In the know: Find your way to Camp and SAP

How to file for aid under the COVID-19 Adjustment Measure Program (CAMP)?

Camp is a financial support—a one-time P5,000 assistance—from the Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) for workers, regardless of status, employed in private establishments nationwide whose operations are affected due to the coronavirus situation.

To avail of the assistance, employers must:

-Submit an “Establishment Report of COVID Form” with the company payroll for February or earlier, before the implementation of flexible working arrangements or temporary closure.

– The form with complete documentary requirements shall be submitted online to the appropriate Dole Regional Office or any of its Provincial or Field offices.

– The form and directory of Dole offices can be downloaded from the Dole website or from this link: https://www.dole.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/labor-advisory-no.-12-1.pdf

The document seeks general information about the establishment and the number of workers affected, their names, addresses, contact numbers, positions, titles, salaries. The total number of workers listed should equal the total number of workers reported and the form should include a complete list of workers affected.

– Alternatively, workers, may arrange the application and requirements among themselves and directly contact Dole for the one-time cash assistance, according to Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III.

– Applications will be evaluated within three working days from receipt and a notice of approval or denial will be given via SMS or email. An application may be denied on the following grounds: ineligibility of application; misrepresentation of facts in the application or submission of falsified or tampered document.

– The financial assistance shall be issued to the beneficiary payroll account through bank transfer at soon as possible. Cash assistance will be received via money remittance.

Sources: Dole, Inquirer.net

How to seek assistance under the social amelioration program (SAP)?

Under Republic Act No. 11469 or the “Bayanihan to Heal as One Act,” a cash subsidy ranging from P5,000 to P8,000, depending on prevailing regional minimum wage rates, shall be provided to about 18 million low-income families for two months.

– The local government unit will prepare the list of the target beneficiaries in their jurisdiction and endorse this list with the complete documentary requirements to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for verification using its database.

– A Social Amelioration Card (SAC) will be given to the LGUs for distribution to every house in their jurisdiction. The SAC, which is free, captures the profile of the family beneficiary and determines which family will be prioritized based on the level of their needs. It can’t be photocopied or duplicated as it is prenumbered.

– The head of household will be given two copies of the form and must fill out both completely and in capital letters. One copy will be submitted to the local government officer who will return to the household and the other copy will be kept by the household and will serve as a record of all the assistance that it has received from any government agency. This will be signed by the local DSWD officer and mayor.

– The distribution of the social amelioration assistance will be according to a household’s level of needs, meaning those who need it most will be prioritized.

The target beneficiaries are families that belong to either the poor or informal sector at risk of not earning a living during the enhanced community quarantine, who may have at least one member who is a senior citizen, persons with disability, pregnant and lactating women, solo parents, overseas Filipinos in distress, indigent indigenous peoples, and homeless citizens, informal economy workers directly hired or occasional, subcontracted workers, homeworkers (family enterprise involved in craftsmaking, native delicacy production, home-based food processing), househelpers, drivers of pedicab, tricycle, PUJs, UVs, PUBs, taxi, transport network vehicle service and transport network companies, micro-entrepreneurs and producers, operators of sari-sari stores, family enterprise, subminimum wage earners, farmers, fisherfolk, and farm workers, employees affected by “no work, no pay” policy and not covered by the Dole’s adjustment measure program and stranded workers.

Sources: dole.gov.ph, officialgazette.gov.ph, DSWD