The pilot run of the DSWD's food stamp program will begin next week, July 18, 2023, according to Social Welfare Secretary Rex Gatchalian.
The pilot run of the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s food stamp program will begin next week, July 18, 2023, according to Social Welfare Secretary Rex Gatchalian.
Under the program, the DSWD will provide "electronic benefit transfer cards" that will be loaded with food credits amounting to P3,000 per month to purchase a select list of food commodities from DSWD registered or accredited retailers. The entire program seeks to provide an allowance to at least one million “food poor” families or those earning less than P8,000 a month to purchase a select list of food items from accredited local retailers.
The budget for the full run of the program until 2027 was pegged at P40 billion, covering the identified one million “food poor” families under the DSWD’s Listahanan.
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