A total of 834,495 households in the CALABARZON Region have been assessed by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in the ongoing household assessment of the Listahanan targeting system.

This assessment aims to update the current database of poor households, which was generated based from the 2009 household assessment. In the said database, there are 389,788 identified poor households in the CALABARZON Region.

To date, enumeration is still ongoing in most parts of the region to complete the 1.5 Million target households for this year’s assessment period. At least 2,000 Listahanan field staff are conducting house-to-house interviews across the region to assess the living condition of these families.

After the enumeration process, the DSWD will release an initial list of poor and non-poor households, which will be validated by residents at the barangay level. Residents are encouraged to participate in this process to ensure the accuracy of the database.

During this process, appeals and complaints from the residents regarding the generated list will be entertained, including appeals of families who may not have been assessed during the enumeration period.

The Listahanan, previously the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR), identifies who and where the poor are in the country. It generates a list of poor families that will be the basis of targeting beneficiaries for social protection programs of the DSWD, national government agencies, local government units and non-government organizations.#