By Jocelyn P. Alvarez
ZAMBOANGA CITY - The
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is preparing for the
conduct of household reassessment this
October, reveals DSWD-9 Regional Information Officer Narabelle Bue in a press release.
She said the recertification of poor households
was initially scheduled next year but it was moved to an earlier date in October
this year, as confirmed by the National
Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction-National Project
Management Office (NHTSPR-NPMO).
“From 32 questions, there will now be 44
questions that will serve as variables in determining the classification of
household as poor or non-poor,” Bue explained, as she said that the management
team has been working on the enhancement of the system and the Household
Assessment Form (HAF) in preparation for said recertification.
Bue
said pooling of field staff is one item being prioritized now by DSWD’s Regional
Household Targeting Unit IX in the preparatory level for the reassessment.
She
revealed that the department has been receiving applicants as it needs some
2,067 workers to include area coordinators, area supervisors, enumerators,
encoders and verifiers to do the assessment.
She
said the hired applicants will conduct the reassessment on 688, 495 target
households in Region IX.
In
addition, another 1,040 on-ground staff will also be hired to do the reassessment
in Basilan, Sulu and Tawi Tawi to 335,000 target households.
The
National Household Targeting System is an information management system that
identifies who and where the poor are in the country. (PIA9)