To make the Emergency Shelter Assistance (TAYO BAHAY) relevant and responsive to current needs of the beneficiaries AO No. 75, series of 1989 is hereby amended. The Tulong Ayos Bahay (TAYO BAHAY) refers to the extension of limited financial and or material assistance to help families construct/repair their houses which are partially or totally destroyed by natural and/or man-made disasters.

TAYO BAHAY as an ESA strategy also makes use of Social preparation and mobilization of beneficiaries and community to insure its effectiveness. The service therefore is preceded by the mobilization of neighbors, barangay councils, NGOs to donate materials, labor and utilization of the bayanihan scheme to help the client repair their damaged houses.

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Objectives

1.1 To provide assistance not exceeding Two Thousand Pesos (P2,000.00) in the rehabilitation of disaster victims particularly in the repair, strengthening and construction of partially damaged and totally destroyed houses as a result of natural or man-made disasters.

1.2 To maximize the participation and draw the commitment of the beneficiaries and neighborhood to make their houses livable and hazard resistant.

1.3 To develop and promote the value of self-reliant among the beneficiaries and the community as well.

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Eligibility Requirements

The disaster victims who are eligible for ESA - TAYO BAHAY are the following:

2.1 Families whose monthly income is below food threshold of P1,400.00 for a family of six in urban centers of P1,200 in rural areas.

2.2 Those whose houses were partially destroyed by natural and man-made disasters and have limited resources to repair their shelter units.

2.3 Those whose houses were totally destroyed but do not meet the criteria for Core Shelter.

2.4 Those whose partially destroyed houses to be repaired are not located in high risk areas such as shorelines, riverbanks, near the dam and low lying areas which are easily flooded.

2.5 Priority will be given to clustered beneficiaries to promote mutual assistance, collaborative labor and transfer of technology of hazard/typhoon resistant features of shelter.

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Definition of Terms

For the purpose of these guidelines the following definition will hold:

Totally destroyed houses refers to houses that are not livable either because they are completely missing or completely destroyed although some materials can still be salvaged from the site and will have to be replaced.

Partially damaged houses refers to houses that can be repaired and do not need to be replaced. These can either be damaged but not livable or damaged but livable.

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General Policies

The following policies shall govern the implementation of ESA:

4.1 Financial assistance for the repair of the partially damaged and those totally damaged houses whose owner do not meet the criteria for Core Shelter shall be based on cost of materials to be used but not to exceed two thousand pesos (P2,000.00).

4.2 Indigenous materials available in the locality shall be used to maximize utilization of the limited financial assistance.

4.3 DSWD Provincial and City Branches concerned shall canvass and accredit construction dealers who can provide materials at the lowest cost and/or give the standard 30 days credit to the beneficiaries.

4.4 Priority shall be given to beneficiaries who are accessible to transportation for monitoring and supervision.

4.5 Direct Service Workers shall handle not more than one hundred (100) ESA - TAYO BAHAY cases to ensure efficient case management. However, if the worker has trained volunteers to assist in the supervision and monitoring, the worker shall be given additional 50 cases per volunteer.

4.6 The Welfare Assistant shall collect from ESA beneficiaries receipts of the materials purchased and a financial statement to ensure that the assistance was used for the purpose it was intended.

4.7 The ESA - TAYO BAHAY may be supplemented by Food-for-Work (FFW) for the maximum period of 7 days per damage house. Only one member of the family, the head or an adult member shall be entitled to Food-for-Work and receive food assistance worth P20.00 per man day to receive partially replace the income lost while repair of the house undertaken by the client.

4.8 The Core Shelter Assistance Project Foremen in the municipality or province, and the Regional Technical Consultant shall assist the clients in their repair plan to ensure a hazard resistant and the adoption of the special typhoon resistant features of CSAP. In the absence of the Core Shelter Project, the region shall be provided a copy of the Core Shelter Plan as reference for the Welfare Assistants on the details of the typhoon resistant features.

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Implementation Guidelines

5.1 The Supervising Social Welfare Officer shall undertake the following:

5.1.1 Handle and facilitate the conduct of the social preparation of the beneficiaries.

5.1.2 Ensure maximum participation of the community volunteers at appropriate service components.

5.1.3 Organize and come up with a viable community structure for community development.

5.1.4 Ensure that the assistance is really utilized for the purposes.

5.1.5 Monitor implementation of the service.

5.2 Under the general supervision of the SSWO, the Welfare Assistant shall undertake the following activities immediately after the relief operations:

5.2.1 Identify eligible clients in coordination with the Municipal Relief and Rehabilitation Committee, and prepare masterlist which includes name of family head, number of dependents, address and proneness to hazard, family income, percentage of damage to the house, year when previous assistance was received if any, number of neighbors similarly eligible to ESA. Please refer to attached form (Appendix I).

5.2.2 Help the client assess the family ™s needs and resources to repair/reconstruct the damaged house and prepare specifications for the repair plan, adopting the special feature of Core Shelter Units if possible to make it hazard resistant.

5.2.3 Refer plan to Core Shelter Assistance foreman for approval of materials and cost.

5.2.4 Endorse specifications and financial requirements and the corresponding vouchers for payment of financial assistance.

5.2.5 Explain to clients the required receipts and financial statement to account for the assistance received within a week after repair of house is completed.

5.2.6 Follow-up the submission of official receipt and financial statement of expenses incurred in the purchase of repair materials two weeks after the repair/reconstruction of house is completed.

5.2.7 Refer client to SSWO if there is need for collaboration with other families to pool their labor and other resources to hasten the repair/reconstruction of their houses.

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Monitoring and Reporting

6.1 The Supervising Social Welfare Officer shall monitor the project and submit a monthly status report on the ESA implementation to the Branch Office in the form prescribed for the purpose, not later than the first week of the succeeding month.

6.2 The Provincial/City Social Welfare Officer shall consolidate data submitted by the Supervising Social Welfare Officers and forward report to the Regional Office not later than the second week of the succeeding month.

6.3 The Regional Social Welfare Specialist for assistance shall review the reports, analyzing data as basis for consultation with Provincial/City Social Welfare Officer, consolidate status reports coming from the Branch Offices for submission by the Regional Directors.

6.4 The EA and CW Social Welfare Specialists of the Region, under the supervision of the ARD for Programs, together with the CSAP Regional Technical Consultant (If there ™s any) shall monitor the project and give technical assistance to direct service workers and/or beneficiaries based on the findings from the reports.

6.5 A technical report on rehabilitation service shall include accomplishment on ESA - TAYO BAHAY and shall discuss the effectiveness of the service.

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Evaluation

7.1 The ARD for Programs shall conduct an annual internal program audit and also submit a brief evaluation report on the effectiveness of the program based on its effect to the beneficiaries and indicate the strategies used, problems encountered in the implementation of the Emergency Shelter Assistance - Tulong Ayos Bahay.

7.2 Program Audit shall be conducted by the BEA Analysis to determine the effectiveness of the assistance after 2 years of implementation.

The increase rate for ESA is dependent on availability of funds.

Adopted: 5 Nov. 1990

(Sgd.) MITA PARDO DE TAVERA, M.D.
Secretary