MINERVA BC NEWMAN
CEBU CITY – The Department of Social Welfare
and Development (DSWD)-Field Office 7 has already assessed 1,012,513
households/families in the provinces of Cebu, Bohol, Negros Oriental and
Siquijor through the National Household Targeting Section (NHTS).
According to DSWD-7 regional information
officer Leah Quintana that the ‘Listahanan’ is an information management system
of DSWD that identifies who and where the poor are and out of those assessed
households, more than 600k are identified poor on the initial list.
DSWD-7 has assessed/included in the Listahan 229,708
households/families in Bohol; 524,428 in Cebu; 240,205 for Negros Oriental and
18,172 households in Siquijor.
Quintana said that all encoded information in
the household assessment form (HAF) is subjected to Proxy Means Test (PMT) to
generate the initial list of poor households.
The initial lists of poor households were
posted in the barangays for the public to check and appeal, for corrections, if
there are any. Quintana added.
“So far, the NHTS-7 has received 194,895
grievances, this process of Listahanan ensures the quality of the final list of
poor families or ‘Listahan 3’ data to be launched in the second semester of
2021,” she said.
‘Listahanan 3’ data will be launched and be
made available to partners and other stakeholders, who will be needing the data
of poor households for their programs, services, projects, or reference for
any, relevant studies.
NHTS-7 head, Hillton John Edrial clarified that
any agency, LGU, or anyone, who wishes to have the Listahanan 3 data must forge
a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with DSWD. (Photos; DSWD)
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