SOLO PARENTS WELFARE

ACT OF 2000
Republic Act No. 8972

• AN ACT PROVIDING FOR BENEFITS AND

PRIVILEGES TO SOLO PARENTS AND
THEIR CHILDREN, APPROPRIATING
FUNDS THEREFORE AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES.
 Declaration of Policy
➲ VERTICAL – in relation to other SOCIETAL
INSTITUTIONS
➲ HORIZONTAL – in relation to its MEMBERS
➲ WHOLISTIC – in relation to its POTENTIALS
➲ VERTICAL – to strengthen the FAMILY as the
FOUNDATION of SOCIETY
➲ HORIZONTAL – to strengthen the FAMILY’S
SOLIDARITY
➲ WHOLISTIC – to ensure the FAMILY’S TOTAL
DEVELOPMENT
 Revolutionary Features
➲ Extends STATE SUPPORT to NON-MARITAL
CHILDREN and their PARENTS

➲ Responds to current SOCIAL PHENOMENA

➲ Embodies an expression of PUBLIC POLICY

➲ Supremacy of the BEST INTEREST AND WELFARE

OF THE CHILDREN

➲ Re-affirms the FILIPINO EXTENDED FAMILY

 Network of Service Providers
➲ DSWD - TESDA

➲ DOH - NHA

➲ DEP ED - DOLE

➲ DILG - Other NGA’s

and NGO’s
➲ CHED
 SOLO PARENT, defined
1. Victims of Rape
2. Widower
3. Imprisonment of Spouse
4. Physical/Mental Incapacity of Spouse
5. Legal and De Facto Separation
6. Annulment of Marriage
7. Abandonment of Spouse for one (1) year
8. Any person or family member who provides
parental care to a child
 CHILDREN, defined
➲ Living with
➲ Dependent for Support
➲ Unmarried
➲ Unemployed
➲ Not more than 18 years of age
➲ OR even those over 18 BUT
- Incapable of Self-Support
- Mental and/or Physical defect/Disability
 Parental Authority and
Responsibility
1. Duty and responsibility for Custody, Support,
Education and Institution
2. Love and affection, advice and counsel,
companionship and understanding
3. Duty to provide moral and spiritual guidance,
inculcate in them honesty, integrity, self-
discipline, self-reliance, industry and thrift,
stimulate their interest in civic affairs, and
inspire in them compliance with the duties of
citizenship;
 Parental Authority and
Responsibility
Article 220 of the Family Code of the Philippines
➲ Duty to provide good and wholesome
educational materials, supervise their activities,
recreation and association with others, protect
them from bad company, and prevent them from
acquiring habits detrimental to their health,
studies and morals.

➲ Right to represent them in all in matters affecting

their interest
 Parental Authority and
Responsibility
Article 220 of the Family Code of the Philippines
➲ Right to demand respect and obedience
➲ To impose discipline on them as may be
required under the circumstances; and
➲ To perform such other duties as are
imposed by law and upon parents and
guardians
 Comprehensive Package of
Social Development and Welfare
Services
➲ Livelihood Development
➲ Critical Incidence Stress Debriefing
➲ Counseling
➲ Parent Effectiveness
➲ Special Services
 Livelihood Development
Services

➲ Training on Livelihood Skills

➲ Basic Business Management
➲ Value Orientation
➲ Provision of Seed Capital
➲ Job Placement
 Counseling Services

➲ Individual
➲ Peer Group
➲ Family Counseling
➲ Focus on the RESOLUTION
- Personal Relationships
- Role Conflicts
 Parent Effectiveness Services
➲ KNOWLEDGE SKILLS
- Early Childhood Development
- Behavior Management
- Health Care
- Rights and Duties of Parents of
Children
 Special Projects
➲ For individual in Need of Special
Protection
 Temporary Shelter
 Counseling
 Legal Assistance
 Medical Care
 Self-Concept or Ego-Building
 Crisis Management
 Spiritual Enrichment
 Critical Incidence Stress
Debriefing
➲ Preventive Stress Management

 In crisis Situations

 In Cases of Abuse
 Comprehensive Package of
Social Development and Welfare
Services

