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BARANGAY COMPREHENSIVE LOCAL JUVENILE INTERVENTION PROGRAM

2020-2022

TABLE OF CONTENT

I. Introduction
II. Major Problems and Challenges Confronting Children, CAR and CICL
III. Goals and Expected Results
IV. Program Components
V. Local Referral Network and Coordination Mechanisms
VI. Monitoring and Evaluation
City CLJIP Results Matrix - Annex I
City Situational Analysis Annex I

I. Introduction

Barangay Zamora-Melliza, City Proper, Iloilo City is committed to promote the well-being and
protection of Children in Conflict with the Law and Children at Risk. Barangay Zamora-Melliza, City
Proper, Iloilo City is committed to the holistic development of all children and the realization of
their rights. Children have a right to survival, development, protection, and participation as stated
in the UN Convention on the Rights of the child (UNCRC).

When we work with children, we need to ensure that their rights are respected and their best
welfare is given paramount consideration. This applies even to children in conflict with the law
(CICL) and children-at-risk (CAR), especially because we look at them not as offenders and less
privileged but as individuals who need special protection and assistance. For this reason, we shifted
from retributive to restorative justice in handling CICL and CAR. Restorative justice holds the
offender accountable for the harm caused by the offense committed. It repairs severed
relationships to the extent possible with the maximum participation of the victim and the
community as it enables the CICL and CAR to become a better person. It gives emphasis on the just
reparation of the damage rather than on punishment especially through imprisonment.

To apply the principle of restorative justice, Sec. 22.b of Republic Act 9344 or the Juvenile Justice
and Welfare Act of 2006 mandates the conduct of diversion in the case of a CICL above 15 but
below 18 years old and was assessed to have acted with discernment. CICL and CAR have rights
which must be respected. According to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC): “States
Parties recognize the right of every child alleged as, accused of, or recognized as having infringed
the penal law to be treated in a manner consistent with the promotion of the child’s sense of
dignity and worth, which reinforces the child’s respect for the human rights and fundamental
freedoms of other and which takes into account the child’s age and the desirability of promoting
the child’s reintegration and the child’s assuming a constructive role in society” (Article 40.1) The
CRC emphasizes that children should be diverted away from judicial proceedings whenever possible
and redirected to community support services. (Article 37).

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Every single individual today is affected by juvenile delinquency. It affects parents, neighborhood in
the barangay, teachers and students at school, and families. It affects the victims of juvenile
delinquencies, the perpetrators, and the bystanders. While delinquency rates in Iloilo City can be
assumed to have been decreasing, rates are still too high. There have been numerous programs
that have attempted to lower this rate. According to the research made by Zagar & Busch, “a
number of different types of programs currently exist. Those that get involved with the delinquent
after the occurrence of deviant behavior tend to be less successful since by that point antisocial
habits are wwell-developed More effective programs are ones that intervene before the onset of
delinquent behavior and prevent that behavior – prevention programs. By getting involved in
children’s lives early, later crime can be effectively reduced.”

Republic Act 9344 otherwise known as the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of 2006, as amended by
Republic Act 10630 otherwise known as the Act Strengthening the Juvenile Justice System in the
Philippines, provides for the Local Government Units development of a Comprehensive Juvenile
Intervention Program to address the concerns of the Children-At-Risk (CAR) as well as the Children-
In-Conflict with the Law (CICL). Cognizant to this, the City Government of Iloilo City through the
Office of the City Mayor issued Executive Orders, and through the Sangguniang Panlungsod crafted
constructive Ordinances that champion the rights of CICL and CAR since 1990 up to present. These
ranges from regulatory ordinances to policies that promote rights of children of the city.

