DSWD to Update Listahanan Database

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office 7 through the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) conducted a mass hiring of field staff for the implementation of the 3rd round of Listahanan household assessment for 2019.

This is in compliance with Section 2 of EO 867 which requires the DSWD to update the NHTS-PR every four years.
The simultaneous screening for the Listahanan applicant for Encoders, Verifiers, Enumerators, Area Supervisors and Area Coordinators were conducted in the different parts of the region from July 16 – 26.

The hired applicants will conduct the household assessment to identify who and where the poor are with the use of Proxy Means Test (PMT).

The data that will be gathered from the household assessment will be used as a basis for the selection of beneficiaries for the social protection programs.

The first Listahanan household assessment was conducted on 2009 and Listahanan was able to identify 314,654 poor households in region 7.

While the second round assessment on 2015, Listahanan identified 534,433 poor households across Central Visayas.