Social Protection & Welfare

Mujahideen under Special Circumstance Assistance. The amount of Eight Hundred Forty Million Pesos (₱840,000,000.00) herein appropriated as Financial Assistance/Subsidy shall be used exclusively for provision of financial assistance to senior citizens and disabled Bangsamoro Mujahideen, subject to the submission of the Program Implementation Plan and Guidelines, list of validated beneficiaries, and quarterly status report of implementation to MFBM.

Administrative Costs of Special Programs. The amount herein appropriated to cover the administrative costs incurred in the implementation of Special Programs (AMBaG, TABANG, KAPYANAN, SLMG, MRP, and SALAM) shall be excluded from their respective appropriations that are classified as For Later Release.

Ayudang Medikal mula sa Bangsamoro Government (AMBaG). The health services assistance provided under the AMBaG program shall cover purchase of drugs and medicines, goods or all other medical, health, documentary and related services billed by the partner hospital, after deducting the Phil Health and other applicable medical assistance for in-and-out patients. Provided further, that coverage of professional fees shall not exceed 50% of the approved amount of health service assistance.

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.

Unlad Pamilyang Bangsamoro. The amount of One Hundred Twenty-Five Million Two Hundred Twenty-Two Thousand Pesos (P125,222,000.00) herein appropriated under the Family and Community Welfare Program shall be exclusively used for the provision of assistance to poor households, subject to the submission of the Program Implementation Plan and Guidelines, list of validated beneficiaries and quarterly status report of implementation to MFBM.

LayagBajau. The amount of Twenty-Nine Million One Hundred Twenty Thousand Pesos (P 29,120,000.00) herein appropriated under the Family and Community Welfare Program shall be exclusively used for the provision of assistance to qualified Badjau households, subject to the submission of the Program Implementation Plan and Guidelines, list of validated beneficiaries and quarterly status report of implementation to MFBM.

AngatBangsamoroKabataanTungosaKarunungan. The amount of One Hundred Twenty-Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand Pesos (P 127,500,000.00) herein appropriated under the Family and Community Welfare Program shall be exclusively used for the provision of educational assistance to children of disadvantaged families and other needy adults, subject to the submission of the Program Implementation Plan and Guidelines, list of validated beneficiaries and quarterly status report of implementation to MFBM.

DakilaBangsamoro. The amount of Eighty-Four Million Pesos (P84,000,000.00) herein appropriated under the Family and Community Welfare Program shall be exclusively used for the provision of assistance to indigent solo parents, subject to the submission of the Program Implementation Plan and Guidelines, list of validated beneficiaries and quarterly status report of implementation to MFBM.

Welfare Goods for Social Protection. The amount of Thirty-Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand Pesos (P 37,500,000.00) herein appropriated under the Family and Community Welfare Program shall be exclusively used for the procurement of welfare goods for social protection intervention for those in need individuals and families, subject to submission of 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.

Augmentation of Supplementary Feeding Program. The amount of One Hundred Three Million Two Hundred Ninety-Six Thousand Pesos (P 103,296,000.00) herein appropriated under the Child and Youth Welfare Program shall be exclusively used for the augmentation of Supplementary Feeding Program for children enrolled in the Child Development Centers and Supervised Neighborhood Plays, subject to the submission of the Program Implementation Plan and Guidelines, list of validated beneficiaries and quarterly status report of implementation to MFBM.

Kupkop Program. The amount of One Hundred Twenty-Two Million Four Hundred Thousand Pesos (P 122,400,000.00) herein appropriated under the Child and Youth Welfare Program shall be exclusively used for the provision of Financial Assistance for case- managed orphans, trafficked, disengaged children and youth, subject to the submission of the Program Implementation Plan and Guidelines, list of validated beneficiaries and quarterly status report of implementation to MFBM.

Operationalization of Bahay Pag-asa. The amount of Twenty Million Seventy-Nine Thousand Three Hundred Four Pesos (P 20,079,304.00) herein appropriated under the Child and Youth Welfare Program shall be exclusively used for the operation of Bahay Pag- asa.

