THE Cebu City government has tapped the Listahanan database of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to better serve persons with disabilities (PWDs).
The city’s Department of Social Welfare Services (DSWS) is currently serving 10,168 PWDs who each receive financial assistance of P5,000 per year.
Out of the 10,168 individuals, 476 were identified poor in the Listahanan database based on the name matching conducted by the DSWD-7’s field office.
“As a local government unit, we opted to use the Listahanan because it is important that different government agencies will be given a list of poor households that need their specific area of responsibility expertise,” said DSWS head Dr. Ester Concha.
“Priorities will be focused on, plan of action will be formulated, budget will be assessed accordingly and implementation of giving out specific needs will be done in a timely and orderly manner,” Concha said.
Aside from the P5,000 financial assistance, DSWS also provided other services like issuance of PWD ID card and PWD booklet; provision of assistive devices such as wheelchairs, canes and hearing aids; and social enhancement such as personality development sessions.
Listahanan, formerly called the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction, is an information management system that identifies who and where the poor households are in the country.
It aims for government and civil society to establish objective targeting system on the social protection programs and services to the poor.