DSWD-7 Closes Listahanan Household Assessment

(PIA) — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in the region has closed second round of Listahanan household assessment.

DSWD Regional Director Mercedita Jabagat said that the department’s enumerators are done gathering information from the field.

“Our enumerators were able to assess 985,730 households or 97% out of the 1,016,269 target households of the region,” she said in a press statement.

“We achieved only 97 percent against the given target because the target is big compared to the actual number of households,” Jabagat underscored.

The social and welfare officer attributed this to the absence of respondent when the enumerators conducted the house visit because either they were out or they had to attend to their livelihood.

“Enumerators would revisit the household at least three times if there is no qualified and available respondent at the time of their visit,” said Listahanan Information Officer Kerwin Macopia.

Jabagat said that families who were not yet interviewe still has a chance to be assessed.

“There will be validation and finalization phase for families who were not visited during the regular enumeration. These families will be given the chance to appeal and to be assessed,” she said.

“We will ensure that there will be announcements of the validation phase in all barangays, so that everyone will be able to participate in this,” Jabagat added.

The final list of Listahanan’s identified poor families will be established after the validation.

DSWD through the Listahanan or the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) has undertaken a nationwide assessment to identify the families who will become potential beneficiaries from social protection programs and services of the national government such as the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program. (rmn/jsme/PIA7-Cebu/with DSWD7 report)