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.

Women's Opportunities to Maternal Benefits (WOMB). The amount of Ten Million Pesos (P 10,000,000.00) herein appropriated under the Women's Welfare Program shall be exclusively used for the provision of maternity kits for the Support to Indigent Pregnant Women: Women's Opportunities to Maternal Benefits (WOMB), subject to the submission of the Program Implementation Plan and Guidelines, list of validated beneficiaries and quarterly status report of implementation to MFBM.

HadiyaPackage. The amount of Nineteen Million One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Pesos (P 19,125,000.00) herein appropriated under the Older Persons and Persons with Disability Program shall be exclusively used for the provision of care packages for Senior Citizens subject to the submission of the Program Implementation Plan and Guidelines, list of validated beneficiaries and quarterly status report of implementation to MFBM.

KalingaParasamayKapansanan. The amount of Five Hundred Forty Million Pesos (P540,000,000.00) herein appropriated under Older Persons and Persons with Disability Program shall be exclusively used for assistance to Persons with Disability, subject to the submission of the Program Implementation Plan and Guidelines, list of validated beneficiaries and quarterly status report of implementation to MFBM.

Emergency Relief Assistance. The amount of Four Hundred Twenty Million Six Hundred Twenty-Two Thousand Five Hundred Pesos (P420,622,500.00) herein appropriated under the Disaster Risk Reduction and Emergency Assistance Program shall be exclusively used for the procurement of welfare goods for emergency relief assistance to needy individuals and families including Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) as defined under BAA 62, AnActProtectingandPromotingtheRightsofInternallyDisplacedPersonsoftheBangsamoro AutonomousRegioninMuslimMindanao,ProvidingMechanismsTherefor,andforOtherPurposes, subject to submission of quarterly status report of implementation to MFBM.

Emergency Shelter Assistance. The amount of Sixty Million Pesos (P 60,000,000.00) herein appropriated under the Disaster Risk Reduction and Emergency Assistance Program shall be exclusively used for the provision of Emergency Shelter Assistance, subject to submission of the Program Implementation Plan and Guidelines.

LigtasPamilya Program. The amount of Sixteen Million Five Hundred Fifty Thousand Pesos (P 16,550,000.00) of Supplies and Materials herein appropriated under Disaster Risk Reduction and Emergency Assistance Program shall be exclusively used for provision of emergency go bags to highly vulnerable families, subject to submission of the Program Implementation Plan and Guidelines.

LingkodPamayananParasaKapayapaanProgram. The amount of One Hundred Eighty-Nine Million Five Hundred Four Thousand Pesos (P 189,504,000.00) of Financial Assistance/Subsidy herein appropriated under Disaster Risk Reduction and Emergency Assistance Program shall be exclusively used for the provision of financial subsidy to volunteers of community services program for Disaster Risk Reduction and protective services, subject to submission of the Program Implementation Plan and Guidelines.

Water Sanitation and Hygiene Intervention. The amount of Thirty Million Pesos (P 30,000,000.00) of Supplies and Materials herein appropriated under Disaster Risk Reduction and Emergency Assistance Program shall be exclusively used for the provision of hygiene kits to vulnerable families, subject to submission of the Program Implementation Plan and Guidelines.

Bangsamoro CARES. The amount of Five Hundred Fifty-Nine Million Six Hundred Fifty Thousand Pesos (P 559,650,000.00) herein appropriated under Disaster Risk Reduction and Emergency Assistance Program shall be exclusively used for Critical Assistance in Response to Emergency Situation, subject to submission of the Program Implementation Plan and Guidelines and quarterly status report of implementation to MFBM.

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.

Bangsamoro Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board. The amount of Eighteen Million Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Pesos (₱18,750,000.00) herein appropriated under Pantawid Pasada Program shall be exclusively used for the provision of Financial Assistance for Public Utility Vehicle Operators holding a valid franchise from BLTFRB, subject to the submission of the Program Implementation Plan and Guidelines, list of validated beneficiaries and quarterly status report of implementation to MFBM.

