SECTOR: Social Services
SONA YEAR: 2022
Strengthen AICS program
PROMISE STATUS - DATE: In progress as of 07/17/2023
- An amendment to the circular implementing the AICS in August 2022 simplified the application forms, allowed same-day-release of cash assistance or guarantee letters, and lengthened the validity period of documentary requirements.
- The DSWD opened satellite offices in Monumento, Caloocan City; Pasig City; Baclaran, Paranaque City; and, San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan. Another DSWD satellite office will soon be opened in Rodriguez, Rizal.
- Two Senate bills and 13 House bills seeking to institutionalize the AICS program are pending at the committee level.