Philippine Conditional Cash Transfer Program

1. PantawidPamilyang Pilipino Program (4P’s ) for the Regional Conference on Public Sector Management in Support of the MDG’s13-15 June 2012Bangkok, Thailand by:Honorita B. Bayudan Philippine Conditional Cash Transfer Program Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)

2. DSWD Mandate “To provide assistance to local government units (LGUs), non-government organizations (NGOs), other national government agencies (NGAs); people’s organizations (POs) and other members of civil society in effectively implementing programs, projects, and services that will alleviate poverty and empower disadvantaged individuals, families and communities for an improved quality of life.” (Executive Order No 15 dated 20 August 1998)

3. 4P’s BASIC CONCEPTS AND PROCEDURES PROGRAM DESCRIPTION • It promotes and supports the Philippine Commitment to the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child (CRC) through provision of health, education and other services as basic rights of children. • The program was patterned after the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programs in Latin American countries such as Mexico, Columbia and Brazil which have been proven successful as a poverty reduction and social development measure. PROGRAM GOALS • Social Assistance – to provide cash assistance to the poor to alleviate their needs (short term). • Social Development – to break the intergenerational poverty cycle through investment in human capital , i.e. health, nutrition and education ( long term )

4. Designed to Meet the MDGs 4Ps works to attain the following MDGs: Improving Maternal Health Eradicating Extreme Poverty and Hunger Achieving Universal Primary Education Promoting Gender Equality and Empowering Women Reducing Child Mortality

5. Objectives • To improve preventive health care among pregnant women and young children • To increase the enrollment in and attendance rate of children in school • To reduce the incidence of child labor • To raise the average consumption rate in food expenditure of poor households • To encourage parents to invest in their children’s (and their own) human capital through investments in their health and nutrition, education, and participation in community activities

6. Conditions as Co-responsibilities • Health & Nutrition • Pregnant women avail pre- and post- natal care and Childbirth supervised by health professional • Children 0 to 5 years old avail complete immunization, weight monitoring, nutrition counseling & preventive health services • Children 6 to 14 avail de-worming pills twice a year

7. Conditions as Co-responsibilities • Education • Children 3 to 5 years old enrolled in Day Care with 85% class attendance/month • Children 6 to 14 enrolled in elementary and high school with 85% class attendance/month • Parenting Education • Attend Family Development Sessions once a month

8. Program Benefits 4Ps provides conditional cash grants to beneficiaries, through Landbankcash , to wit: Health and Nutrition Grant P6,000 per year or P500 per month per household or $ 11.6 Education P3,000 per year or P300 per month per child for 10 months a year, to a maximum of 3 children per household or $ 6.9 at P 43 to a dollar A household with three qualified children receives a subsidy of P1,400/month during the school year or P15,000 annually as long as they comply with the conditionalities , the amount range from $ 11 ( P 500 ) to $ 32 (P 1,400.00) depending on the number of eligible children

9. Modes Of Payment Land Bank ATM (cash card) = 1,019,819 HH Land Bank Over-the-Counter (Off-Site) = 560,441 HH Globe G-Cash Remit = 525,870 HH Rural Banks = 417,860 HH First Consolidated Bank (FCB) = 44,879 HH Philpost – 170,598 HH The parameter as basis in determining the conduit is P 100.00 expense on the part of the beneficiary

10. 5 Family Registry Preparation (Final list of enrolled 4Ps beneficiaries with LBP enrollment) 4 Community Assembly (Registration and Validation of Households) 3 Selection of Households (Enumeration, PMT, & Eligibility Check) 2 Supply-Side Assessment (Availability of health & education facilities & service providers) 6 1st Release 7 Verification of Compliance with Conditions 8 2nd Succeeding Releases 1 Selection of Provinces / Municipalities (SAE) Community Assemblies Updates/Grievance and Complaints Program Cycle

11. NHTSPR Overview PROJECT BACKGROUND: • NHTSPR was established after the 4Ps (CCT) proved the targeting system was a more effective approach in determining and ensuring poor households enjoy the benefits; • The NHTSPR Project Management Offices (N/RPMOs) were established last March 2009 composed of a mix of regular and contracted personnel of the DSWD to implement the nationwide assessment. The PMOs hired and trained field staff consisting of enumerators, encoders, area supervisors, area coordinators, regional field supervisors, and regional IT officers. • Target number of households to cover is 4.7M poor households out of 1,492 municipalities and 137 cities nationwide; • Information Technology (IT) systems such as Encoding Application (with validation routines), Proxy Means Test module, and Duplicity Checker along with hardware equipments (such as servers, internet connectivity and collocation, laptops, storage facility, etc.) were simultaneously developed, tested and deployed during the enumeration phase; • Executive Order 867 series of 2010, “Providing for the Adoption of the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction as the Mechanism for Identifying Poor Households who shall be Recipients of Social Protection Programs Nationwide”

