Who are eligible to avail the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program?
4Ps is a poverty reduction strategy that provides grants to extremely poor households to improve their health, nutrition and education particularly of children aged 0-14.
In general, the following criteria must be satisfied to become eligible for the program:
- Residents of the poorest municipalities, based on 2003 Small Area Estimates (SAE) of the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB)
- Households whose economic condition is equal to or below the provincial poverty threshold
- Households that have children 0-18 years old and/or have a pregnant woman at the time of assessment
- Households that agree to meet conditions specified in the program