos called me on Saturday to ask when would we give the cash assistance to the people. Tulfo said the process of depositing the grant to the beneficiaries’ cash cards will start this morning, and may only take five to six days. The beneficiaries who will receive assistance consist of four million families from the 4Ps six million non-4Ps who were former beneficiaries of the Unconditional Cash Transfer Program and 2.4 families on the DSWD “Listahanan,” or the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction – the database established by the DSWD to identify the country’s poorest families. The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) chief, who officially assumed his post last Thursday, said that they aim to cover 12.4 million Filipino beneficiaries under the TCT program. MANILA, Philippines - After vowing to clean up the list of beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), Social Welfare Secretary Erwin Tulfo gave assurance that the department will start distribution of the P500 targeted cash transfer (TCT) dole-outs to the country’s poorest families to cushion the effects of escalating prices of oil and basic commodities.
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