Guide on DSWD Solo Parent Cash Aid Benefits For Recipients
DSWD SOLO PARENT CASH AID BENEFITS – Here is a full list of the benefits and privileges for solo parents under the assistance offered by the Department of Social Welfare and Development.
A lot of solo parents are constantly facing the challenge to put food on the table as well as to provide for all the other needs of their child or children while making sure they get to manage the household well. These includes spouses of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who are spending more than 12 years abroad straight as well as those whose marriage with their former spouses got annulled.
Most of these solo parents are working parents as they need to provide for all the needs of the child/children alone. Some are running businesses in the pursuit to augment all the financial needs. Others do both – working and operating a business.
For solo parents, one of the government agencies which has a cash assistance offer is the Department of Social Welfare and Development. More popularly called DSWD which leads several programs that benefit the indigents and those who are in crisis situations, the government agency has the Solo Parent Cash Aid offer.
There are several DSWD Solo Parent Cash Aid benefits. Here are these assistance extended to the solo parents:
- monthly stipend of Php 1,000 for food, clothing, education, housing, and healthcare expenses
- priority for job placement and training opportunities
- eligibility to avail the Solo Parent Food Assistance Program
- eligibility to avail the Solo Parent Housing Assistance Program
- Medical Assistance to help solo parents pay for medical expenses as well as costs of doctor’s visits, medication, and other healthcare needs
- 10% discount and value added tax (VAT) exemption on baby items like diapers, milk, vaccines, and medical supplements for up to six (6) years
- counseling services to help solo parents deal with the challenges of solo parenting
- additional seven (7) days of paid leave but it is not cumulative and not convertible to cash
- eligibility to avail educational benefits for solo parents who want to further their education
There are documents that must be submitted to the Department of Social Welfare and Development in applying for the cash assistance offer. Meanwhile, there is only a short list of documents needed.