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The Social Pension for Indigent Senior Citizen (SPISC) is a government program that provide a monthly stipend of One Thousand Pesos (Php1,000.00) intended to augment the daily subsistence and medical requirements of the indigent senior citizens. This is in line with the government's commitment to the most disadvantaged sector through social protection, as well as with the full implementation of R.A. No. 9994, also known as the Expanded Senior Citizen Act of 2010.
A beneficiary receives the stipend utilizing the most cost-effective and expedient payment method available such as but not limited to direct payment to the beneficiary through cash advance by a designated Special Disbursing Officer (SDO), door-to-door delivery scheme; use of cash card; fund transfer to Local Government Units (LGUs) and money remittance.
SCOPE AND COVERAGE
SCOPE AND COVERAGE
The SPISC is implemented nationwide, including the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) The number of beneficiaries of the sixteen (16) Field Offices' including BARMM-MSSD will be based on the target indicator as provided for in the General Appropriation Act (GAA) in the given fiscal year.
OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVES
General: Help improve the living conditions of the indigent senior citizen beneficiaries of SPISC program
Specifically, the program aims to:
Augment capacity of the SPISC beneficiaries to meet their daily subsistence and medical requirements;
Reduce incidence of hunger among SPISC beneficiaries; and
Mitigate the cause of neglect, abuse or deprivation among the indigent senior citizens
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
The program shall apply the following eligibility criteria based on R.A. No. 9994 and R.A. No. 11916 as follows:
60 years old and above;
Frail, sickly or with disability;
Without pension; and
Without a regular source of income, compensation or financial assistance from their relatives to support his/her basic needs
REQUIREMENTS
REQUIREMENTS
The senior citizen applicants shall submit the following requirements
Social Pension Application Form (Annex 1)
Photocopy of OSCA identification cards (ID)
In the absence of the OSCA ID, the senior citizen applicant may submit a photocopy of his/her birth certificate. In case that said document is not available, he/she may present any valid ID, either government-issued ID or his/her federation/association ID, wherein the date of birth is indicated
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