 The conditional cash transfer (CCT) program locally known as Pantawid

Pamilya Pilipino Program, or 4Ps, is a government program that provides

conditional cash grants to the poorest of the poor in the Philippines. The
program aims to break the cycle of poverty by keeping children aged 0-18
healthy and in school, so they can have a better future.

 The program is implemented by the Department of Social Welfare and

Development, with the Department of Health, the Department of Education
and the National Economic and Development Authority as partners.

 Households receive cash grants if children stay in school and get regular
health check-ups, have their growth monitored, and receive vaccines.
Pregnant women must get pre-natal care, with their births attended to by
professional health workers. Parents or guardians are required to
participate in monthly community-based Family Development Sessions to
learn about positive child discipline, disaster preparedness, and women’s
rights.

 Beneficiaries are objectively selected through the National Household

Targeting System, also known as Listahanan, which is based from a survey
of the physical structure of their houses, the number of rooms and
occupants, their access to running water, and other factors affecting their
living conditions.

 The program has one of the most comprehensive poverty targeting

databases in the world today, covering 75% of the country’s population. It
has been used extensively to identify poor and near-poor beneficiaries for
national and local government programs.

 Started in 2007, the government expanded the program in December 2016

to reach a total of 20 million Filipinos belonging to 4.4 million households.
The program benefits about 20% of the population, the majority of the
nation’s poor.

 9 million children are currently benefiting from the program, 1.9 million of
which are in high school. The program has also achieved almost universal
enrollment for elementary age children of 4Ps households.

 Social protection programs, Pantawid included, have cushioned the poor

from the adverse impacts of various shocks the country experienced over
the past six years. A study estimates that the program has led to a poverty
reduction of 1.4 percentage points per year or 1.5 million less poor
Filipinos.
 The 4Ps is currently the world’s fourth-largest CCT program based on
population coverage. It complements the government’s other development
priorities such as generating jobs and creating livelihood opportunities for
the poor.
General Impact

 1.5 million less poor Filipinos or an estimated poverty reduction impact of 1.4 percentage points per year

 Household heads, spouses, and other adults are more encouraged to work and set up their own businesses

 87% of 4Ps parents are now more optimistic about their situation and their children’s futures

Health

 Reduction in severe stunting among beneficiary children

 Lower maternal mortality in the past five years because more mothers deliver babies in health facilities (7/10 live births)

 Drastic decrease in alcoholism in 4Ps households (spending on vices was lower by 39%)

 4Ps beneficiaries consume more rice and cereals than non-beneficiaries

Education

 10.18 million children currently benefit from CCT, 1.9 million of which are in high school

 Near universal school enrolment of elementary age children for 4Ps households (98%)

 6% higher gross enrollment rate for beneficiary high school students

 Higher spending on education among 4Ps households (206 Pesos more per school-aged child per month vs non-4Ps)

 Decrease in child labor days (7 days less a month for 4Ps households)

 333,673 graduated from high-school in 2015, 13,400 of which received honors

Local Economies

 P households invest more in working assets (livestock, machineries) than non-beneficiaries

 4Ps households spend more on basic needs such as food, education and medicine that stimulate the growth of the local economy

http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/philippines/brief/faqs-about-the-pantawid-pamilyang-pilipino-
program
As of 31 December 2016, the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program was being
implemented in 144 cities and 1,483 municipalities in 80 provinces, with a total of 4,387,689
active households as reported by the Department of Social Welfare and Development.
There were 4,377,762 recipient households in 2015 in the same areas covered.

http://cpbrd.congress.gov.ph/2012-06-30-13-06-51/2012-06-30-13-36-50/743-ff2017-18-progress-
report-on-the-pantawid-pamilyang-pilipino-program-4ps

The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program

Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program

is a human development program of the national government that invests in the health and education of poor
households, particularly of children aged 0-18 years old.

Patterned after the conditional cash transfer scheme implemented in other developing countries, the Pantawid
Pamilya provides cash grants to beneficiaries provided that they comply with the set of conditions required by the
program.

Pantawid Pamilya has dual objectives:

 Social Assistance - to provide cash assistance to the poor to alleviate their immediate need (short term
poverty alleviation); and
 Social Development - to break the intergenerational poverty cycle through investments in human capital.

