Name of Program Owner(s): Rosalie A. Presado / Gladys A.

Lozano
Functional Division: SGOD-HNU
Pillar 2: Equity
Intermediate Outcome: SIO#2.1- All school-age children and youth and adults in situations of
disadvantage are participating in inclusive basic learning opportunities
and receiving appropriate quality education
Strategy:#2
On customizing learner support services as appropriate to school-age children, youth, and adults
in situations of disadvantage,
including customized health, WASH, and nutrition facilities:

Rationale:
Republic Act (R.A.) No. 11037 titled “An Act Institutionalizing a National Feeding
Program for Undernourished Children in Public Day Care, Kindergarten and Elementary Schools
to Combat Hunger and Undernutrition Among Filipino Children and Appropriating Funds
Therefor,” otherwise known as the “Masustansyang Pagkain para sa Batang Pilipino Act,”
mandates the Department of Education (DepEd) and the Department of Social Welfare and
Development (DSWD), in consultation with other National Government Agencies (NGAs),
Local Government Units (LGUs), Non-Government Organizations (NGOs), and development
partners, to promulgate their respective rules and regulations for the efficient and effective
implementation of the National Feeding Program for Public Day Care Centers (PDCCs) or Child
Development Centers (CDCs), public kindergarten and elementary schools, pursuant to Section 4
of R.A. No. 11037 to address undernutrition among Filipino children. The National Feeding
Program is consistent with the Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition formulated by the National
Nutrition Council (NNC) where such plan aims to reduce stunting and wasting among preschool
and school children, as well as reduce micronutrient deficiencies to levels below public health
significance through the implementation of nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive programs

Outputs and Interventions:

The SBFP is an excellent mechanism for select intervention in the school-age learners as it
offers an opportunity not only for enhancing nutrition but also improving educational outcomes.
The Program provides hot meals/nutritious food products (NFP) and milk to undernourished
Kinder to Grade 6 public school learners to improve classroom attendance, encourage learners to
enroll, provide nourishment for their growth and development, contribute to the improvement of
their nutritional status, help boost their immune system, and enhance and improve their health
and nutrition values and behavior. The healthy meals provided are expected to contribute to the
readiness of the learner to participate and benefit in the education process, complete their
elementary education, and also to improve their nutritional status.

The program shall provide beneficiaries with hot meals/NFP through

school-based/delivery/rationing for one hundred twenty to two hundred twenty (120 to 220) days
and pasteurized or sterilized milk for at least sixty (60) feeding days. However, for School Year
2023-2024, hot meals/NFP shall be provided for at least one hundred twenty (120) days, five (5)
school days per week, while pasteurized or sterilized milk will be provided for at least forty-three
(43) feeding days, at least one (1) school day per week. The feeding days may be extended when
funds are available.

The SBFP Technical working group will conduct monitoring and evaluation and give
technical assistance in order to have a successful SBFP implementation.

Pillar 2: Equity
Goal: At the end of the SBFP Mid-Term In-Charge Cost Source
implementation, All beneficiaries shall Plan of fund
improve their nutritional status,
improve classroom attendance ,
encourage to enrol, & boost their
immune system.

Programs Activities 2023 202 2025

4
SBFP SBFP Orientation SBFP 32,900 SBFP
Coordinators Funds
NFP/Milk Feeding SBFP 4, SBFP
Coordinators 873,700 Funds
>SBFP Regional & >SBFP 21,000 SBFP
National Meeting Coorrdinators Funds
>Monitoring and >TWG
evaluation
PIR SBFP 40, SBFP
Coordinators 500 Fund