➲ Livelihood Development
➲ Counseling
➲ Parent Effectiveness
➲ Critical Incidence Stress Debriefing
 Other Benefits to Solo Parents

➲ Non-Discrimination
➲ Educational Benefits
➲ Housing Benefits
➲ Parental Leave
➲ Flexible Work Schedule
➲ Medical Assistance
 Non-Discrimination

➲ No employer shall discriminate against

any SOLO PARENT EMPLOYEE with
respect to the TERMS and CONDITIONS
of Work
 Educational Benefits
KINDS
➲ FORMAL
 Basic
 Tertiary
 Technical or Skills Education
➲ NON-FORMAL
 Appropriate for SOLO PARENTS and their
children
 Educational Benefits
PROCEDURE
➲ Obtain and accomplish Application Form from
DepEd, CHED, TESDA
➲ Submit the following:
 Solo parent ID card
 Barangay Clearance
 Birth Certificate
 Notice of Admission from the School
 Original or Certified True Copy of Transcript of
Record or Report Card
 Housing Benefits
National Housing Authority

➲ Priorityof Applicants below the Poverty

Line, as certified by the National Statistical
Coordination Board
➲ Liberal Terms of Payment on Government
Low-Cost Housing Projects
 Housing Benefits
National Housing Authority
• Conditions Precedent
1. Eligibility Requirements
a. NHA eligibility criteria
b. RA 7279, Urban Development and
Housing Act
c. RA 8972, Solo Parents Welfare Act (as
certified by NSCB-NEDA)
2. Direct filing with NHA project Offices
 Parental Leave Benefits
CHARACTERISTICS
➲ Non-cumulative
➲ Not more than 7 working days in a year
➲ Solo Parent must have rendered at least 1
year of service
➲ Only for Causes Requiring Physical
Presence for the Performance of Parental
Duties
 Flexible Work Schedules
Limitations for Private Firms

➲ Shall
not affect individual and company
productivity

➲ Employer
may request exemption on
MERITORIOUS GROUNDS
 Consultation/
Dialogue of Solo
Parents on
CPSWDPS
April 24, 2015
Balai Constancia, Carigara, Leyte
 CPSWDPS
Comprehensive Package of Social
Welfare and Development Programs and
Services
 Objectives:
1.Discuss and identify the issues and gaps
on the implementation of RA 8972 aka
the Solo Parents Welfare Act of 2000
2. Come-up with recommendations/policies
and resolutions for the local-interagency
members and national level’s action
 Expected pax:
Forty (40) solo parents of Region 8
(unemployed, self-employed
and employed)
Expected Output:
Issues and Concerns Recommendations

Name Address
1._________________________________________
2._________________________________________
3._________________________________________
4._________________________________________
5._________________________________________
 Methodology:
(How to do it?)
➲ 1. Identify 6 solo parents/province
-employed in a govt. agency – 1
-employed in a private agency-1
-parent leaders - in 4 municipalities
2. Discuss with them briefly
the RA 8972
3. Identify issues/concerns and
recommendations
4. Please submit to the FO 8 @
email address to dadaplolita@
yahoo.com on 4-30-2015
(my cp # 09486881571)
 Additional Information:

➲ MC # 2015-41 dated April 14, 2015

from DILG
Subject: LGU Support on the National
HIV Testing Week
Date: May 11-15, 2015
May 17, 2015 “AIDS Candlelight
Memorial”
 RA # 8504

➲ aka “Philippine AIDS Prevention and

Control Act of 1998”
Implementing Office:
Philippine National AIDS Council
(PNAC)
Partners: DILG, DOH and DSWD
(Regional AIDS Assistance
Team-RAAT)
 Purpose:

1. Inform
2. De-stigmatize
3. De-mystify
4. Promote HIV testing to Key
Populations at Higher Risks for HIV
 Who are KPHR?

➲ Key Population at Higher Risk (KPHR):

➲ 1. Males who have Sex w/ males(MSM)

➲ 2. People Who Inject Drugs (PWID)
 “Thank you and
God Bless Everyone”