Pantawid Pamilya helps to fulfill the country’s commitment to meet the Millennium Development Goals, namely:

1. Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger

2. Achieve Universal Primary Education
3. Promote Gender Equality
4. Reduce Child Mortality
5. Improve Maternal Health

Set of Co-Responsibilities
To avail of the cash grants beneficiaries should comply with the following conditions:

1. Pregnant women must avail pre- and post-natal care and be attended during childbirth by
a trained health professional;
2. Parents must attend Family Development Sessions (FDS);
3. 0-5 year old children must receive regular preventive health check-ups and vaccines;
4. 6-14 years old children must receive deworming pills twice a year.
5. All child beneficiaries (0-18 years old) must enroll in school and maintain a class
attendance of at least 85% per month.
Secretary Judy M. Taguiwalo
Secretary and National Program Director
931 8101 local: 300 to 303
http://pantawid.dswd.gov.ph/index.php/about-us
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Sustainable Livelihood Program is a capability-building program for poor, vulnerable and
marginalized households and individuals for acquiring necessary assets to engage in and maintain
thriving livelihoods that help improve their socio-economic conditions.

The Sustainable Livelihood Program contributes to improving the economic sufficiency of poor
households, prioritizing Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries, in developing employable skills, securing
gainful employment, earning steady and sufficient income, and accessing social security and financial
resources. In addition, the program contributes to their social adequacy by engaging them to build
stronger relationships with other community members and harness social safety nets through their
participation in SLP Associations (SLPA).

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES

General Objective:
The Sustainable Livelihood Program aims to enhance the capabilities of poor Filipino households and
individuals by strengthening their skills, competencies, abilities and resources in accessing income-generating
opportunities to help improve their socio-economic well-being.

Specific Objectives:

The Sustainable Livelihood Program seeks to assist poor Filipino households and individuals by:
1. Enhancing human assets through technical-vocational and life skills trainings
2. Extending social assets through membership and participation in SLPAs and community
groups
3. Expanding financial assets through seed capital and access to credit and savings
4. Enriching natural assets that protect and contribute to community livelihoods
5. Establishing or acquiring physical assets for more efficient livelihoods

PROGRAM TRACKS

The Sustainable Livelihood Program shall facilitate interventions through two tracks: 1) Micro-enterprise
Development (MD) and 2) Employment Facilitation (EF).

MICRO-ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT
Participants who exhibit potential and willingness for entrepreneurship may opt to proceed
with the MD track.

EMPLOYMENT FACILITATION
Participants who are qualified and ready for available employment opportunities may opt to
proceed with the EF track.

http://livelihood.dswd.gov.ph/aboutslp/

The National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) is a data bank
and an information management system that identifies who and where the poor are in the Republic
of the Philippines.[1] Data collection began in response to findings by the National Statistical
Coordination Board that 30% of Filipino families have an income below that needed for "basic
requirements".[2] It is intended to inform government departments and policy-makers on the socio-
economic status of nearly 400,000 households.
The use of the NHTSPR has led to 4.4 million poor households being enrolled in Pantawid
Pamilyang Pilipino Program or the Philippine conditional cash transfer program, and the poor elderly
receiving social pensions.[4] It has also led to 4,000 health cards being distributed which provide
state-run health insurance for to poor families.[5]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Household_Targeting_System_for_Poverty_Reduction

This is a PhilHealth Circular No. 024, s 2012 which entitles all Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program Beneficiaries of the
DSWD to PhilHealth Benefits.

I. RATIONALE and LEGAL BASIS

In the First State of the Nation Address of His Excellency, Presidency, President Benigno S. Aquino III, to the Congress of
the Philippines on July 26, 2010, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) was directed to implement
the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) that will identify poor families that most urgently
need assistance.

In line with this, PhilHealth Board Resolution No. 1417, s. 2010 provides for the "adoption of the means test protocol of the
National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)
and be the source of all indigent families to be enrolled under the Sponsored Program of the NHIP.

The General Appropriations Act (GAA) for FY 2012 has provided budget amounting to P12.028 billion as "Subsidy for Health
Insurance Premium of Indigent Families Enrolled in the National Health Insurance Program" under the Office of the
Secretary of Health. It is also provided in the special provisions that it "shall cover the National Government subsidy for
health insurance premium of indigents under the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction of the
DSWD." The Corporation through PhilHealth Board Resolution No. 1571, s. 2011 allowed the enrollment of all indigent
families under the NHTS-PR of the DSWD under the Sponsored Program.

Since all identified Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program beneficiaries are included in the NHTS-PR list of poor households
of the DSWD, they shall, therefore, be enrolled and provided coverage under Sponsored Program Component the National
Health Insurance Program (NHIP)

II. COVERAGE

All Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (also known as "Pantawid Pamilya") beneficiaries, and their qualified dependents,
included in the list of poor households under the NHTS-PR of DSWD shall be entitled to all NHIP benefits in all health care
providers accredited/contracted by PhilHealth.

