Here are the Lists of DSWD Educational Cash Assistance Requirements for Application
DSWD EDUCATIONAL CASH ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS 2025 – You can check here the eligibility and documentary requirements for application.
Many Filipinos were not able to finish their studies due to poverty. Undeniably, amid the popular belief that poverty is not a hindrance to success and education, there are really hard circumstances that have forced many Filipinos to stop studying so they can work.
Meanwhile, nowadays, there are options that underprivileged individuals can turn to for educational cash aid. There are scholarships offered by the different entities as well as educational cash assistance.
One of the entities that you may turn to for a student cash aid is the Department of Social Welfare and Development. Aside from the DSWD Transportation Cash Assistance, the government agency offers the DSWD Educational Cash Assistance.
The DSWD Educational Cash Assistance was designed to help underprivileged students who want to push through with their studies. It is open not only for elementary and secondary students but as well as college and vocational studies students.
Through the DSWD Educational Cash Assistance offer, the government agency wants to give the poor but deserving students the chance to focus on their studies by extending a helping hand in their financial needs.
Just like in scholarship offers and other educational cash aid offers, there are also qualifications in applying for the offer of the DSWD. Here are the eligibility requirements set by the state entity:
- breadwinners or Filipino students who take the responsibility of supporting their own studies
- working students or those who have to take part-time jobs so they can support their financial needs
- those who are living without a family or relatives or students who do not have to a place to call home
- children of solo parents
- children of parents who have no means of earning to support the studies of their children
- children of persons with disabilities or PWDs
- children of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs)
There are also documents that you need to prepare in applying for the DSWD Educational Cash Assistance offer. Here are the documentary requirements for application:
- Birth Certificate
- Proof of Enrollment
- School ID Card of a Student
- Proof of Income (either of the following:
- Barangay Certification
- Income Tax Returns to Demonstrate Financial Need).
- Authorization Letter in case the applicant is not available
- ID Proof of Parents or Guardians.