The Rewards & Recognition of the Department is implemented through the PRAISE. The DSWD Program on Awards and Incentives for Service Excellence (PRAISE) was created under Memorandum Circular No. 3, series of 2003, in compliance with Civil Service Commission (CSC) Resolution No. 010112 and CSC Memorandum Circular No. 01, s. 2001, on the Program on Awards and Incentives for Service Excellence.

The DSWD PRAISE is designed to encourage creativity, innovativeness, efficiency, integrity and productivity in the public service by recognizing and rewarding officials and employees, individually or in groups, by providing incentives and rewards for their suggestions, inventions, superior accomplishments and other personal efforts which contribute to program enhancement, efficiency, economy or other improvement in government operations, or for other extraordinary acts or services in the public interest, particularly that which leads to the Department’s achievements of its goals and strategic initiatives.

DSWD PRAISE since its inception and over the years of execution has been awarding exemplary DSWD individuals and groups. Award categories underwent further review and enhancement as the PRAISE National Committee strives to recognize the individual and collective efforts of the Department in achieving its strategic goals, quality delivery of social welfare and development programs, and carrying out the DSWD brand of responsive public service and its core value of “Maagap at Mapagkalingang Serbisyo”.

The specific objectives of the DSWD PRAISE System shall be as follows:

• To establish a mechanism for identifying, selecting, rewarding, and providing incentives to deserving officials, personnel, and employees;

• To recognize and reward DSWD officials, personnel, and employees individually or in groups for their outstanding accomplishments as public servants exhibiting DSWD employees’ core competencies and exemplary ethical behavior;

• To recognize and reward accomplishments and innovations or exemplary performance as groups and able to demonstrate a team approach towards the delivery of DSWD’s core programs and strategic initiatives; and

• To provide incentives and interventions to motivate officials, personnel, and employees of the Department who have contributed ideas, suggestions, inventions, discoveries, superior accomplishments, and other personal efforts, as has been espoused by the DSWD as an organization in recent years.