The Department of Social Welfare and Development announced Monday that it has provided temporary employment opportunities for persons with disabilities through the Cash-for-Work program under the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS).

“To help our persons with disabilities and their families or relatives who serve as caregivers, we have a Cash-for-Work (CFW) program under our KALAHI-CIDSS.”

“Persons with disabilities are being provided with temporary employment, while caregivers will be compensated for the care they provide to their family members with disabilities,” DSWD Assistant Secretary Irene Dumlao said.

The agency reported that more than 5,600 persons with disabilities and family caregivers nationwide received financial assistance from March to May this year through payouts conducted by DSWD field offices.

Recent payouts were conducted from 19 to 21 May in the municipalities of Salay, Lagonglong, and Villanueva, where 470 beneficiaries received P4,610 each in exchange for 10 days of community service.

“These beneficiaries rendered 10 days of community cleanup and environmental maintenance work in their assigned areas. The assistance they received was based on the prevailing regional wage rates,” Dumlao said.

According to the DSWD, the Cash-for-Work program enables persons with disabilities to engage in community cleanup, environmental maintenance, gardening, and administrative tasks.

The agency also implemented the TheraFee program, which seeks to recognize and provide compensation for caregivers assisting persons with permanent total disabilities within vulnerable families.