Solo Parent Welfare

Act of 2000
Eectivity Date: November 28, 2000

Presented by:
Glen Carlo Villanueva and Sarah Jessica Yangco
Ateneo Law School Batch 2020
First Year Section C

An Act Providing for

Benefits and
Privileges to Solo
Parents and Their
Children
Appropriating
Funds Thereof and
for Other Purposes

Republic
Act.
No 8972

Benets and
Privileges

Promote the
Family

Comprehensive
Program

Solo Parent

Definition
of Terms

Children

Parental
Responsibility

Solo Parent

Solo Parent
Classification

Woman who gives birth as a result

of rape and other crimes against
chastity without a nal conviction of
the oender, provided the mother
keeps and raises the child

Parent left solo or alone with responsibility

of parenthood:

Solo Parent
Classification

Due to death of spouse

Spouse is detained or serving sentence
for at least 1 year
Physical and/or mental incapacity
Legal separation or de facto separation
for at least 1 year, as long as he/she is
entrusted with the custody
Due to abandonment of spouse for at
least 1 year

Solo Parent
Classification

Unmarried mother or father

Solo Parent
Classification

Any person who solely provides

parental care
Must solely provide parental
care and support
Duly licensed as a foster parent
by DSWD or
Legal guardian appointed by
court

Solo Parent
Classification

Any family member who assumes the

responsibility as head of the family as a
result of:
Death
Abandonment
Disappearance
Prolonged absence of parents or solo
parent
Relative by consanguinity up to the
fourth civil degree
Include but not limited to any uncle,
aunt, grandfather, niece, nephew or
cousin

Children

Children

Living with the solo parent

Dependent for support
Unmarried
Unemployed
Below 18 years of age
18 years and above if incapable of
self-support and/or mentally and/
or physically challenged

Parental
Responsibility
Rights and duties of parents in
Article 220 in the Family Code of
the Philippines

Criteria for Support

Any solo parent who qualies
Resident of the area where assistance is sought
as certied by the barangay captain
Below or equal the poverty threshold
Subject to the assessment of DSWD worker

Visit local DSWD oce

Process

Application form
Assessment by Social Worker

Social Case Study Report

Inform within 30 working days

Solo Parent ID
List of Qualied Solo Parents

Solo Parent ID

Valid up to 1 year
renewable

Comprehensive
Package

Benefits

Work
Discrimination

Flexible
Work
Schedule

Parental Leave

Housing

Education

Medicine

Comprehensive Package
Developed by DSWD, DOH, DECS, CHED,
TESDA, DOLE, NHA, and DILG

Comprehensive
Package

Livelihood Development Services

Counseling Services
Parent Eectiveness
Critical Incidence Stress Brieng
Special Projects

Parental Leave
Leave benets granted to a solo parent to
enable him/her to perform parental duties
and responsibilities where physical presence
is required

ONE YEAR OF
SERVICE

Parental
Leave

Leave guaranteed
to a solo parent
employee who
has rendered at
least one year of
service

7 WORKING
DAYS

NON-CUMULATIVE

Only applies for one

Not be more than year and does not
7 working days
accumulate if not
per year
used

NON-CONVERTIBLE

CREDITING

Leaves shall not be

convertible to cash
unless agreed upon
previously

If there is an existing
benet under a
company policy, the
same shall be
credited as such; if
the same provides
more than 7 days, it
shall prevail

Conditions for
Entitlement of
Parental Leave

1 YEAR OF SERVICE
At least one year of
service whether
continuous or
broken

NOTIFY
Notied the
employer within a
reasonable time
period

SOLO PARENT ID
Present a Solo
Parent ID Card to
his/her employer

Flexible Work
Schedule
The employer shall provide for a exible
working schedule for solo parents.
Provided, it shall not aect individual and
company productivity

Work Discrimination
No employee shall discriminate against any solo
parent employee with respect to terms and
conditions of employment on account of his/
her status

Educational Benefits
Dep Ed, CHEF and TESDA will provide scholarship
programs and non-formal education programs

Housing

Allocation in housing projects

Liberal terms of payment

Medical Assistance
Comprehensive health care program to be developed
and implemented by DOH
Essential health packages

Termination of Benefits
A change in status or
circumstance of the parent
claiming benets under this
Act, such that he/she no
longer left alone with the
responsibility of parenthood

Additional
Powers and
Functions
of DSWD

Conduct research necessary to:

Develop a new body of knowledge

Dene executive and legislative
measures
Assess the eectiveness of policies and
programs

Coordinate the activities of government

agencies, LGUs, NGOs
Coordinate information dissemination
Monitor implementation

REVIEW COMMITTEE

Evaluate the ecacy and relevancy

of the provisions of the Act

SOURCES

RA 8972
IRR of RA 8972 - Social Development
Committee Resolution 2 (Series of 2002)

Thank you!
Any questions?