DSWD TRANSPORTATION CASH AID – Here is a guide on the situations that are eligible under the Transportation Assistance offer of the Department of Social Welfare and Development.
Not known to many people, the DSWD actually offers a Transportation Cash Aid under the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation or the AICS program. Countless Filipinos have availed the said offer.
DSWD Offers Transportation Cash Assistance for Any of These Cases
Guide on DSWD Transportation Cash Assistance Offer for Filipinos
DSWD – The Department of Social Welfare and Development is offering a Transportation Cash Assistance for any of the important cases it cited.
In the Philippines, one of the government agencies that has several types of services and programs that benefit countless individuals is the Department of Social Welfare and Development. It is more popularly called DSWD.
Undeniably, a lot of the programs and services offered by the DSWD targets the poor individuals and those who are living in underprivileges situations. Meanwhile, some services may also be open for many people who do not share the same financial status in life. The government agency just wants to provide equal opportunities and access to the Filipinos.
One of the assistance offers of the Department of Social Welfare and Development is the DSWD Transportation Assistance. It can be in the form providing a cash assistance or an assistance for the purchase or payment of transport tickets or expenses.
The Transportation Assistance offer of the DSWD is under its AICS program or the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation. It is open to cater services in the following situations:
- seeking medical intervention
- need to attend emergency concerns such as death, care, or other emergency or critical situations of family members
- victims of natural disasters and illegal recruitment cases
- the family decided to resettle to the identified rural provinces
- loss of a job or other source of income
- unsafe dwelling places
- exposure to health and safety risks and other environmental hazards in their current area of residence
- assistance for the purchase or payment of transport (air/sea/land) tickets
- assistance of the expenses to enable the recipient to return to his/her/their home provinces in another place
- situations where there’s need for immediate presence in another place like attendance to a court hearing, rescue of a relative, and other cases
The transportation subsidy can be used “with the cost of the public transportation, fuel, or maintenance costs” for a private vehicle as well.
