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The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD-10) Field Office 10 has already commenced its release of cash grants to household beneficiaries.

The crediting of the cash grants started in the first week of July to all beneficiaries in Northern Mindanao who have Land Bank cash cards.

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4Ps is a government’s poverty-reduction strategy that provides cash grants to extremely poor households aimed at helping them raise educated and healthy children aged 18 years and younger.

It utilizes the Conditional Cash Transfer scheme where beneficiaries receive cash grant provided that they send their children to school, get preventive health check-up, and the parents attend the monthly Family Development Session.

Active household beneficiaries will receive monthly health grant of P500 and educational grant of P300 and P500 for elementary and senior high school students, respectively. A maximum of three children per household is qualified to receive the grant.

Currently, Northern Mindanao has 260,663 active household beneficiaries of 4Ps.

Meanwhile, a total of 26 billion pesos has been released to cover two months of cash grants plus the rice subsidy and Unconditional Cash Transfer subsidy of the more than 3 million beneficiaries of 4Ps nationwide.

The UCT is a one-time cash subsidy given to 10 million poor households including the 4Ps beneficiaries to help them cope with the effects of the implementation of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion Law. (dswd x)

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