Details about the DSWD Burial Cash Assistance Offer under AICS
DSWD BURIAL CASH ASSISTANCE – Here is a guide on the assistance offer for Filipinos in crisis and the requirements in availing it.
Undeniably, nowadays, a burial costs thousands of money and a lot of individuals and families are not fully financially-prepared for all the funeral costs. In the Philippines, the Department of Social Welfare and Development is one of the entities that want to make sure each deceased person gets a dignified farewell.
Under the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situations or AICS, the social welfare department offers immediate family members of poor and indigent deceased Filipinos the DSWD Burial Cash Assistance.
To qualify for the offer, the deceased person mush be a Filipino citizen who is an indigent in the place where he/she resides or belongs to the vulnerable sector. The claim may be processed by his/her family members such as the spouse, the parent, the child, or the sibling of the deceased.
The social welfare department may grant up to Php 10,000 as DSWD Burial Cash Assistance for those whose application was approved. The amount that will be extended aims to assist the grieving family in covering the costs of:
- casket
- funeral services
- wake, burial plot, and interment
- transportation fees for the purpose of the transfer of the remains of the deceased
According to the social welfare department, in situations of calamities and natural disasters resulting to casualties, the surviving members of the family will get immediate cash assistance of Php 10,000 for every casualty. There is no need for a detailed case study report in seeking for the support.
The DSWD reminds the applicants that the financial aid from the Crisis Intervention Division of the office will be received in a full amount. No authorized or unauthorized person is allowed to make deductions or charge fees pertaining to the cash aid processing.
To avail the DSWD Burial Cash Assistance, there are requirements that the family member of a deceased person must submit to the nearest office of the social welfare department.
