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The Municipal Social Welfare and Development provides social protection and promote the rights and welfare of the poor, vulnerable and disadvantages individual, family and community to contribute to poverty alleviation and empowerment. There are six types of clientele being served by the Office of the Municipal Social Welfare and Development namely: Family heads and others needy adults (FHONA), children, youth, disabled, elderly and the distressed/displaced families with problems of relationships.

Presently, a more or less 4,669 families are enrolled in the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program. These families were granted a cash assistance to supply the gaps of health and education of children. They were also required and equipped with necessary Family Development Session in term of: Values Formation, Different Laws that are relevant and applicable for their daily lives, entrepreneurial skills, health and wellness, reproductive health and etc . 4Ps beneficiaries were also even priority to avail livelihood assistance under Sustainable Livelihood Program for those deserving, skillful and willingness. 4Ps beneficiaries assisted also to acquire employment to those skilled 4Ps household heads. And even, educational Assistance for children willing and deserving to pursue their college education.

Child Development Program provides for the social development of children ages 3-4 years old including its nutritional status and education. Presently, the 20 brgys have their Child Development Center and their respective Child Development Teachers/Workers. However, at present, there are only 3 Child Development Center and Child Development Teachers that are not yet accredited since structures do not follow with the standards. Through Supplementary Feeding Program of DSWD, as recipient for 6th cycle, we conducted regular monitoring of the nutritional status.

There are more or less 3,400 registered senior citizens in town, 2,668 registered as of 2015. The Local Government has constructed a Senior Citizens Center which serves a venue for the senior citizens affairs and activities, however, the center needs to comply with the standards to pass the accreditation. Presently, there are 1,128 Senior Citizens who availed of the Social Pension Program of the DSWD.

For the welfare of the persons with disability and youth, MSWD has initiated organizing and strengthening this type of clientele through providing skills training for livelihood opportunities and issuing National I.D. for PWD’s, and also Purchase slip for medicines discount.

New Corella is in need of Crisis Intervention Center as temporary shelter ( 1 -2 nights) for clientele especially those children in conflict with the law, women in crisis(VAWC victim), aloft/loss elderly and loss mentally ill individual before finally given an intervention whether turning back to families or to other institution that provide the appropriate serves. The Luntiang Paraiso Rehabilitation Center is one of the social welfare that caters drugs/alcoholic dependents that undergo rehabilitation process. The Bahay Pag-asa Center that is now operated for 1 year, will cater child in conflict with the law, not committed a heinous crime which clientele should have a court order/court resolution.