Bohol Island News Staff | Posted on April 25, 2020
The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Region 7 (DSWD-7) has posted a total of five local government units (LGUs) in Bohol that have already partially distributed their cash assistance under the Social Amelioration Program (SAP).
A total of P344,604,000 worth of funding has already been disbursed to 57,434 families.
Under SAP, each qualified family is entitled to P6,000 cash assistance for the month while their locality is under the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
DSWD-7 mentioned the LGUs of Guindulman, Tubigon, Duero, Sagbayan, and Loay that have partially distributed their cash assistance.
According to their post, Guindulman LGU was the latest to facilitate the payout of 4,169 families out of the targeted 4,493 families, as of April 23, 2020.
The town of Sagbayan has released the payout to 1,100 out of the 2,547 target beneficiaries, as of April 22.
As of April 21, Duero town has released the payout to 2,100 families out of the 2,465 target beneficiaries.
The town of Loay has partially paid 2,561 families out of the 2,671 target beneficiaries.
The fifth town of Tubigon has already given cash assistance fo 3,247 out of the 7,112 target beneficiaries there.
According to the data released by DSWD-7 as of April 24, there are a total of 36 local government units in Bohol province that have reportedly begun their payouts of the SAP assistance from DSWD-7.
DSWD-7 has also released a total of P1,090,260,000 funds to the 48 LGUs in Bohol for the 181,710 target beneficiaries.
