Sa mga Solo Parents d’yan, may mas marami nang benefits available sa batas para sa inyo!
Sa Expanded Solo Parents Welfare Act , heto ang mga benefits na puwedeng makuha:
- a) Social Protection Services (livelihood development at counseling)
- b) Parental Leave (7 days per year)
- c) Educational Benefits (scholarships for solo parent and 1 child)
- d) Social Safety Assistance (food, medicines, and financial aidduring disasters, calamities, pandemics)
- e) Monthly Cash Subsidy (for solo parent earning minimum wage and below)
- f) 10% Discount and VAT Exemption (for milk, food, diapers, medicines, and supplements for children for solo parents earning less than P250,000.00 per year)
- g) PhilHealth coverage
- h) Priority sa scholarships, livelihood training, poverty alleviation programs, at low-cost housing projects
Sino ang Solo Parent?
In general, a itinuturing na “Solo Parents” ang mga taong mag-isang nag-aalaga at sumusuporta sa bata. Kasama dito ang:
- a) Parent who provides sole parental care and support of the child
- b) Parent or guardian of the child of an OFW
- c) Unmarried mother or father
- d) Any legal guardian, adoptive or foster parent
- e) Any relative within the fourth (4th) civil degree of the parent who cares for the child as a result of the death, abandonment, disappearance or absence of the parents ;
- f) A pregnant woman who provides sole parental care and support to her unborn child or children.”
Para ma-avail ang benefits ng batas, kailangang mag-apply at kumuha ng Solo Parent ID mula sa city o municipal office ng DSWD (“Department of Social Welfare and Development) sa inyong lugar.
Requirements para sa Solo Parent ID
Ang General Requirements para rito ay:
- a) Barangay certification of residency in barangay for last 6 months
- b) Certificates (e.g., birth certificates of children, death certificate of spouse and other appropriate documentary support)
- c) Income tax return or any document to establish income level
Base sa requirements, susuriin ng DSWD ang inyong sitwasyon at eligibility para sa benefits.