The Regional Program Management Office of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program created an e-group for the members of Regional Advisory Committee (RAC) recently.

A Facebook account was created for the RAC members and also to the staff of Pantawid Pamilya in the region.

With the name: DSWD FO2-PP RAC, the e-group aims to facilitate faster communication and updating of activities among the member agencies.

The RAC is composed of different regional lined agencies namely: Department of Education (DepEd); Department of Health (DOH); Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG); National Economic Development Authority (NEDA); National Commission on Indigenous People (NCIP); Population Commission (PopCom); Philippine Information Agency (PIA); National Nutrition Council (NNC); Commission on Higher Education (CHED); PhilHealth; Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Department of Agriculture (DA) and Department of Tourism (DOT).

DSWD partners with the aforementioned agencies for the better and more effective implementation of Pantawid Pamilya. Advisory Committees were created at the national, regional and municipal levels to enhance national ownership and promote joint efforts with partner agencies and local implementers.

RAC aims to ensure the availability of the supply side on health, nutrition and education and promote complementation of services with other stakeholders as well as to provide the necessary support services to meet the conditionalities for the success of the program.

Pantawid Pamilya is a human development program of the national government that invests in the health and education of poor Filipino children aged 0-14 years old. In exchange of cash grants, beneficiaries should comply with the health and education conditions set forth by the program. For region 02, there are a total of 94,120 household beneficiaries. ###By MARICEL B. ASEJO, Pantawid Information Officer II