They are the following: (Please fill out the Ordinance No. and Title- based on the adoption of the
Barangay- Barangay Initiated or Adopted Ordinance )

RESOLUTION/ ORDINANCE TITLE

Resolution No. 23 s. 2021
Brgy. Ordinance No. 14
Resolution No. 19 s. 2021
Resolution No. 17 s. 2021
Resolution Adopting Iloilo City Regulation Ordinance No.
2019-506 entitled: “An Ordinance Providing for a Revised
Comprehensive Children’s Welfare Code of the City of
Iloilo City.
Ordinance Regulating all forms of Illegal Gambling,
Imposing Charges on Violations and Creating a Barangay
Anti-Illegal Gambling Task Force
Resolution Adopting RA 9231 entitled: “An Act Providing
for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labor and
Affording Stronger Protection for the Working Child,
Amending for this Purpose RA No. 7610 as amended”,
Oherwise known as the Special Protection of Children
Against Child abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination Act.
Resolution Approving and Adopting the Three (3) Years
Barangay Comprehensive Juvenile Justice Intervention
Program 2020-2022.

Source: Sangguniang Panlungsod, Iloilo City

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EXECUTIVE ORDER TITLE
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 5 s. 2021 AN EXECUTIVE ORDER CREATING THE BARANGAY
DIVERSION COMMITTEE,
ITS COMPOSITION AND SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS

I. MAJOR PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES CONFRONTING CHILDREN, CHILDREN-AT RISK, CHILDREN

IN CONFLICTT WITH THE LAW

 lack of information of some guidelines in handling children

• lack of reporting of cases regarding children
• multi-recording of cases that causes the bloating of cases recorded
• lack of cooperation of the offended victim/parties
• strong percentage of migration specifically, the influx of in-migrants
• weak follow-through or poor execution of ordinances and policies
• weak flow of information across departments/offices within city hall and among
partner agencies and CSOs
• persisting traditional belief that children involved in petty offenses should feel
the full brunt of the law.
• limited capability-building opportunities for all personnel involved in CAR/CICL-
related programs
• weak data collection and management system
• weak data analysis in support of policy formulation/management decision
• lack of participation of some parents during meetings
• tendency to continuously depend on the LGU programs and services for
practically all the basic needs among beneficiaries.
• tendency of child welfare programs to be politicized or used by politicians for their
own interests
• some tanods are not trained on the basics of children protection and not
oriented on CICL/CAR limiting their ability to properly implement the law
• availability of council members in attending the meetings due to the multiplicity of
functions and heavy workload
• council members lack technical know-how on children rights and the referral
system
• the political system – some members of the LCPC hold electoral positions and are
therefore not permanent

III. GOALS AND EXPECTED RESULTS

A. OVERALL GOAL: CHILDREN ARE CAPACITATED BY CHILD FOCUSED AND VALUES DRIVEN
FAMILY AND COMMUNITY INTERVENTIONS AND ARE AWARE OF THEIR RIGHTS AND ROLES IN
NATION BUILDING.

B. EXPECTED RESULTS

a. Outcome 1: 0 CAR/CICL
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i. Output 1: Children are able to avail of pre-school, primary, secondary and non-formal
education
ii. Output2: Children’s health/normal nutritional status maintained/improved

b. Outcome 2: PARENTS ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THEIR CHILDREN'S MEMBERSHIP IN

ORGANIZATIONS

i. Output 1: Parents and children/community residents provided with proper information

about drug abuse, child protection laws, diversion, other related topics and diversion
Parents and children/community residents provided with proper information about
drug abuse, child protection laws, diversion, other related topics and diversion
ii. Output 2: Children and parents provided with needed intervention
iii. Output 3: Children’s data are available
iv. Output 4: Parents acquire additional knowledge in parenting
v. Output 5: Children acquire knowledge in dealing with day to day activities/transactions

c. Outcome 2.1: DATA BASE OF CHILDREN IS AVAILABLE

i. Children’s birth, health, physical and educational status, and other circumstances are
recorded in the barangays

d. Outcome 2.2: PROGRAMS AND SERVICES ARE RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS OF THE CAR/CICL

i. Output 1: Service providers have clear understanding of referral system

ii. Output 2: Gaps / strengths and weaknesses in the programs and services identified

e. Outcome 2.3: COMMUNITY STRUCTURES ARE FUNCTIONAL

i. BCPC and LCPC members maintain political neutrality

f. Outcome 2.4: ALL BARANGAYS AND SUBDIVISIONS HAVE PLAYGROUND SPACE FOR THE
CHILDREN

g. Outcome 3: CHILDREN ARE REHABILITATED AND REINTEGRATED TO THEIR RESPECTIVE

COMMUNITIES

i. Children are placed in safe place and provided with needed services
ii. ii. Children are attended to by qualified and trained staff on time