Access to Higher and Modern Education Scholarship Program. The amount of Four Hundred Thirty-Three Million One Hundred Twenty- Two Thousand Seven Hundred Pesos (P433,122,700.00) herein appropriated shall be used for the payment of educational assistance amounting to Eight Thousand Pesos (P8,000) per month per student-grantee, and other administrative costs. The budget shall be released only upon submission of Program Implementation Plan and Guidelines and quarterly status report of program implementation.

Madaris Education Services. The amount of One Billion Five Hundred Eighty-Seven Million One Hundred Eighty-Five Thousand Six Hundred Six Pesos (P1,587,185,606.00) herein appropriated shall be used for assistance to learners in accredited private madaris and hiring and training of Asatidz, subject to the submission of Program Implementation Plan and Guidelines 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.

Bangsamoro Health Outreach Program for Everyone (B-HOPE). The amount of Two Hundred Fifty Million Six Hundred Ninety Thousand Six Hundred Thirty-Six Pesos (₱250,690,636.00) herein appropriated for the Medical Outreach Program, subject to the submission of Program Implementation Plan and Guidelines. The health services assistance provided under the Medical Outreach Program shall cover purchase of drugs and medicines, goods or all other medical, health, documentary and related services billed by the partner hospital, after deducting the Phil Health and other applicable medical assistance for in-and-out patients. Provided further, that coverage of professional fees shall not exceed 50% of the approved amount of health service assistance.

Bangsamoro Integrated Disaster Shelter Assistance Project (BIDSAP). The amount of Eight Million Six Hundred Twelve Thousand and One Hundred Pesos (P8,612,100.00) herein appropriated shall serve as a stand-by fund and shall be used as follows:

• Six Million Seven Hundred Eighty-One Thousand Five Hundred Pesos (P6,781,500.00) for the Provision of Shelter Toolkits for Disaster Victims; and₱6,781,500.00
• One Million Eight Hundred Thirty Thousand Six Hundred Pesos (P1,830,600.00) for Emergency Disaster Response Activities which include field assessment of damaged houses among others. This fund is intended to support the immediate recovery, rehabilitation, and resettlement of communities affected by natural or human- induced calamities, epidemics, crises, and catastrophes, including those that occurred in the last quarter of the preceding year and those arising in the current year. Provided, that the same shall be released only in the event of calamity and upon the submission of result of assessment of damaged houses, Program Implementation Plan and Guidelines, and validated list of beneficiaries.₱1,830,600.00

Science and Technology Services. The amount of Six Hundred Thousand Pesos (₱600,000.00) herein appropriated as Capital Outlay shall be used exclusively for the procurement of SAFEWTRS for Technology Assistance for Commercialization Project (TechACP), and shall only be spent on high quality equipment/items, subject to the submission of procurement plan and quarterly status report of implementation to MFBM

Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Program..The amount of Ten Million Pesos (₱10,000,000.00) herein appropriated shall be used exclusively for the Provision of Loan Assistance to Individual Farmers, Fisherfolks and Agrarian Reform beneficiaries subject to the submission of Program Implementation Plan and Guidelines, list of validated beneficiaries, and quarterly status report of implementation to MFBM.

Financial Assistance/Subsidy. The amount of Thirty-Eight Million Two Hundred Thousand Pesos (P38,200,000.00) herein appropriated, subject to the submission of Program Implementation Plan and Guidelines and quarterly status report of implementation to MFBM, shall be used as follows:

• Peace Building Initiatives (PBI). The amount of Twenty-One Million Five Hundred Thousand Pesos (P21,500,000.00) herein appropriated shall be used exclusively for the Interventions for Vulnerable Combatants, Widows of Violent Extremists, Former Local Insurgents, Orphans of Violent Extremists, Wives of Former Local Insurgents and Assistance to Vulnerable, Marginalized, and Neglected Institutions, subject further to the submission of list validated beneficiaries; and₱21,500,000.00
• Alternative Dispute Resolution Program (ADRP). The amount of Sixteen Million Seven Hundred Thousand Pesos (P16,700,000.00) herein appropriated shall be used exclusively for Rido Settlement, Interventions for Local Mediators, and Kambalingan Rehabilitation Program for Rido-affected communities, subject further to the submission of list of validated beneficiaries.₱16,700,000.00

The amount of Two Hundred Million Pesos (₱200,000,000.00) shall be used for the Hajj Assistance to the marginalized sectors subject to the submission of Program Implementation Plan and Guidelines, validated list of beneficiaries as approved by the Office of the Chief Minister, and quarterly status report of Implementation to MFBM.

