DSWD strengthens support for indigent senior citizens

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The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has expressed its support to strengthen the social pension system for indigent senior citizens in the country due to increasing needs for their health and daily subsistence amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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DSWD cited that bills have been filed in both houses of Congress that aim to increase the monthly social pension for indigent senior citizens, which is currently at P500 per month as provided for under Republic Act 9994 or the Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2010.

The proposed increase in the pension benefit will be a big help to augment the needs of poor seniors, who are among the sectors that are mostly-affected by the current crisis, DSWD said in a statement on Tuesday, Dec. 1. In a related development, DSWD’s programs and services for older persons will be transferred to the newly-created National Commission of Senior Citizens as mandated by RA 11350, which was signed on July 25, 2019.

DSWD, in coordination with local government units, implements the Social Pension for Indigent Senior Citizens provided for under RA 9994.

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