II. PROGRAM COMPONENT

The Barangay Zamora-Melliza Local Comprehensive Juvenile Intervention Program is a three-year

exclusive and comprehensive community-based program that aims to address causes of offending,
provide assistance to CICL/CAR and alternative modes to avoid the child’s contact with the formal
justice system. The Iloilo City Council for the Protection of Children (ICCPC) with the City Social
Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) hereby established the Juvenile Intervention Program,
based on the Comprehensive National Juvenile Intervention Program Framework, on the following
levels:

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1) PRIMARY INTERVENTIONS (Developmental) includes general measures to promote social justice

and equal opportunity which will indirectly tackle perceived root causes of offending. These shall
include programs on advocacy, and socio-economic, health and nutrition, training and education
services.

2) SECONDARY INTERVENTIONS (Protective and Preventive) includes measures to assist children-

at-risk and to prevent them from offending. Interventions are focused on problem areas in the
child, family, and community, that in resolving such problems, the circumstances of the child would
return to a healthy and functioning state.

3) TERTIARY INTERVENTION (Remedial) includes measures to address the needs of children who
have committed an offense to prevent them from reoffending and to avoid unnecessary contact
with the formal justice system and other measures to prevent reoffending.

These include diversion programs, rehabilitation, reintegration and aftercare services. The City
Government of Iloilo, through the ICCPC, with the Barangay Council for the Protection of Children
(BCPC) in all the one hundred eighty (180) barangays in Iloilo City ensures the protection and the
provision for proper development of children in the city.

It ensures that children fully enjoy their rights and are brought up in a society which provides
safety, health, good moral environment and facilitates wholesome development. It shall provide:

1) Intervention Programs for children fifteen (15) years old and below who have committed an
offense;

2) Intervention Programs for children more than fifteen (15) years old but less than eighteen (18)
years old who acted without discernment; and

3) Diversion Programs for children more than fifteen (15) years old but less than eighteen (18) years
old who acted with discernment and who have committed an offence with an imposable penalty of
not more than six (6) years of imprisonment if diversion is conducted at the BCPC level, NCPO level
and Prosecutor's level and not more than 12 years of imprisonment if diversion is resorted to by the
family court.

The program will be further intensified with the program design that consists of interventions from
prevention, development as well as rehabilitation:

Program Component Description of the Beneficiaries and Budget Required and

Component’s Activities Location Sources

Model Local Juvenile Maintenance of the 100 School and Php 15,000 (SK Funds)
Intervention Program Brgy. Gulayan sa Community feeding
Pamayanan programs beneficiaries,
Barangay Gulayan sa
Pamayanan

Advocacy Conduct of Weekend 100 CAR and CILC Php 5,000.00 (BCPC
lectures and orientation Funds)
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on Child’s Rights and
the juvenile justice and
welfare act

Capacity Building Conduct of Seminar on 100 CAR and CICL Php 7,000.00 (BCPC
anger management skills, Funds)
problem solving and/or
conflict resolution skills,
and values formation.

