Article 82p. 82

ADMINISTRATIVE CODE AND LAW OF PUBLIC OFFICERS TEXT AND RULES

SECTION 2. Mandate . — The Department shall provide

a balanced approach to welfare whereby the needs and

interests of the population are addressed not only at the

outbreak of crisis but more importantly at the stage

which would inexorably lead to such crisis. Following such

strategy, the Department's objectives shall be to:

(1) Care for, protect and rehabilitate the physically and

mentally handicapped and socially disabled constituents,

for effective social functioning;

(2)

Provide

an

integrated

welfare

package to its

constituents on the basis of their needs and coordinate

the service facilities required from such departments or

agencies, governmental and non-governmental, which

can best provide them;

(3) Arrest the further deterioration of the socially

disabling

or

dehumanizing

conditions

of

the

disadvantaged

segment

of

the

population

at

the

community level; and

(4) Advocate for policies and measures addressing

social welfare concerns.

SECTION 3. Powers and Functions . — To accomplish

its mandate and objectives, the Department shall:

(1) Formulate, develop and implement plans, programs

and

projects

in

the

field

of

social

welfare

and

development;

(2) Adopt policies to ensure effective implementation

of programs for public and private social welfare services;

(3)

Promote,

support

and

coordinate

the

establishment,

expansion

and

maintenance

of

non-governmental social welfare facilities, projects and

services;

(4) Establish, operate, maintain and otherwise support

institutional

facilities,

projects

and

services

for

its

constituents;

(5)

Promote,

build

and

strengthen

people's

organizations for a self-directing welfare system at the

grassroots level;

(6) Promote, support and coordinate networks and

facilities for the identification and delivery of appropriate

interventions to its welfare constituents;

(7) Accredit institutions and organizations engaged in

social welfare activities and provide consultative and

information services to them;

(8)

Undertake researches and studies on matters

pertaining to its constituency;

(9)

Initiate,

promote

and

maintain

bilateral

and

multilateral

linkages,

for

technical

cooperation,

in

coordination with the Department of Foreign Affairs;

(10)

Provide

advisory

services

and

develop

and

implement

training

standards

and

programs

for

personnel, social workers and students and third-country

participants for career and staff development in social

welfare activities;

(11) Disseminate information and publish technical

bulletins on social welfare and development;

(12) Deputize law enforcement agencies to assist in the

implementation of laws, rules and regulations for the

protection of the rights of the exploited, abused and

disadvantaged;

(13)

Regulate

fund drives, public solicitations and

donations for charitable or welfare purposes;

(14) Set standards, accredit and monitor performance

of all social welfare activities in both public and private

sectors;

(15) Exercise functional and technical supervision over

social workers in other government settings or agencies

like courts, hospitals, schools and housing projects;

(16)

Deputize

local

government

units

and

other

agencies of government as are necessary in providing

disaster relief;

(17)

Coordinate

all

activities

pertaining

to

the

implementation

of

programs

and

services

for

the

disabled, the aging and other socially disadvantaged; and

(18) Perform such other functions as may be provided

by law.

SECTION

4.

Organizational

Structure .

— The

Department,

aside

from

the

Department

Proper

comprising the Office of the Secretary, the Offices of the

Undersecretaries

and

Assistant

Secretaries

and

the

Services, shall consist of the Bureaus, Regional Offices,

Provincial/City Offices and Municipal/District Offices.

CHAPTER 2 Department Proper

SECTION 5. Office of the Secretary . — The Office of

the Secretary shall consist of the Secretary and the

Secretary's immediate staff, and the Public Affairs and

Liaison Service.

SECTION 6. Undersecretaries . — The Secretary shall

be assisted by two (2) Undersecretaries, at least one of

whom must belong to the career executive service. One

Undersecretary shall supervise internal operations while

the

other

Undersecretary

shall

handle

the

liaison

between the Secretary and the attached agencies of the

Department.

SECTION 7. Assistant Secretaries . — The Secretary

shall

also

be

assisted

by

three

(3)

career Assistant

Secretaries who shall respectively perform the following

functions:

(1)

Supervise

the

Personnel

Development Service;

Administrative Service and Financial Service;

(2) Supervise the Bureau of Child and Youth Welfare;

Bureau

of

Women's

Welfare;

Bureau

of

Family

Community Welfare; Bureau of Emergency Assistance;

and Bureau of Disabled Persons' Welfare;

(3) Supervise the Planning and Monitoring Service and

the Legal Service, and assist the Undersecretary and the

Secretary

in

matters

pertaining

to regional or field

operations.

CHAPTER 3 Department Services

SECTION

8.

Services

of

the

Department .

— The

Services listed in Section 7(1) and (3) hereof and the Public

Affairs and Liaison Service shall respectively have the

following functions:

(1) The Personnel Development Service shall provide

the Department with services relating to manpower,

career

planning

and

development,

personnel

transactions, and employee welfare;

(2) The Financial Service shall provide the Department

with services relating to budget, collection, disbursement,

and other financial matters;

(3)

The

Administrative

Service

shall

provide

the

Department

with

services

relating

to

records,

correspondence,

supplies,

property

and

equipment,

security and general services;

(4) The Planning and Monitoring Service shall provide

technical services to the Department in the areas or

overall

policy

formulation,

strategic

and

operational

planning, management systems or procedures, and the

evaluation and monitoring of Department programs,

projects and internal operations;

(5) The Legal Service shall provide the Department

with services on legal matters, especially on proposed

legislations;

(6) The Public Affairs and Liaison Service in the Office

of the Secretary shall provide public information services

and publications as well as coordinate and mobilize

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