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.

Human Rights Protection. The amount of Two Million Fifty-Five Thousand Pesos (P2,055,000.00) herein appropriated for the Financial Assistance to Victims of Human Rights Violations and Witness Protection Program shall be released only upon submission of Program Implementation Plan and Guidelines and quarterly status report of implementation to MFBM.

Special Development Fund Board (SDF Board). There is hereby created a Board which shall be directly under the supervision of the Office of the Chief Minister (OCM). The Board shall be supported by a Program Management Office (SDF-PMO) with sufficient personnel headed by an Executive Director equivalent to a Director IV and assisted by a Deputy Executive Director equivalent to a Director III, who shall be appointed or designated by the Chief Minister. Their appointments shall be coterminous with the appointing authority. The Chief Minister shall prescribe the organizational structure and staffing pattern of the SDF-PMO, which shall be charged against the Miscellaneous Personnel Benefits Fund (MPBF) of the Bangsamoro Government. The Board shall be chaired by the Senior Minister; other members shall be determined by the Chief Minister. The Executive Director shall serve as the Vice-Chairperson of the Board. The SDF-PMO shall serve as the Secretariat of the Board. The Chief Minister, through the Board, shall set the policies and guidelines on the selection and implementation of special development fund programs, projects, and activities (SDF-PPA). The SDF-PMO shall be responsible for the planning and implementation of SDF-PPA and shall ensure that the same is consistent with the existing Bangsamoro Development Plan, subject to the review, deliberation, and evaluation by the SDF Board. It may call upon any ministry, bureau, office, agency, or instrumentality of the Bangsamoro Government for such assistance as it may need in the performance of its functions. The Chief Minister may reassign any personnel of the Bangsamoro Government to the SDF-PMO upon recommendation of the Head of the SDF-PMO. The Chief Minister, upon recommendation and submission of SDF-PPAs by the SDF Board, shall review and approve the SDF-PPA in accordance with the policies and guidelines issued on the selection and implementation thereof, and shall ensure the optimal use of funds toward high-impact, capital-intensive flagship projects.

Sustainable Assistance Mechanism for Local Moral Governance. The amount of Five Billion Two Hundred Six Million One Hundred Forty-Six Thousand One Hundred Pesos (₱ 5,206,146,100.00) is herein appropriated for the following purposes:

