ILOILO City – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is looking to complete the release of the P6,000 cash assistance for additional family-beneficiaries in Western Visayas by the end of July.
DWSD regional director Ma. Evelyn Macapobre said as of Monday morning, the release of social amelioration program (SAP) aid for families through financial service provider Starpay has been finalized.
Starpay will handle the payout for the remaining additional families in this region. The cash aid will be released through Cebuana Lhuiller and M’Lhuiller outlets except in Hinobaan, Ilog and Cauayan towns in Negros Occidental along with Carles in Iloilo.
The Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation will handle the payout for the three municipalities in Negros Occidental.
According to Macapobre, RCBC has to render the payout simultaneous with Starpay on July 23.
Qualified recipients will be provided with the beneficiary registration number (BRN) which they need to present together with their social amelioration card and identification card or barangay certificate to the financial service provider.
“Wait until you are contacted and given your BRN. Hopefully, everybody will cooperate so we can finish by July 31,” said Macapobre.
Carles town will be handled by the DSWD staff because financial service providers are not available in the area.
Macapobre said as of July 20, a total of P145.608 million for 24,268 additional beneficiaries has been released. Western Visayas has 161,000 additional SAP beneficiaries in total.
For the second tranche of the SAP payout, DSWD-6 has already submitted to the central office as of Monday four payrolls intended for an initial 327,468 beneficiaries, she added.
The releasing of financial assistance would immediately begin once the central office has downloaded the funds. DWSD staff will be handling by the payout in partnership with concerned local government units, Department of the Interior and Local Government, Philippine National Police, and Armed Forces of the Philippines.
Iloilo province and the cities of Iloilo and Bacolod are covered by the second tranche.
On the other hand, the second tranche for members of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program in this region have been released.
According to Macapobre, the P481.777 million fund has benefitted 103,608 families./PN
