P19-M Cordillera CCT funds unreleased

BAGUIO CITY, Philippines – The Department of Social Welfare and Development has yet to release more than P19 million in conditional cash transfer (CCT) funds for the Cordillera region, the Commission on Audit (COA) has discovered.

The COA said the amount is supposed to benefit at least 6,300 children for six months. There are around 59,000 family-beneficiaries of the CCT program in the Cordillera Autonomous Region.

CCT beneficiaries receive P500 in monthly allowance for health and nutrition expenses, while P300 is given per child for educational expenses. A household with three children receives a maximum of P1,400 a month.