Guide on DSWD Solo Parent Cash Assistance 2025 Features & Application
DSWD SOLO PARENT CASH ASSISTANCE 2025 – You can check here who are qualified to avail this offer and how you may apply for it.
Fathers and mothers have different roles to play in the lives of their child or children. It is usually within the father’s role to provide financially for the needs of the family, to be the strongest rock in times of challenging circumstances, and to play a part in the rearing of the kids in terms of discipline.
In the Philippines, it often falls within the mother’s role to ensure an effective and organized household not only for the child/children but for the entire family. It is the mother’s role to cook for the family, to ensure that the house is clean, to review the kids in their homework, etc.
Undeniably, both roles bring their own respective weight which can only be eased by the love for the children and the unity of both parents. However, in the case of solo parents, surely, the challenge is double since they have to play both roles. Thus, the Department of Social Welfare and Development has crafted an offer.
More popularly called DSWD, the Department of Social Welfare and Development which is operating in the Philippines since 1987 provides a lot of assistance for the Filipino people in different situations. Undeniably, the financially-underprivileged individuals are the main targets of the government agency.
With regards to the offers of the social welfare department, aside from the DSWD Educational Cash Assistance, it also has a special offer for individuals who take on the role of both a father and a mother to a child or children. It has the DSWD Solo Parent Cash Assistance for these people.
Under the DSWD Solo Parent Cash Assistance, there are several benefits including what the name suggests which is a financial aid for solo parents. The question now is, who are qualified to avail the offer of the social welfare department? You can check the qualifications below.
The individuals who fall to any of these categories or situations may apply for the DSWD Solo Parent Cash Assistance:
- a single parent
- solo parent left with the sole responsibility of parenting due to the death of a spouse
- a father or mother who takes the role of both parents due to the physical or mental incapacity of his/her spouse
- spouse of an individual who is detained or serving a sentence for a criminal conviction
- solo parents who are either separated, divorced, or have undergone annulment
- solo parents who are engaged in co-parenting with a former spouse but shoulder all of the responsibilities associated with single parenthood
- spouse of an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who has not stayed in touch with his/her family in the Philippines for more than 12 months (1 year)
- an unmarried individual, whether a mother or father, who has decided to independently raise his/her child without entering into a conventional marriage
- an individuals who assumed parental roles in caring for a child or children
- a family member who steps into the role of the head of the family after the departure or disappearance of his/her parents
There are actually several benefits for solo parents in the Philippines as mandated by the RA 8972. However, unfortunately, many individuals who are both fathers and mothers to their child/children are not aware of the privileges set under the law for them.