Social Services

 

I. Child Welfare Services

1) Day Care Services under R.A. 6972, ECCD and P.D. 603 ages 0-6 years old
2) Supplemental Feeding Assistance (SFA) for day care children and malnourished children of the municipality
3) Parents Effectiveness Service (PES)
4) Services to child with disabilities (Breaking Barriers for Children – BBC STAC Umingan – 14 years old below – providing therapy sessions and Special Education (SPED) Class during Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at the Umingan Municipal Library.

II. Youth Welfare

1) Organization of Out of School Youth (OSY/PYA) – 15 to 24 years old as per Administrative Order # 48 – Unlad Kabataan Program

a) Provision of Skills Training
b) Provision of Scholarship / TESDA
2) Services to Youth Offenders or Children In Conflict with the Law (CICL)
3) Services to Child in Especially Difficult Circumstances (CEDC) Minor victims of abuse as per R.A. 9262, R.A. 7610, P.D.603
4) Peer Group Service

III. Program for Needy Adult & Women’s Welfare

1) Aid to Individual in Crisis Situation (AICS)
The Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office provides emergency financial assistance or referral for free services to individuals and families who are in extremely difficult situations and have inadequate resources.

a. Financial Assistance to the sick and needy.
b. Aid to Women in Especially Difficult Circumstances (WEDC)

The situations covered are:
1. Death of an immediate family – burial assistance
2. Victims of Disaster (man-made /natural)
3. Medical Problem

Requirements:
1. Burial Assistance – Photocopy of relative’s Death Certificate
2. Medical Certificate
3. Certificate of Indigency from the Barangay
4. Case Study Report

2) Empowering Women by organizing them into Kalipunan ng Liping Pilipina (KALIPI) under R.A. 7192 – ages 18-59 years old, married/single
3) Skills Training form MSWDO/PSWDO/DSWD/TESDA
4) Self-Employment Assistance (SEA)
5) Community Involvement and Participation
6) Services to Family
a) Pre-Marriage Counseling Service
b) Community Development Participation
c) Trial Separation Counseling
d) Marital Conflict Counseling
e) Program for SOLO PARENT under R.A. 8972
7) Welfare for the Disabled Person (PWD) under R.A. 7277
a) Organization of Persons With Disability
b) SEA for Person with Disability with livelihood project
c) AICS for Person with Disability
d) Rehabilitation of Person with Disability
e) Skills Training / Scholarship at Area Vocational Rehabilitation Center (AVRC) Dagupan

IV. Welfare for the Elderly

RA 7432 provides for maximum contribution of the senior citizen to nation building and benefits and privileges. This was enacted to motivate and encourage senior citizens aged 60 years old and over to contribute to nation building and to mobilize their families in the community where they live to re-affirm the valued Filipino tradition of caring the elderlies. At present, a Senior Care Center is operational in the municipality, which is established in Poblacion. The members of the association have been provided with ID’s and already participating in all activities that the municipality conducts. At present, there are 9,319 members of the association recognized by the Office of the Municipal Social Welfare.
1) organized Senior Citizens – socialization under R.A. 9267
2) Provision of I.D.
3) Provision of AICS
4) Provision of Purchase Booklet for Medicine
5) Provision of Purchase Booklet for Grocery
6) Community Participation and Involvement
7) Mortuary Aid to VETERANS and DEATH AID for SENIOR CITIZENS (for registered Death Aid members only)

V. Disaster Victims

1) AICS for victims
2) Disaster Managements and Rehabilitation
3) Emergency Shelter Assistance
4) Emergency Relief

VI. Community Services

1) Community Welfare Structures Development Organization to empower them and to avail to Self-Employment Assistance (SEA) – from MSWDO and from DSWD Regional Office.
2) Provision of Solicitation Permit to persons, corporations, organizations / association conducting fund raising for charitable or public welfare.