Livelihood & Employment

Livelihood Support Assistance. The amount of Six Million Pesos (₱6,000,000.00) herein appropriated shall be used exclusively for provision of assistance to settlers, subject to the submission of list of validated beneficiaries, Program Implementation Plan and Guidelines and quarterly status report of implementation to MFBM.

Child Development Workers and Supervised Neighborhood Play Workers Honorarium. The amount of One Hundred Eighty-Six Million Four Hundred Eighty Thousand Pesos (P 186,480,000.00) herein appropriated under the Child and Youth Welfare Program shall be exclusively used for the augmentation of Honorarium for Child Development Workers (CDWs) and Supervised Neighborhood Play (SNP) Workers.

Livelihood Package to BABAE Association. The amount of Eight Million Pesos (P 8,000,000.00) herein appropriated under the Women's Welfare Program shall be exclusively used for the provision of livelihood packages for Organized Women’s Organizations, subject to the submission of the Program Implementation Plan and Guidelines, list of validated beneficiaries and quarterly status report of implementation to MFBM.

Negosyo Centers. The amount of Three Million Seven Hundred Eighty-Nine Thousand Eight Hundred Twenty-Four Pesos (₱3,789,824.00) herein appropriated shall be used exclusively for the management of Negosyo Centers.

Implementation of Shared Service Facilities. The amount of Seven Million Eight Hundred Twenty-Six Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty-Four Pesos (₱7,826,924.00) herein appropriated for the implementation of the Shared Service Facilities (SSF) shall be used for projects that aim to improve the quality and productivity of MSMEs. Its implementation shall be primarily based on priority industry clusters identified by the MTIT in consultation with key stakeholders. Upon the procurement of the equipment for the SSF, the MTIT shall turnover the management thereof to the cooperators, which shall commit to shoulder maintenance and repair cost upon acceptance thereof. After the period of two years, the MTIT may either: (i) transfer ownership of the SSF to the cooperators that demonstrated successful management of the facilities; (ii) extend the usufruct period for another two years if the cooperator needs additional period to establish the successful operation of the SSF; or (iii) transfer the management of the SSF equipment to another cooperator for failure to secure, operate, properly maintain or repair the SSF equipment upon acceptance.

Wages and Productivity. The amount of Four Hundred Twenty Thousand Pesos (₱420,000.00) herein appropriated shall be used exclusively for payment of Honoraria for the Members of Bangsamoro Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (BTWPB), subject to existing rules and regulations on the payment of Honoraria.

BARMM Employment Information System (BEIS). The amount of One Million Four Hundred Twenty-Nine Thousand and Nine Hundred Pesos (₱1,429,900.00) herein appropriated shall be used exclusively for the development and implementation of BARMM Employment Information System (BEIS) that will serve as a database of active manpower supply containing the profiles of jobseekers and employers in the city/province/municipal level.

Employment Facilitation and Promotion Program. The amount of One Hundred Sixty-Two Million Fifty-Three Thousand and Three Hundred Fifty Pesos (₱162,053,350.00) herein appropriated shall be used exclusively for the implementation of Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES), Bangsamoro Internship Development Program (BIDP), Workers Emergency Assistance Program, Bangsamoro Integrated Livelihood Program (BILP), Special Employment & Entrepreneurial Assistance Program for Differently-abled Persons, Elderly, and Former MILF/MNLF Combatants and Others Disadvantaged Bangsamoro, and Bangsamoro Tulong Panghanapbuhay para sa ating Disadvantaged Informal Sector Workers (Bangsamoro TUPAD Program) subject to the submission of Program Implementation Plan and Guidelines, validated list of beneficiaries, and quarterly status report of implementation to MFBM.

Workers' Social Protection and Welfare Program. The amount of Thirty-Nine Million Eight Hundred Twenty-Four Thousand Pesos (₱39,824,000.00) herein appropriated shall be used exclusively for the implementation of the Assistance Program for Repatriated Abused and Distressed Overseas Bangsamoro Workers (OBWs), Reintegration Program for Balik Bangsamoro Hanap Trabaho (RP-BBHT), Social Protection Program for Informal Workers, Overseas Bangsamoro Worker Social Benefits Program, and Bangsamoro Child Labor Sagip Program subject to the submission of the respective Program Implementation Plan and Guidelines, validated list of beneficiaries, and quarterly status report of implementation to MFBM.

Barangay Health Workers. The amount of Six Hundred Nineteen Million Two Hundred Thousand Pesos (₱619,200,000.00) herein appropriated shall be used as financial assistance to 8,600 Barangay Health Workers (BHWs), subject to the submission of list of beneficiaries, Program Implementation Plan and Guidelines and quarterly status report of implementation to MFBM. The Health Minister shall ensure timely distribution of financial assistance to the BHWs.