12. The Household Targeting System • Feature of the Household Assessment • Assess all households in all poor areas and those pockets of poverty through house to house interviews using a 2-page questionnaire with 34 variables. Interviews are conducted inside the household since most of the variables used for assessing household status are observable and verifiable such as • Housing conditions (walls, roof) and tenure status (own or rent house), • Access to basic services (toilet, water supply, electricity) and • Ownership of assets, • Household composition and size by key age groups (small children, school age children, elderly), • Education of household members (no education, elementary, high school, college), • Occupation

13. STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION DATA SHARING • DSWD’s PantawidPamilya, Social Pension, and Rice Subsidy for Farmer’s and Fisherfolk’s • Philippine Health Insurance’s Social Indigent Sponsorship Program • Department of Energy on Electrification Project • NAPC on Waterless Communities Project • Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process on Internal Displacement Project • International Labor Organization on Child Labor • World Vision • All Congressmen • Five (5) Provincial Governor s

14. Selection of Household Beneficiaries through the Household Targeting System –NHTS NPMO Selection of Areas to be surveyed based on Poverty Incidence (NSCB data) Geographical Targeting 1. Assess all households in areas selected based on geographical targeting. Household Assessment (Enumeration) 2. • Income is estimated through proxy variables of the socioeconomic conditions of the HH instead of asking directly about their income. Selection of Poor Beneficiaries using Proxy Means Test 3. • Identification of potential 4Ps beneficiaries (i.e. households with pregnant women and or children 0-14 y/o Eligibility Check 4.

15. PROGRAM SYSTEM AND COMPONENTS SUPPLY SIDE ASSESSMENT (SSA) BENEFICIARY DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM COMPLIANCE VERIFICATION SYSTEM FAMILY DEVELOPMENT SESSION GRIEVANCE REDRESS SYSTEM PAYMENT SYSTEM

16. 4Ps Project Management & Organizational Structure INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT AND MECHANISM National Project Management Office (NPMO) National Project Management Team Regional Project Management Office (RPMO) , Regional Project Management Team • National Project Management Office - oversee and provide technical support to the overall management and operations of the program, and mainstreamed in the overall operation of DSWD at the national level through the NPMT. • Regional Project Management Offices -execute all plans, policies, tasks and activities in the implementation of the program and mainstreamed in the overall regional operation through the RPMT.

17. Interagency Partnerships • 4Ps is implemented through an inter-agency cooperation between the Department of Social Welfare and Development and the ff partners: • Department of Education (DepEd) • Department of Heath (DOH) • Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) • National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) • Council for the Welfare of Children (CWC) • National Nutrition Council (NNC) • National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) • Department of Budget and Management (DBM) • Local Government Units (LGUs) 4Ps Joint Memorandum Circular s. of 2009 signed by the agencies articulates the collective and specific responsibilities of each agency in the implementation of Pantawid Pamilya.

18. Advisory Committees Policy Directions and Guidance Act as Nat’l Grievance Committee National Advisory Committee Regional Advisory Committee Translate national policies into region-specific operational guidelines. Resolves grievance and complaints Provincial Advisory Committee Supply Side augmentation and Monitoring, provision of support services and resolutions of grivances & complaints Municipal Advisory Committee Ensure/facilitate provision of supply side needs and support services for 4Ps beneficiaries .

19. Partnerships with Volunteers • For transparency and participation the DSWD enjoins the involvement of Volunteer Groups and NGOs in the implementation of its mandate; • Aimed at sharing of expertise, skills, and knowledge in working with disadvantaged individuals, groups and families; • Affirmation of commitments through a Memorandum of Agreeement for partnership and collaboration in the implementation of the program.

