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OUR
STORY
BACKGROUND
Even before 1991, when there were
about 4.69 million Filipino families found to be within or below
the poverty threshold, poverty eradication programs were already
being implemented.
However, assessments of these programs made by the Philippine Institute of
Development Studies (PIDS) for the former Philippine Commission to
Fight Poverty (PCFP) concluded that the government has generally
failed to ensure the requirements for basic survival and
development of the poor. The difficulties encountered in the
delivery of direct anti-poverty programs reportedly stem from the
following:
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Fragmented implementation of programs, and the inconsistent or inadequate
response to the problem at hand as different line agencies have instituted their
own poverty alleviation programs in fulfillment of different mandates;
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Failure to mobilize communities to help themselves;
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Changes in the institutions and strategies created problems of transition that
obscure the priorities in the government's delivery of social services;
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Financial and economic repercussions of the debt crisis have severely cut into the
government's ability to expand to the socio-economic sectors leaving social services
with a low share in the national budget.
Learning from these experiences, former president Fidel V. Ramos, called for the
re-packaging of all government programs into the Social Reform Agenda (SRA).
To avoid the failures made in the past, emphasis was given to the bottom-top
approach and to multi-sectoral and multi-level consultative processes that run
through implementation strategies and impact evaluation. 
OBJECTIVES
Make strategies
like community organizing, total family approach, focused-targeting and
convergence basic mechanisms for program implementation;
Develop the capabilities of individuals, families, communities and
sectors to undertake productive activities, gain access and manage the
delivery of basic social services in response to their basic
needs;
Monitor and evaluate changes in the quality of life of targeted poor
families and communities using the minimum basic needs (MBN)
approach;
Foster a sustainable partnerships between the private and public sectors
in the delivery of social services at the community level.
STRATEGIES
CONVERGENCE: the pooling together of
resources of government, non-government and people's organization in
addressing the basic needs of marginalized families and communities.
Also the advocacy of a synchronicity of resources, services and
interventions by social and development agencies as well as the
strengthening of inter-agency groups, known as convergent teams, in the
definition and resolution of programs of cooperation. (What is in a
name?...)
FOCUSED TARGETING:
the prioritization of individuals, families and communities identified
by a convergent team as the primary beneficiaries of the social services
delivered.
COMMUNITY ORGANIZING:
the mobilization of the community members that operate as an organized
group, able to take part in the decision-making process of government
and community for effective identification and delivery of social
services. It involves the process of preparing the community and
motivating them to develop structures that will work on the resolution
of priority problems.
TOTAL FAMILY APPROACH:
the delivery of services or programs is focused on the needs of the
family. All members of the family who are in need of basic services have
to be assisted simultaneously with the head of the family, who usually
bears the greater responsibility of providing for the other basic needs.
PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION
There are steps
in the implementation of programs that are followed. These steps ensure
that the processes of program implementation are properly executed.
SOCIAL PREPARATION
: Making the community aware of their problems and how they can solve
them. The community participates in the gathering and analyzing of
relevant data; the identification and prioritizing the problems for
accurate appraisal of community resources that can be used to address
their identified needs
GROUP ORGANIZATION AND MOBILIZATION
: Forming core volunteer groups and community welfare structures that
serve as resource and change agents. These groups help resolve specific
sectoral concerns who have difficulty meeting their basic needs thus
preventing them from performing their roles in their family and
community. Essential to this is the involvement in the participative
process of planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of needed
projects and activities.
CAPABILITY BUILDING/TRAINING
: Conducting training activities and other skills enhancement activities
that equip the volunteers, the families and their leaders in ensuring
the project or programs' sustainability. Positive changes are geared
towards values, attitudes and practices.
ACCESSING SOCIAL SERVICES :
Claiming the services and other assistance they need to address their
identified minimum basic needs. This is where the families and the
community tap and maximize resources from government agencies and
non-government agencies in realizing their development plans.
MONITORING AND EVALUATION:
Reviewing the changes in the family and community's way of life
resulting from the accessed basic social services. Commitments of
government agencies are measured as to the extent of convergence of
services are done as well as resolutions to weaknesses identified.
THE MINIMUM
BASIC NEEDS APPROACH
The Minimum Basic Needs (MBN) is an
approach and a dataset used in the development of indicators for
poverty monitoring and analyses. This data collection and
reporting system improves the timely, consistent and accurate
reporting of poverty data.
All government agencies working to combat poverty adhere to the
MBN approach as a strategy for:
Planning
: basis for the identification of projects for implementation and
for the prioritization of individuals, families and localities.
Implementation
: realization of the programs or projects needed by the community
as well as the basis for mobilizing the community welfare
structures.
Monitoring and Evaluation
: determines how much improvement is taking place in the quality of
life in every individual, family or community
The Minimum Basic Needs addresses a family's :
1.Survival Needs :Food and Nutrition,
Health, Water and Sanitation and Clothing.
2.Security Needs : Shelter, Peace and
Order/ Public Safety.
3.Enabling Needs : Basic Education and
Literacy, People's Participation in Community Development and
Family Psycho-social Care.
THE
LEGAL BASES
PROCLAMATION NO. 548 of 1995
: The policy requiring government agencies to converge at all
levels and to involve relevant sectors and organizations in poverty
eradication. Also call for the adoption of the MBN Approach.
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 194 of 1995
: The issuance of the convergence policy and the CIDSS approach
processes.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 443 of 1997
: The declaration that CIDSS be the national anti-poverty delivery
mechanism for the MBN approach
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8425 :
The Social Reform and Poverty Alleviation Mechanism for the MBN. The
institutionalization of CIDSS as the anti-poverty delivery mechanism for
the MBN.
THE
INTERMEDIARIES
CIDSS targets
the basic sectors:
1.Women
2.Disadvantaged children, youth and students
3.Elderly
4.Persons with disability (PWD)
5.Disaster Victims
THE
CONSTITUENTS
Lead Agency
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)
Partner Agencies
Department
of Health (DOH)
Department of Education Culture and Sports (DECS)
Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG)
Department of Agriculture (DA)
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)
Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR)
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)
Department of Budget and Management (DBM)
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)
National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA)
Technical Education Skills Development Authority (TESDA)
Philippine Information Agency (PIA)
National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC)
Commission on Population (POPCOM)
Presidential Commission on Urban Poor (PCUP)
National Nutrition Council
League of Provinces of the Philippines
League of Cities of the Philippines
League of Municipalities of the Philippines
Liga ng Mga Barangay
Non-Government Organizations (NGOs)
Peoples Organization (PO)
Basic
Sectors and Civil Societies
FOR
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