Hospital and Other Health Care Facilities Income. In addition to the amounts herein appropriated, all income generated from the operations of provincial hospitals, district hospitals and municipal hospitals, including drug abuse treatment and rehabilitation centers and facilities, blood service facilities (blood stations, blood collection units, blood banks), laboratories, and other revenue-generating unitsnot mentioned under the Ministry shall be deposited in an authorized government depository bank, of which the twenty percent (20%) be remitted to the Bangsamoro Treasury Office. The remaining eighty percent (80%) may be used to augment the hospitals and other health facilities' MOOE and Capital Outlay requirements, subject to the following conditions: (i) at least twenty-five Percentage (25%) of said income shall be utilized to purchase and upgrade hospital equipment used directly in the delivery of health services and the remaining balance shall be used for MOOE, including the hiring of health workers on Job-Order basis; and (ii) income sourced from PhilHealth reimbursements from availment of medical services shall be used exclusively by said hospitals and other health care facilities for the improvement of their facilities, and for the replenishment of drugs, medicines and vaccines, including medical and dental supplies used in government health care facilities. In no case shall said amount be used for the payment of salaries, allowances and other benefits. Disbursements and expenditures by the hospitals and other health care facilities under the Ministry in violation of the above requirements shall be void and shall subject the erring officials and employees to disciplinary actions in accordance with existing laws. The Ministry shall prepare and submit the annual operating budget through the Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities for the current year and the corresponding expenditures to the Ministry of Finance, and Budget and Management not later than November 15 of the preceding year. Likewise, it shall submit to the MFBM not later than March 1 of the current year its audited financial statements for the immediately preceding year. The provincial hospitals, district hospitals and municipal hospitals shall submit quarterly report of the receipts and expenditures on the use of their income to the Ministry of Health. MOH shall thereafter submit a copy of the report to the Ministry of Finance, and Budget and Management and to the Committee on Finance, and Budget and Management. The Health Minister, the Ministry's web administrator or his/her equivalent, and the Chiefs of Hospitals shall be responsible for ensuring that the foregoing documents are likewise posted on the Ministry's/Hospital's website.

Engineering and Administrative Overhead (EAO) Expenses. For infrastructure projects costing more than One Million Pesos (P1,000,000.00), the MPW is authorized to deduct a maximum of three percent (3%) from the appropriation of infrastructure projects but in no case shall it exceed two percent (2%) for releases to the District Engineering Offices (DEOs), to be used for engineering and administrative overhead expenses. For EAO expenses, the same shall be limited to: (i) administrative overhead including the hiring of the individuals engaged through job orders or contracts of service or such other engagement of personnel without any employer-employee relationship; (ii) pre-construction activities after detailed engineering; (iii) construction project management; (iv) testing and quality control; (v) acquisition, rehabilitation and repair of related equipment and parts; and (vi) contingencies in relation to pre-construction activities. The EAO expenses shall be treated or booked-up as capitalized expenditures and form part of the project cost, PROVIDED, that the acquisition of motor vehicles shall only be allowed when it is proven more economical than vehicle rental and that the acquisition thereof is consistent with applicable laws and regulations.

Bangsamoro Standards and Halal Testing Laboratories. The amount of Nine Million Four Hundred Seventy-Four Thousand Four Hundred Eighty Pesos (₱9,474,480.00) and Five Million Four Hundred Eighty-Nine Thousand Forty Pesos (₱5,489,040.00) herein appropriated shall be used exclusively for the procurement of Machineries and Equipment, and Supplies and Materials, respectively, for the Physico- Chemistry Laboratory, Microbiology Laboratory, Metrology Laboratory, Halal Verification Laboratory and Shelf-Life Laboratory subject to the submission of status report of implementation to MFBM.

Bangsamoro Agri-Fishery Evidence (Exploration of Value-adding and Innovative Development based on Evidence, Nature-friendly, Collaborative and Excellence). The amount of Forty-Five Million One Hundred Fifty-Six Thousand Three Hundred Forty-Two Pesos (₱45,156,342.00) herein appropriated, subject to the submission of Program Implementation Plan and Guidelines, and quarterly status report of implementation to MFBM, shall be used for the Operation of Bangsamoro Integrated Laboratories as follows;

• Five Million One Hundred Fifty-Eight Thousand Five Hundred Pesos (P5,158,500.00) for the Regional Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory;₱5,158,500.00
• Eleven Million Fifty-Nine Thousand Eight Hundred Seventy-Two Pesos (P11,059,872.00) for the Regional Soil Laboratory; and₱11,059,872.00
• Twenty Eight Million Nine Hundred Thirty-Seven Thousand Nine Hundred Seventy Pesos (P28,937,970.00) for the Feed Chemical Analysis Laboratory.₱28,937,970.00

Social Enterprises Development. The amount of Seven Million Eight Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand Pesos (P7,875,000.00) herein appropriated as Financial Assistance/Subsidy shall be used exclusively for Social Enterprise Tabang sa Usbong Pagbangon (SET-UP), subject to the submission of the Program Implementation Plan and Guidelines (PIPG) and list of validated beneficiaries to MFBM.

Social Enterprises Development. The amount of Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand Pesos (P10,500,000.00) herein appropriated as Financial Assistance/Subsidy shall be used exclusively for Social Enterprise Sustainable Assistance for Viable Enterprise (SE-SAVE), subject to the submission of the Program Implementation Plan and Guidelines (PIPG) and list of validated beneficiaries to MFBM.