A total of 693 street children in five localities in CALABARZON Region were provided assistance by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for the year 2018 under the Comprehensive Program for Children and Families at-risk on the streets. Under the program, street children from selected localities in the region are identified and provided continue reading : 693 Street Children in CALABARZON provided assistance

For the year 2018, the Department of Social Welfare and Development conducted a total of 18 public biddings, worth Php145,581,622.19 for the procurement and construction projects in the four residential centers it manages in the Calabarzon Region. Based on the report of DSWD Field Office IV-A, the projects were implemented in the following centers: the continue reading : DSWD Calabarzon completes bidding for Php145M projects in 2018

As part of its strategy to hasten the court proceedings of the cases of its residents-children in conflict with the law, the social workers of the National Training School for Boys (NTSB) facilitated the conduct of on-site hearings for the cases under the Regional Trial Court Branch 43 (Manila). The hearing for these cases mostly continue reading : On-site hearing held in NTSB to hasten court proceedings of CICL cases

The Regional Development Council of Region IV-A (CALABARZON) recently awarded recognition to the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office IV-A for topping the 2018 Search for Outstanding Implementation of Gender and Development (GAD) focused initiatives in the region. A plaque of recognition for Outstanding GAD Implementer under the group category was given to continue reading : DSWD receives GAD recognition from RDC CALABARZON

A total of 56,116 Listahanan poor households received P2,400 as Unconditional Cash Transfer (UCT) cash grant during the simultaneous payouts conducted in CALABARZON. The UCT for Listahanan households has now been served among all the provinces in the region – 12,272 households in Quezon, 10,305 households in Laguna, 9,694 households in Batangas, 8,319 households in continue reading : Listahanan poor households claim UCT cash grant

Greeted with a beam of sunlight in Rosario, Batangas on July 01, 2010 – it may seem like an ordinary day for Jason Mendoza, who worked as a construction worker in Batangas City and Rosario, Batangas. But that morning, a brief call from his children and he heard cries of how his children while their continue reading : The Loss of a mother and a gain of a new hope