III. ENTITLEMENT
All Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries as Sponsored Program members under the NHTS-PR, including their qualified
dependents, are entitle to the following NHIP benefits:

Primary Care Package, as per PhilHealth Circular No. 10, s. 2012, with subject: Implementing Guidelines for Universal
Health Care Primary Care Benefit I (PCB1) Package for Transition Period CY 2012-2013;

All inpatient and outpatient care services;

In addition, the Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries and their dependents are entitled to the No Balance Billing Policy (NBB), as
per PhilHealth Circular No. 11, s. 2011, with subject: New PhilHealth Case Rates for Selected Medical Cases and Surgical
Procedures and the No Balance Billing Policy, which specifically states that no additioanl amount shall be charged to
Sponsored Program members and/or their dependents who:

are diagnosed with any of the 23 cases under case payment and admitted to non-private accommodation beds of
government hospitals;

have availed of outpatient surgeries, hemodialysis and radiotherapy in accredited non-hospital facilities, including free-
standing dialysis centers (FSDCs) and ambulatory surgical clinics (ASCs); or those who utilized existing outpatient packages
for TB-DOTS, Malaria, HIV/AIDS; and

have availed of services under the Maternity Care Package (MCP) and the Newborn Care Package (NCP) in accredited
MCP (non-hospital) providers.

IV. PANTAWID PAMILYANG PILIPINO PROGRAM ID CARD AS ACCEPTABLE PROOF OF ENTITLEMENT TO NHIP
BENEFITS

The DSWD provides a unique Identification (ID) card to all primary beneficiaries under the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino
Program. This ID Card shall be acceptable to establish eligibility to claim NHIP benefits, in lieu of the Health Insurance Card
(HI Card) and/or Member Data Record (MDR) in the interim.

Sample Pantawid Pamilya Identification Card, is as seen below:

Pantawid Pamilya ID

Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino ID (front view)

Pantawid Pamilya ID back

Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino ID (rear/back view)

Upon presentation of Pantawid Pamilya ID Card, a Pantawid Pamilya beneficiary, either as Sponsored Program member or
a as a qualified dependent, shall be entitled to all NHIP benefits in any health care provider accredited/contracted by
PhilHealth.

For Pantawid Pamilya primary beneficiary member-patients, no other supporting documents to establish eligibility shall be
required from the member;
For dependent-patients, aside from the aforementioned Pantawid Pamilya ID card, any of the following supporting
document/s, whichever is/are applicable (pursuant to Section 10, Rule II, Title III, Implementing Rules and Regulations of the
National Health Insurance Program, Republic Act No. 7875, as amended by Republic Act No. 9241):

Marriage Contract/Certificate - for dependent spouse;

Birth/Baptismal Certificate - for dependent legitimate, illegitimate, legitimated children;

Court Order on Adoption - for dependent adopted children;

Birth/Baptismal Certificate of the member and dependent parents - for dependent parents;

Marriage Contract of the parent and stepfather/stepmother and birth certificate of the dependent stepchildren - for
dependent stepchildren;

Joint affidavit of two (2) disinterested persons and other relevant information (date of birth, etc.) attesting to the fact of the
relationship of the dependents to the supposed member except the declaration of spouse;

Certificate from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) or Punong Barangay attesting to the fact of the
relationship of the dependents to the supposed members;

Any other valid ID or document acceptable to the Corporation, to wit but no limited to the following;

Certification from DSWD or MSWD or Barangay that concerned dependent-patient is a dependent, as defined by the
provisions of the National Health Insurance Act of 1995, of the 4Ps beneficiary member and is included in the NHTS-PR list
of poor households; and

Updated Member Data Record, if available

V. DETERMINING THE ELIGIBILITY OF 4Ps BENEFICIARY AS PHILHEALTH MEMBER OR AS QUALIFIED

DEPENDENT

IHCPs shall determine that the eligibility of a Pantawid Pamilya benificiary's coverage under the National Health Insurance
Program (NHIP) whether as existing member or qualified dependent.

PhilHealth CARES Nurses deployed in selected hospitals nationwide maybe tapped by the IHCPs for this purpose.

IHCPs may use the IHCP Portal, which serves as a link between health care providers and PhilHealth through an online
connection that will ensure verification of eligibility information of Sponsored Program Members identified under the NHTS-
PR, per PhilHealth Circular No. 2, s. 2012 with subject: Guidelines on the Implementation of the IHCP Portal. For IHCPs
who currently have no access to the IHCP Portal, the following Masterlists may be used:

Softcopy/Hardcopy of Masterlist provided by PhilHealth Regional Offices;

Web listing as reflected in www.philhealth.gov.ph/members/sponsored/nhts-pr_list.html

For patient - Pantawid Pamilya ID Holder, with coverage as qualified dependent, the IHCP may check the name of the
following in any of the Masterlists available, as applicable:

If married, ask for the name of the spouse-member;

If single, ask for age and the following:

With age below 21 years old - ask for name of parent-member;

With age above 60 years old - ask for then name of their child-member;

For Pantawid Pamilya ID Holders who are determined to be unregistered to be unregistered members, entitlement to NHIP
benefits shall still be provided to them and their qualified dependents.
A fully accomplished Claim Form 1 (CF1), together with the photocopy of the Pantawid Pamilya ID Card, must be submitted
by the IHCP, together with the required claim documents.

