The House Committee on Poverty Alleviation has passed a measure strengthening the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) law to provide more sustainable interventions to fight poverty.
The House Committee on Poverty Alleviation has passed a measure strengthening the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program law to provide more sustainable interventions to fight poverty.
“Anchored in the principle of investing in human development, we want to address poverty by opening opportunities for 4Ps adult beneficiaries to capacitate them to provide for their families after the 7-year maximum period that the program is allowed to support them,” the lawmaker from Sorsogon said.
Adult beneficiaries who successfully complete the Entrepreneurship Track shall be given assistance by the Department of Trade and Industry to ensure the ease of establishing a micro or small business and link him/her to a target clientele.
As of 30 September 2022, 4Ps covers a total of 4,285,531 household beneficiaries across 41,676 barangays in the country, a big number of which are agricultural workers.
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