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Table 2
Summary of government social amelioration measures
Program
Implementing
agency
Brief description
Tulong Panghanapbuhay
sa Ating Displaced,
Disadvantaged Workers
DOLE
A community-based (municipality/
barangay) package of assistance that
provides temporary wage employment
for displaced workers, unemployed, and
self-employed workers
Barangay Ko, Bahay Ko
Disinfection, Sanitation
DOLE
Provision of employment opportunities
that entail disinfection and sanitation of
houses and immediate communities
COVID-19 Adjustment
Measures Program (CAMP)
DOLE
A safety net program that offers financial
support to affected workers in private
establishments that have adopted flexible
work arrangements (FWAs) or temporary
closure during the COVID-19 pandemic;
this includes a one-time financial
assistance equivalent to Php 5,000 to
workers regardless of employment status
Food and Non-Food Items
(FNI) Distribution
DSWD
Distribution of food and non-food
essentials to the most affected individuals
and families, including stranded workers
and homeless individuals
Assistance to Individuals in
Crisis Situations
DSWD
Provision of integrated services by the
DSWD to individuals and families in crisis
or difficult situations that serve as social
safety net or stopgap measure to support
their recovery; the program provides Php
3,000 cash assistance and Php 25,000
burial assistance per deceased of families
that suffered loss/death of member/s
Livelihood Assistance
Grants (LAG)
DSWD
A form of financial assistance granted to
eligible families whose livelihoods were
affected by the implementation of the
community quarantine through support
of micro-enterprise- or employmentrelated activities particularly to those
in the informal sector and providing
seed capital for new alternative income
generating activities or certain microenterprise ventures or as a support and
an additional capital to the existing viable
micro-enterprise
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