Former drug dependents and extremists groups could now avail of the livelihood program being offered by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).
This after it expanded the list of beneficiaries of its DOLE Integrated Livelihood Program (DILP) through its Administrative Order 126.
Also to be included in the new list of qualified DILP recipients are applicants of Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-Asa program, and dependents of casualties in legitimate police and military operations, parents of profiled child laborers who are beneficiaries of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), family members of probationers/parolees, and indigenous people who are also beneficiaries of 4Ps.
“I issued supplemental guidelines on the implementation of the DILP to expand its covered beneficiaries, and we are reaching out to more members of our society for a truly inclusive development,” Labor Secretary Silvestre H. Bello III said in a news statement.
DILP beneficiaries could avail a group micro-livelihood, which has a maximum grant assistance ranging from P250,000 to P500,000, depending on their members.
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