Cagayan de Oro City – 204 representatives from various towns in Northern Mindanao joined in the consultation dialogue held here last May 23-24, 2013, where the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office X presented the updates of its Supplementary Feeding Program and Social Pension Program.

Composed of 71 municipal accountants, 40 Local State Auditors and 93 local social welfare officers, the dialogue was also attended by a representative of Philippine Postal Corporation (Philpost) in which the Social Pension Program will enter into agreements with them along Door-to Door delivery scheme for the Senior Citizens to be piloted in Gingoog City and El Salvador City starting June 3, 2013.

The activity was highlighted with the discussions on the Omnibus Guidelines in the Implementation of Supplementary Feeding Program, Administrative Order No.03 Series of 2011 “Operational Procedure in the Implementation of the Social Pension for Indigent Senior Citizens, and Administrative Order No. 4 series of 2012 “Procedure in Processing Replacements for Beneficiaries of Social Pension” (Addendum of AO No.3).

The said guidelines were presented to trace out gaps, hindering factors, strengths to gauge further improvement of the program implementation likewise to fast track the prompt liquidation of transferred funds to the Local Government Units for a better and smoother operation of the program.

Written by Rechel Grace Ceniza, Nutritionist / Dietician (posted 5/31/2013)