QUEZON LGUs COMMIT SUPPORT TO KALAHI-CIDSS-MT IMPLEMENTATION

Nine Municipalities of Quezon Province targeted as Kapit Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services Makamasang Tugon (KALAHI-CIDSS MT) Project areas gave commitment to support the project implementation in their respective localities during a recent forum conducted by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). The forum, which was conducted by DSWD Field Office IV-A, primarily aims to discuss with local officials from the said municipalities the condition precedents for KALAHI- CIDSS MT implementation and the integration of the program processes with the planning, budgeting and development processes of the respective municipalities. Dir. Wilma D. Naviamos of DSWD IV-A, in her message to the forum’s participants highlighted the Departments’ goal of instilling among poor municipalities that KALAHI-CIDSS is a development strategy / approach which any Local Government Unit (LGU) apply in order to break the cycle of poverty. She also added that KALAHI-CIDSS MT is not separate from KALAHI CIDSS but an implementation modality under the project that provides performance based incentive grant, and supports LGU efforts for effective local governance.***