{"id":132096,"date":"2017-11-17T22:32:56","date_gmt":"2017-11-18T03:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=132096"},"modified":"2017-11-17T22:32:56","modified_gmt":"2017-11-18T03:32:56","slug":"dswd-releases-p2-26-b-to-individuals-in-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/11\/17\/dswd-releases-p2-26-b-to-individuals-in-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"DSWD releases P2.26-B to individuals in crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_103536\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-103536\" style=\"width: 180px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/12108274_1199084220118370_7836274802260632181_n-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-103536\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/12108274_1199084220118370_7836274802260632181_n-1.png\" alt=\"FILE:  The assistance was extended through the department\u2019s Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) and the Crisis Intervention Unit (CIU). (Photo: Department of Social Welfare and Development\/ Facebook)\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/12108274_1199084220118370_7836274802260632181_n-1.png 180w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/12108274_1199084220118370_7836274802260632181_n-1-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-103536\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: The assistance was extended through the department\u2019s Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) and the Crisis Intervention Unit (CIU). (Photo: Department of Social Welfare and Development\/ Facebook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong> \u2014 A total of PHP2,267,496,569.62 worth of assistance had been released from January to September this year to 613,046 individuals nationwide who went through a crisis, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) reported Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The assistance was extended through the department\u2019s Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) and the Crisis Intervention Unit (CIU).<\/p>\n<p>Recipients were those who faced shock or trauma that led to mental, psychological, and physical distress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf these individuals are unable to cope, they feel helpless and desperate. They should receive help from the government,\u201d DSWD Officer in Charge, Undersecretary Emmanuel Leyco, said in a news release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose in need of emergency assistance may seek help from the department through the AICS program, which serves as an immediate response or a social safety net to support the recovery of families and individuals from unexpected crisis, such as illness or death of a family member, natural and human-induced emergencies, and other critical incidents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Under AICS, the DSWD provides educational, medical, transportation and burial assistance to persons or families in crisis situations, especially those who are poor, marginalized, vulnerable, and disadvantaged.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from financial assistance, they could also avail of counseling provided by social workers from local government units and DSWD field offices.\u00a0<em><strong>(DSWD)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2014 A total of PHP2,267,496,569.62 worth of assistance had been released from January to September this year to 613,046 &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":103536,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[18682],"class_list":["post-132096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-department-of-social-welfare-and-development-dswd","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132096\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}