A total of 13,316 senior citizens from the CALABARZON Region were provided monthly subsidy by the Department of Social Welfare and Development under the program Social Pension for Indigent Senior Citizens for the year 2014.

Under the program, the said senior citizens receive a subsidy of Php500.00 per month.  The said amount is expected to be used for their medical, health and other basic needs.

The total amount of subsidy allocated to the said senior citizens for the whole year is Php79,896,000.00.  The subsidies are released to the social pensioners quarterly in coordination with the Social Welfare and Development Offices and the Offices of the Senior Citizen Affairs of each locality.

The beneficiaries of the program are all indigent senior citizens age 77 years old and above, do not receive any support from family members and / or pension from any institution and should be identified as among the poor families listed in the Listahanan Targeting System of the Department.***

 

(2014 Highlights provides a briefer on the accomplishments of the Department on the different programs implemented in Region IV-A.)