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Section 5Sec./Art. 5
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Functions of the Centers. - the centers are extensions of the fourteen (14) regional offices of the Department. They shall carry out the following functions:
Identify the needs, trainings, and opportunities of senior citizens in the cities and municipalities;
Initiate, develop and implement productive activities and work schemes for senior citizens in order to provide income or otherwise supplement their earnings in the local community;
Promote and maintain linkages with provincial government units and other instrumentalities of government and the city and municipal councils for the elderly and the Federation of Senior Citizens Association of the Philippines and other non-government organizations for the delivery of health care services, facilities, professional advice services, volunteer training and community self-help projects; and
To exercise such other functions which are necessary to carry out the purpose for which the centers are established.
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