20. PROGRAM STATUS AND TARGETS FOR 2012 Household Coverage by Island Group (as of 23 May 2012

23. Convergence and Commitments with Partners • Partnership with CSOs - As of March 2012, the Department has engaged with 311 CSOs, of which 304 are local partners with 7 national networks thru a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) in monitoring the transparency of program implementation under the framework Bantay, Gabay, Tulay, and Kaagapay. Some of the CSO’s with MOA with DSWD are I Serve QC, Sinag PPVR QC, CO Multidiversity in NCR and Rizal,Urban Poor Alliance, Negrense Volunteers for cchange, MAGNETO, Change Politics Movement • TrabahongLansanganngProgramangPantawidPamilyang Pilipino Program. DSWD and DPWH jointly launched the said project in 5 September 2011 inTondo, Manila. From January to March, a total of 1,651PantawidPamilya beneficiaries were hired to work on landslide maintenance, road maintenance, declogging of drainage laterals, and street sweeping. For this year, a total of 2,167 beneficiaries are targeted for the project. • Students Grants-in-Aid Program in Poverty Alleviation. As part of the approved Disbursement Acceleration Plan of Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and reflecting the Government thrusts in effectively addressing poverty, • Department of Environment and Natural Resources for the greening of the environment as its contribution to climate change

24. 4Ps Pilot Spot Check – SWS STUDY AREAS COVERED - Municipalities of Palapag, Mondragon, and Pambujan in Northern Samar in February-March 2010 (760 hh beneficiaries) • On average, each pregnant woman received 4.7 visits (antenatal care services) during the duration of the pregnancy • Of 611 respondents, 79% (482) attended ante-natal care services at least 3 times during the duration of the pregnancy; • 82% (564 of 689) of children under-five years old attend growth monitoring and health checkups in health centers in accordance to DOH protocols • 62% (101 of 164) of the children 1-2 years old received full immunization, and 84% (137 of 164) had received at least one immunization • All 6-14 years old (1,018) received deworming pills at least once while 32% received two doses during the last school year • 6-11 year-olds: 96% (422 of 440) attend more than 85% of the school days in the last 3 months • 12-14 year-olds: 86% (77 of 90) attend more that 85% of the school days in the last 3 months

25. Key Findings of IPC -Ateneo de Manila • Generally observed improvements in school attendance and use of health services (Immunization, nutrition, illness management, and maternal health services • Students come to school with better clothing, project materials, and food making them more active in classrooms • 4Ps is subsidizing the most essential needs of beneficiary households and significantly eased the scarcity during the lean season • Changes to beneficiary behaviors for demanding more and better health and education services are observed • Reduction in child labor MORE COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION IS CONTINOUSLY BEING DONE BY WORLD BANK AND OTHER DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS Conclusion: 4Ps has a lot of potential in improving people’s lives and changes in beneficiary behaviors (related to health and education) have been observed.

26. CHALLENGES • Need to address supply side requirements in Pantawid Pamilya areas • Intensify validation process of household beneficiaries to reduce inclusion/exclusion errors • Strengthen partnership with NGAs, NGOs, CSOs and Faith Based Groups along Bantay, Gabay, Tulay, and Kaagapay

27. Explore other modalities of payments in very isolated Pantawid Pamilya areas • Increase involvement of key stakeholders such as PSWDO, SWDOs, NAC, PAC, MAC members • Implement exit and graduation schemes and plans for Set 1 and 2 beneficiaries through Case Management System using Social Welfare Indicators as a tool. • Accessing and augmentation of support services by the LGUs in preparation for and as part of the exit plan/graduation scheme for beneficiaries.

28. CONVERGENCE FRAMEWORK There is a need to strategically pool together the expertise and resources of the Department to be more efficient in the implementation of projects and programs for poverty reduction. • Common understanding (what and how) • Common commitment (institutional support) • Common resolve (convergent action) Objectives are : • Maximize resources by reducing duplication of Efforts and enhancing efficiency • Enhance local skills, knowledge, and collaborative action between stakeholders for sustainability . Enhance local skills, knowledge, and collaborative action between stakeholders for sustainability

29. 4Ps GEOGRAPHIC CONVERGENCE KALAHI-CIDSS 48 provinces 48 provinces 46 provinces 46 provinces SEA-K 78 provinces 78 provinces* 79 provinces* * Excluding cities, with Metro Manila counted as one province.

30. Convergence of Strategies CDD Kalahi-CIDSS Livelihood SEA-K CCT 4Ps

31. Convergence of Outcomes 4Ps Improved delivery of Services to the poorest Kalahi- CIDSS Improved Human and Social Capital Inclusion and Participation SEA-K

32. Support to the Convergence Efforts • BANTAY Projects & activities on anti-corruption • GABAY A mechanism in extending technical assistance • TULAY Refers to facilitating action, feedback and monitoring • KAAGAPAY Projects and activities on anti-poverty

33. Thank You