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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City
EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS

First Regular Session

2077
HOUSE BILL NO.

Introduced by: “KUYA” JOSE ANTONIO R. SY-ALVARADO

AN ACT
TO ESTABLISH A NATIONAL CENTER FOR INFORMATION AND TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE RELATING TO ALL TYPES OF FAMILY RESOURCE AND SUPPORT
PROGRAMS

EXPLANATORY NOTE
Art. 15 Sec. 1 of the 1987 Philippine Constitution provides;

“The state recognized the Filipino family as the foundation of the nation. Accordingly, it
shall strengthen its solidarity and actively promote its total development”, since family is
considered as the foundation of the nation and the basic of society, it is the state’s responsibility to
protect its welfare.

Strong families ensure that their young children receive adequate food, shelter and medical
certification and also ensure that children live in a safe and stimulating environments in which to
explore and learn. Factors such as poverty, low education and family stress can compromise family
relationship by limiting opportunities for stimulation and responsive instructions within the family.

Family resource and support programs are designed to ensure that families are able to meet
their needs and overcome stressors that may impair family development. It will also enable families
to function more effectively and to provide a nurturing environment that will foster the health
development of every member of the family and the nation as whole.

Hence, this proposal is submitted for consideration

“KUYA” JOSE ANTONIO R. SY-ALVARADO{®
Representative
First District of Bulacan


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS

First Regular Session

2077
HOUSE BILL NO.

Introduced by: “KUYA” JOSE ANTONIO R. SY-ALVARADO

AN ACT
TO ESTABLISH A NATIONAL CENTER FOR INFORMATION AND TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE RELATING TO ALL TYPES OF FAMILY RESOURCE AND SUPPORT
PROGRAMS

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress
assembled:

SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the "Lingkod Pamilya Act."
SEC 2. Purpose. - It is the purpose of this Act to -

(1) Stimulate the development and expansion of family resource and support programs that
are prevention oriented;

(2) Encourage early intervention of such programs with families to ameliorate problem
situations before such situations become crises; and

(3) Assist parents in enhancing their children's development to assure that their children
enter school prepared and ready to learn.

SEC 3. Definition. - As used in this Act, the term "family resource and support programs”
means community-based services that offer sustained assistance to families at various stages in
their development. Such services shall promote parental competencies and behaviors that will lead
to the healthy and positive personal development of parents and children through:

(1) The provision of assistance to build family skills and assist parents in improving their
capacities to be supportive and nurturing parents;

(2) The provision of assistance to families to enable such families to use other formal and
informal resources and opportunities for assistance that are available within the communities of
such families; and

(3) The creation of supportive networks to enhance the childbearing capacity of parents and
assist in compensating for the increased social isolation and vulnerability of families.

SEC 4. Establishment of National Center on Family Resource and Support Programs. -

(a) Establishment. - The Secretary of Health shall establish, through grant or contract, a
national center for the collection and provision of programmatic information and technical
assistance that relates to all types of family resource and support programs.

(b) Functions. - The national center established under subsection shall serve as a national
information, training, technical assistance and material development source for family resource and
support programs. Such center shall establish a clearinghouse to develop and maintain a data base


on all types of family resource and support programs; develop and maintain a system for
disseminating information on all types of family resource and support programs and on the state of
family resource and support program development, including information concerning the most
effective model programs; develop and sponsor a variety of training institutes and curricula for
family resource and support program staff, identify several model programs representing the
various types of family resource and support programs to develop technical assistance materials
and activities to assist other agencies in establishing family resource and support programs; and
develop nationwide networks of family resource and support programs for the purpose of sharing
and disseminating information.

SEC 5. Evaluation. - The Secretary of Health shall, through grants or contracts awarded or
entered into with independent auditors, conduct evaluations and related activities, of family
resource and support programs, including -

1) Evaluations of on-going programs;
2) Process evaluations focusing on implementation strategies; and

3) The development of simple evaluation models for use by local family resource and
support programs.

SEC 6. Authorization of Appropriations. - To carry out the provisions of this Act, it is
hereby authorized to be appropriated from the National Treasury such sums as may be necessary
for each fiscal year.

SEC 7. Separability Clause. - If any provision or part hereof, is held invalid or
unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or the provision not otherwise affected shall remain valid
and subsisting.

SEC 8. Repealing Clause. - Any law, presidential decree or issuance, executive order, letter
of instruction, administrative order, rule or regulation contrary to or inconsistent with the provision
of this Act is hereby repealed, modified or amended accordingly.

SEC 9. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication
in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,