Other locally identified Participation on 100 CAR and CICL Php 50,000.00 (Sports
components: Barangay Sports Clubs Development)
such as Basketball,
Chess, Baseball and
Volleyball

MENU OF INTERVENTIONS:

The Barangay Zamora-Melliza, City Proper, Iloilo City, in coordination with the CSWDO with the
ICCPC in participation of all sectors concerned particularly the child-focused institutions and
government agencies involved shall ensure to address the causes of juvenile delinquency.
Intervention programs include any or combination of but not limited to the following:

a. Guidance and counseling;

b. Spiritual and values formation;

c. Education, skills, and sports development;

d. Provision of support services to the family;

e. Referral to other agencies for appropriate services;

f. Access to child and youth organizations in the barangay.

g. Community-Based Service Program and;

e. Rehabilitative Counseling Session

The intervention Programs in the City of Iloilo are the following: Please fill out the columns required
based on the Barangay Programs, Projects, Activities (PPAs) implemented)- the basis will be the
BCPC Annual Work Plan

A. PRIMARY INTERVENTIONS

Interventions Responsible Office/Agency Specific Activity

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Early Childhood Care and CSWDO-ECCD Continuous implementation
Development and further development of
the ECCD Program
Parent Effectiveness Seminar 4Ps and BCPC Responsible Parenthood
Seminar
Advocacy activities on the BCPC, (KP) Katarungang Weekend Lectures on
rights of the child, land ws on Pambarangay and Brgy. Barangay Laws and
children especially RA 9344 Tanods Ordinances

Capacity building/training of BCPC & BDRRMC Basic Fire Fighting Training &
community volunteers for Basic First Aid Training
CICL

Awareness raising on the BCPC, (KP) Katarungang Weekend Lectures on

situations and laws on CICL Pambarangay and Brgy. Barangay Laws and
Tanods Ordinances
Giving all children access to BCPC & KAZAMAKA Basa Pag-asa Program
formal and/or informal (Barangay Literacy Program)
education

Livelihood programs Sangguniang Kabataan & Basic Haircut Training,

PYAP Dishwashing and Frozen
Foods Manufacturing and
Massage Therapist Training
Providing access to all SK and BCPC KAZAMAKA (Kabataang
children to join child/youth Zamora-Melliza Ayos Ka)
org.. (SK, PYA, faith-based Zamora-Melliza Community
org.) Drum and Lyre Corps

Provision of developmental Sangguiang Kabataan Brgy. Basketball League

activities (sports, arts) Volleyball League
Baseball Clinic

B. SECONDARY INTERVENTIONS

Interventions Responsible Office/Agency Specific Activity

Organization of Youth and BCPC
Children Organizations ICCPC
Advocacy on 9344
Youth Organizing and
Development activities for
youth
Provision of socio-economic
services to families at risk
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BCPC, (KP) Katarungang
Pambarangay and Brgy.
Tanods
SK, BCPC, PYAP, KAZAMAKA
Sangguniang Barangay, PESO
and DOLE
Organize/ sustain/ strengthen
Barangay Children’s
Organizations
Weekend Lectures on
Barangay Laws and
Ordinances
Pagpasanyog sang Igkasangkol
Program
B.A.T.A. (Bulig, Amlig, Tatap,
Atipan) sang Barangay
Program
DOLE TUPAD, Special Program
for the Employment of

Psychosocial interventions
(sessions by social worker to
CAR)
Family Therapy/Counseling to
the family of children at risk
Livelihood & skills trainings to
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Students (SPES)
LSWDO, BCPC Care, guidance and supervision
orders giving advice to the CICL
and her/his parents/guardians
(when necessary)
LSWDO, BCPC Care, guidance and supervision
orders giving advice to the CICL
and her/his parents/guardians
(when necessary)
Sangguniang Barangay, PESO DOLE TUPAD, Special Program
and DOLE for the Employment of
Students (SPES)

C. TERTIARY INTERVENTIONS

Interventions Responsible Office/Agency Specific Activity

Release on Recognizance CSWDO/BCPC Continuous monitoring /
(ROR) follow-up of child-related
cases
Community advocacies on RA BCPC, (KP) Katarungang Weekend Lectures on
9344 Pambarangay and Brgy. Barangay Laws and
Tanods Ordinances
Easy access to formal and BCPC, DEPED and Alternative Assistance on Enrolment on
non-formal education Learning System (ALS) ALS or Formal Public
Temporary shelter and Education
Provision of trade/skills
training

Life skills training BCPC, PYAP and ALS Pagpasanyog sang Igkasangkol
Program
Livelihood assistance to Sangguniang Barangay, PESO DOLE TUPAD, Special Program
families and DOLE for the Employment of
Students (SPES)

V. LOCAL REFERRAL NETWORK AND COORDINATION MECHANISMS (Please state the exact LOCAL
REFERRAL NETWORK AND COORDINATION MECHANISMS conducted by the Diversion Members
in the context of Barangay ) Sample words written below are provided for your ready reference
only.

