PANTAWID PAMILYANG PILIPINO PROGRAM

The Program
Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (Pantawid Pamilya) is a poverty reduction
strategy that provides grants to extremely poor households to improve their health,
nutrition and education particularly of children aged 0-14 dual objectives:
 Social Assistance- to provide cash assistance to the poor to alleviate their
needs (short term poverty alleviation); and,
 Social Development- to break the intergenerational poverty cycle through
investments in human capital.

It is patterned after the successful Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) Programs in Latin
america and Africa. CCT has been cited as one of the key factors behind the positive
cosi-economic outcomes achieved by Brazil where 11 million families are currently
enrolled in the program, and other countries.

The Beneficiaries of Pantawid Pamilya

 The poorest households in the country selected through a uniform, objective and
transparent set of criteria.

Expected Outcomes
 Health and nutrition
o Significant decrease in the prevalence of stunting
o Significant increase in the number of pregnant women getting antenatal,
postnatal care, and childbirth assisted by a skilled birth attendant
o Significant increase in the number of children 0-5 years availing of health
preventive services and immunization
 Education
o Significant increase in school attendance
o Significant increase in enrolment in elementary school and high school
o Significant increase in the average years of education completed
 Empowerment
o Significant increase in skills and interests of mothers transacting with
banking institutions
o Significant increase in knowledge and ability of parents/mothers to use
and mobilize government and other community services and facilities
 
Criteria in the Selection of Beneficiaries
 
There are three (3) steps in identifying the beneficiaries:
 
Step 1: Provinces were selected using the following criteria:
a. 20 poorest provinces based on the 2006 Family Income and Expenditure
Survey (FIES);
b. Poorest provinces in six regions without a province in the list of 20 poorest
provinces; and
 c. Five cities in the National Capital Region, two cities in the Visayas, two cities in
Mindanao and one in the Cordillera.
 
Step 2: The selection of the poorest municipalities from the above provinces based
on small Area Estimates (SAE) and FIES where saturation surveys of
households are being conducted
 
Step 3: Computerized selection of the poorest households based on a ranking
system using Proxy-Means Test (PMT) developed for the program.
The PMT assesses socio-economic characteristics such as: ownership of
assets/appliances; type of housing unit; level of educational attainment of
household heads; and access to water and sanitation facilities.
 
Households to Benefit from Pantawid Pamilya
 
Pantawid Pamilya targets three hundred twenty-one thousand (321,000)
households.
Six thousand (6,000) pilot households from he municipalities of Sibagat and
Esperanza in Agusan del Sur, Lopez-Jaena and Bonifacio in Misamis Occidental and
Pasay and Caloocan cities in the NCR have received cash assistance since January
2008.
 
Selection Process
 The DSWD selects the beneficiaries based on the selection system developed for the
program.
The Local Chief Executives or barangay officials are not participants in the selection
process. However, concerned LGUs assist DSWD staff in the conduct of community
assemblies which are part of the program process and procedures to validate potential
and final beneficiaries.
 
Benefits of the Program
 Pantawid Pamilya provides cash grants to the beneficiaries such as:
P6,000 a year or P500 per month per household for health and nutrition expenses; and,
P3,000 for one school year or 10 months or P300/month per child for educational
expenses. A maximum of three children per household is allowed.
A household with three qualified children shall have a subsidy of P1,400 per month or
P15,000 annually as long as they comply with the conditionalities.
 
Conditionalities of the Program
 
To avail of the cash grants, beneficiaries should comply with the following conditions:
 Pregnant women must get pre- and post-natal care, and be attended during
childbirth by a skilled/trained health professional;
 Parents or guardians must attend responsible parenthood sessions, and parent
effectiveness seminars;
 Mothers must attend mother’s classes
  Children 0 to 5 years old must receive regular preventive health check-ups and
vacancies;
 Children aged 3-5 years old must attend day care or pre-school classes at least
85% of the time; and,
 Children 6 to 14 years old must enroll in elementary or high school and attend at
least 85% of the time.
 
Why these conditions?
 High infant, child and maternal mortality rates
 Malnutrition (stunting) of children
 High drop-out rate, low rate of completion of primary education and low rate of
progression to secondary school
 High prevalence of child labor
To encourage parents to invest in their children’s (and their own) human capital: health,
nutrition, and education

How Beneficiaries Get their Money

 
The monthly cash grants shall be received by the most responsible person in the
household, usually the mother, through a Landbank cash card.
Each household beneficiary will receive the cash grants for at most, five years.
 
Measures to Verify Compliance to the Conditions
 
The DSWD in coordination with the Advisory Council composed of DepEd, DOH, DILG,
NAPC and the LGU representatives at the national, regional and municipal levels will
verify compliance every two months using monitoring tools developed for the purpose.

Failure to Meet Conditionalities

 
Non-compliance to the conditions will result in the suspension of cash grants or
dropping from the program.
 
Budget Alloted for the Program
For 2008, P2.1 Billion has been allotted for the 321,000 household-beneficiaries.
From 2009 to 2013, P5 Billion per year is needed for the same 321,000
household-beneficiaries.

Partner Agencies
 Department of Health
 Department of Education
 Department of Interior and Local Government
 National Anti-poverty Commission
 Local Government Units
 Landbank