• Share of the Constituent Local Government Units in taxes, fees and charges collected within the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region. The share of the Bangsamoro Government in national taxes, fees, and charges collected in the Bangsamoro Territorial Jurisdiction shall be available for disbursement in accordance with the Title III, Chapter II, Section 313 of the Bangsamoro Local Governance Code. The fund shall be released to the local government units upon actual receipt of the funds by the Bangsamoro Treasury from the National Government and determination of the allocative proportion of LGU shares based on details of shares distribution attached to the actual collection certification issued by DOF-BIR. In the disbursement of the shares released, the recipient LGUs are required to take into consideration the 2nd Bangsamoro Development Plan 2023-2028 containing the six (6) Overall Development Goals with eight (8) Development Strategies. For this purpose, recipient local government units are required to submit reports on the disbursement and utilization of the shares received to the MFBM copy furnished the MILG. The Bangsamoro Government shall endeavor to fully release the Share of the Constituent Local Government Units in taxes, fees and charges collected within the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region. The amount released shall be available for obligation and disbursement by the LGU until fully expended.
• Support to Constituent Local Government Units. The fund herein appropriated may also be made available upon the submission of Special Budget Request of Constituent LGUs for the following projects:
• implementation of agriculture-related programs and projects, such as: (a) provision of agricultural support services, which include planting materials distribution system and operation of farm produce collection and buying stations; (b) extension of on- site research services and facilities related to agriculture and fishery activities; (c) construction, restoration and improvement of infrastructure facilities, including farm-to-market roads, slaughterhouses, small water impounding projects, fishports, and water supply systems; and (d) provision of various production inputs for crops, livestock and poultry, and fisheries;
• implementation of programs, projects, activities to support locally thriving industries and development of local arts and crafts; (iii) implementation of programs, projects and activities for the protection, preservation and promotion of cultural heritage, including restoration, rehabilitation, repair, improvement and/or maintenance of local heritage structures and sites;
• Information and Communications Technology systems and infrastructure development, such as, but not limited to, establishment of Integrated Business Permit and Licensing System, and digitalization of payments for collections and disbursements, and purchase and installation of Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) Surveillance System;
• construction, concreting, rehabilitation, repair, improvement, expansion or upgrading of any of the following projects: (a) local roads/or bridges; (b) public markets; (c) multi-purpose buildings; (d) water supply and sanitation projects; and (e) public cemeteries;
• establishment of operation center and evacuation center with completed facilities, and provision of disaster equipment, early warning devices / system, to support camp coordination and camp management/evacuation management mechanism operations; (vii) establishment of Residual Containment and Materials Recovery Facility with sorting station, drop-off center, composting facility, and recycling facility; (viii) implementation of programs, projects and activities for disaster preparedness, response, rehabilitation, and recovery, which include provision of IEC Materials for different hazards, and procurement/acquisition of disaster equipment and vehicles for disaster response and rescue activities;
• assistance to the capacity development to DRRM and CCA activities such as LDRRMP, LCCAP, Contingency Plans, CBDRRM Trainings and Workshops and other related activities that may respond to any disaster;
• climate change adaptation and mitigation projects;
• purchase of ambulance, trucks, and multi-purpose vehicles; (xii) improvement and rehabilitation of local peace and order public safety facilities to ensure community security and protection, and crime prevention: CCTVs, street signages, etc.; (xiii) assistance to indigent individuals or families in any of the following forms: (a) medical; (b) burial; (c) transportation; (d) food assistance; and (e) educational assistance/scholarship; and (f) purchase of construction or repair materials for houses destroyed during human-induced or natural calamities, upon endorsement by the local social welfare and development office or equivalent of partially/totally destroyed houses.
• Financial Subsidy to Newly Created Local Government Units Pending the Release of their Share from the National Tax Allotment. The fund herein appropriated may be used for the funding requirements of the financial subsidy to the newly created municipalities and other Local Government Units (LGUs) that may be created. Provided, that the financial subsidy to the newly created LGUs shall only be available until such time that the LGU has been allocated its share in the national tax allotment, subject to usual accounting and auditing rules and regulations.
• Support to BARMM Barangays without National Tax Allotment. The fund herein appropriated may be used for the provision of subsidy to BARMM Barangays without National Tax Allotment, subject to the submission of validated list of beneficiary Barangays by the Ministry of the Interior and Local Government (MILG). The amount appropriated herein for (b), (c) and (d) once released, shall be made available for obligation and disbursement for the purpose specified until fully expended. Disbursement and utilization by the LGUs shall be subject to existing procurement laws and pertinent procurement policies issued by the Government Procurement Policy Board (GPPB), applicable budgeting, accounting and auditing rules and regulation, and such other guidelines to be issued for the purpose. The fund shall be released to the local government units by the MFBM through the BTO upon compliance with the requirements as may be prescribed by the MFBM. For this purpose, the MFBM may issue guidelines on the release and reporting of funds.?

Bangsamoro Support Fund to Judiciary. The amount of Thirty Million Three Hundred Sixty Thousand Pesos (₱ 30,360,000.00) herein appropriated as Bangsamoro Support Fund to Judiciary shall be available for the funding requirements of the financial assistance to the Courts operating within BARMM.