In lieu of the PhilHealth Identification Number (PIN), the following remarks shall be indicated in the CF1: "Pantawid Pamilya
for Registration".

Also, the Civil Status and Sex/Gender of the Pantawid Pamilya Beneficiary shall be indicated on the space below the name
of the Member (Part 1 - Member and Dependent Information, item number 3 of the PhilHealth Claim Form 1)

VI. CLAIMS PROCESSING

Pantawid Pamilya ID Card and other claim processing requirements, as reflected in PhilHealth Circular No. 26, s. 2006, with
subject: Updated List of Documentary Requirements in the Availment of PhilHealth Benefits, PhilHealth shall ensure that
processing of IHCP's reimbursement shall be completed within the prescribed sixty (60) days processing period.

For members with updated membership record, claims processing shall follow the usual procedures

For members with PhilHealth Identification Number (PIN) but require updating of records, data reflected in submitted Claim
Form 1 (CF1) shall be used as basis in amendment of records of Sponsored Program identified under the NHTS-PR.

For members without PhilHealth Identification Number (PIN), data reflected in submitted Claim Forms shall be used for PIN
generation and enrollment under the Sponsored Program under the NHTS-PR.

VII. EFFECTIVITY

This Circular shall take effect fifteen (15) days after publication in a newspaper of general circulation and shall be deposited
thereafter with the National Administrative Register at the University of the Philippines Law Centre.

http://www.affordablecebu.com/load/health/philhealth_benefits_of_all_pantawid_pamilyang_pilipino_program_beneficiaries_
of_the_dswd/24-1-0-3638

Abraham Maslow influenced how we understand motivation for decades with

his hierarchy of needs. But there is an adjustment to his theory you might not
have heard about. This new hierarchy of needs might be the solution to the
biggest issues humanity faces.

Abraham Maslow came up with his idea of the five stages of human needs in 1943.
The American psychologist suggests that humans have specific needs and that
these needs are hierarchical. Some needs (like eating) are more basic than others
(like being part of a social community).

The higher need is what motivates us to achieve more. You can compare it to a
video game. Once we have fulfilled a need, we want to reach the next level.
We start with basic physiological needs like eating or sleeping and advance to a
need for security. Then we reach the emotional needs of having relationships and
developing esteem through a feeling of accomplishment. If you want to find out more
about the first four stages, this video goes deeper into the subject:

What is Self-actualization?
Only after we reached all other stages of needs, can we get to the highest stage:
self-actualization. On this highest level, behavior is not driven or motivated by a
deficiency but by a desire for personal growth. The goal of humans is to do what
they are capable of.

Every individual has a unique motivation for self-actualization. Some people might
achieve self-actualization through writing a book; others are teaching a language or
building an app. The possibilities are endless.

"A musician must make music; an artist must paint, a poet

must write if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself." –
Abraham Maslow
Nevertheless, there is no perfect state of "happy ever after" you can reach. Instead,
Maslow sees self-actualization as a continual process of becoming. The person
discovers a meaning to life that is important to them.
The New Hierarchy of Needs
Maslow published his theory in the 1940s, but he lived until the 1970s. During these
decades he took in some of the criticism he faced toward his approach and adapted
it in his later work. For instance, he cleared out that you do not have to fulfill a need
100% before you can reach the next stage. Otherwise, you would have to stop
working the moment you are hungry or feel sleepy.

But his most significant change was adding an apex to the pyramid: self-
transcendence. You can compare it to a spiritual need to transcend our thoughts.
We have to see ourselves as part of the broader universe to develop common
priorities and goals. Once this need is fulfilled, we can see beyond our individual
well-being to the needs of us all.

What We Can Learn from Maslow Today

This sixth need, to feel part of something bigger and to develop joint strategies as
humans, is essential for our life today. It is what inspires people to fight climate
change, hunger or poverty. It is our ability to not only look after ourselves but see
that we are part of something bigger.

The ways to reach self-transcendence are familiar to us today. They include

mindfulness or flow. Maslow thought that these techniques could help individuals
achieve a broader perspective.

But these methods are not only tweaks to optimize the mind. They are vitally
important tools to fight the most significant issues humans are facing together. To
come together as a global community and find solutions together.
https://www.coachilla.co/blog/the-new-hierarchy-of-needs