As a  result of the Second Round Assessment,the Department of Social Welfare and Development, through the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTSPR) or Listahanan ,  will be officially  launching the regional data result of the assessment conducted last year.

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 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 15.1million households assessed .

The  Regional Launching will be conducted on June 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 will be 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.

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 Civil Society organizations as well.

 

Written by Mitzie Santiago, DSWD