The Department of Social Welfare and Development through the Listahanan or the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTSPR), will be officially launching the  data of poor households in Northern Mindanao.

Listahanan or the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction  (NHTSPR) is an information management system that the government uses in identifying who and where the poor are nationwide.

It serves as a basis for data users in identifying potential beneficiaries of  their programs .

Out of the 870,198 households assessed, 485,539 households have been identified as poor in Northern Mindanao , which allots for for the 9.5% nationwide share of poor households identified.

Nationwide, NHTSPR or Listahanan have identified 5.1 million poor households out of the 15.1 million households assessed .

The  Regional Launching will be conducted within the month  of this  year to present and share the results of the Second Round Assessment and database to various Listahanan data users.

Another objective of the launching is to encourage other organizations,agencies,and stakeholders to utilize the Listahanan data in identifying the potential beneficiaries of their various social protection programs and services.

Local Chief  Executives, Planning Officers, Local Social Welfare and Development Officers, and representatives from National Government Agencies, Non Government Agencies, Academe and Research Institutions will be invited to witness the said Regional Launching.

Partner Organizations and Local Government Units who have utilized the 2009 data will also be giving testimonials as to how they have utilized the data in the implementation of their programs and services.

The First Round Assessment was done in 2009 out of which, 4.2 million households were enrolled in the Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Program.

Aside from other National Government Agencies who have utilized the Listahanan data in their programs , Non Government Organizations have also utilized the data which includes some from the Academe like the  Safer River ,Life Saver of Liceo De Cagayan University and other Civil Society organizations as well.

To date, 15 National Government Agencies, 94 Local Government Units, 11 Civil Society Organizations, and 4 Provinces in Northern Mindanao have entered into a Memorandum of Agreement with the Department.

 

Written by Mitzie Santiago, DSWD