Increase in aide for persons in crisis sought

Tabuk City, Kalinga - Considering inflation and rise in hospitalization costs, the City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) is seeking to increase the amount of Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS).

This was raised during a recent meeting with the CSWDO, said Councilor Zorayda Mia Wacnang in her committee report. Wacnang is one of the authors of said AICS ordinance,.

The matter was approved on its first reading during the Sangguninang Panlungsod regular session today, June 17.

It can be recalled that the ordinance was last amended in 2015 under former Councilor Lucretina Sarol.

With this, the assessment of the social workers of CSWDO shows that the amount of AICS under the prevailing ordinance is already inadequate to help defray hospitalization costs and medical bills.

The increase shall also be of great help to those with grave medical conditions and those undergoing major medical operations.

Ordinance on AICS

The ordinance states that the aid to the individuals includes transportation for Balik-Probinsya wherein PhP1,000 is provided for those coming from other places in Cordillera, PhP2,000 for within Luzon, and PhP3,000 for those coming from Visayas and Mindanao.

For hospitalization, PhP5,000 assistance is being proposed for outpatient, PhP7,000 for in-patient, and PhP10,000 for surgical cases.

Moreover, assistance will also be given to victims of man-made/ natural disaster, emergency shelter assistance, women/children in especially difficult circumstances (WEDC/CEDC), Physical Restoration (APR) of Persons with Disabilities (PWD).

This also covers burial assistance, assistance to displaced families and Emergency Financial and/or food assistance to walk-in clients.

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