Iloilo City has a very effective referral mechanism (to CSWDO, PNP, and to the courts) that readily
responds to concerns of CICLs/CARs. The steady flow of referral systems makes the processing of
cases fast and efficient. This in turn makes the chance of settlement between offender and victim
slimmer. If the CICL is under the custody of the CSWDO, their basic needs are met: food, clothing
and shelter.

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The Iloilo City CSWDO Crisis Intervention Unit (CIU) Drop-In Center and Dalayunan Home for Boys
are more than ready to attend to CICL/CARs’ needs. The presence of functional VAW desks in the
barangays helps improve response time. As a result, victims of domestic violence and abuse are
easily attended to at the community level. Awareness of the status of CICL at the community level is
also heightened with the use of accurate data collection.

On the other hand, the referral system might delay the resolution of the case if bureaucracy and
red tape get in the way. Under CSWDO custody, children might be abused by adult offenders.
DSWD personnel should therefore take caution or much better separate children from adult
offenders by providing separate cells/rooms. Discrepancies between data may take place, which
can lead to bloated figures, if data collection is left unchecked or not validated by concerned
personnel.

To address this, the city should conduct assemblies or fora on child protection to clarify roles of
different agencies in the maintenance of an effective referral system, thereby doing away from
bureaucracy and red tape. Moreover, more effective IEC on children’s rights should be
institutionalized to enhance community awareness on children protection and development. This
should be coupled with education/values formation trainings.

I. MONITORING AND EVALUATION (Please state the exact monitoring and Evaluation conducted
by the Diversion Members in the context of Barangay ) Sample words written below are provided
for your ready reference only.

Local Juvenile Justice Information System will allow the city government to regularly update the
local profile of Children-in-Conflict with the Law (CICL) and Children-at- Risk (CAR). A design for a
Comprehensive Juvenile Justice Intervention Program containing programs and strategies that is
relevant and responsive to the diverse needs of CICL and CAR population. And the program design
should be aligned with the Comprehensive National Juvenile Program Framework as developed by
JJWC.

The program will be in manual form and will be submitted to the Sangguniang Panlungsod for
adoption and to the Iloilo City Council for the Protection of Children for implementation.
Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) is a very important, and often overlooked component of Public
Sector Management (PSM), especially among Philippine local governments. It involves the
systematic collection and analysis of information about events associated with the implementation
of development programs and projects. It also provides the framework for improving or facilitating
project implementation.

The Local Project Monitoring Committee as the monitoring arm is mandated to monitor all
development projects (economic, social, infrastructure and other development projects) of the city.
The Results Based Matrix will be used as a tool for reporting and monitoring of the progress of
CICL/CAR.

Reporting and Monitoring Procedures (Columns below are provided for your reference – You may
include the Barangay Reporting and Monitoring Procedures as implemented).

ACTIVITY FREQUENCY RESPONSIBLE PERSON

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Conduct Review LCJIP Quarterly PMT Members
Program Assessment Quarterly PMT Members
Program Facilitation and Problem Quarterly PMT Members
Solving Sessions
Generation and Preparation of Quarterly PMT Members
Reports

Prepared by:

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Barangay Secretary

Approved:

__________________________
Punong Barangay/ Chairman
Barangay Diversion Committee

Noted :

______________________
DORIS E. REYES,RSW
Social Welfare Officer III
CSWDO-City Proper District

Approved:

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TERESA L. GELOGO, RSW
City Social Welfare and Development Officer
CSWDO-Iloilo City

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