EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS )
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
First Regular Session )
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
introduced by Representative Rufus B. Rodriguez
House Bill No.
EXPLANATORY NOTE

Article 15, Section 1 of the 1987 Philippine Constitution provides:

“The State recognizes the Filipino family as the foundation of the
nation, Accordingly, it shall strengthen its solidarity and actively
promote its total development.”

Fundamental changes in the demographics and economics of family life in the
country over the past 20 years have had a profound effect on children and their parents.

‘As the number of women working outside the home has been steadily increasing,
there ie 2 need to support community-based family resource and support programs that
promote healthy child development and increase parental competency Investment in
Promoting the development of family resource and support programs will reap long-term
benefits for individual families and the nation as a whole.

This bill seeks to establish a national center for information and technical assistance

relating to all types of family resource and support programs; hence, immediate approval
hereof is earnestly recommended.

RUFUS B. RODRIGUEZ


EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS )
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
First Regular Session )

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Introduced by Representative Rufus B. Rodriguez
1856

House Bill No.

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 “Family Resource Act.”

SEC 2. Purpose. - Itis 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
{@) assist parents in enhancing their children's development to assure that thelr children
enter school prepared and ready to learn,

SEC 3. Definition. - As used in this Act, the term “family resource and support programs”
See e community-based services that offer sustained assistance to familes at various
Stages in their development. Such services shall promote parental competencies and
Haars ore that wil lead to the healthy and positive personal development of parents and
children through

(i) 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 olhet formal
re informal resources and opportunities for assistance that are available within the
communities of such families; and

(@) 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. -
(@) 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 (a) shall serve as
a national information, training, technical assistance and material development source for
family resource and support programs. Such center shall—
4) establish a clearinghouse to develop and maintain @ data base on all 'ypes of
family resource and support programs;
2) 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 conceming the most
effective model programs;

3) develop and sponsor a variety of training institutes and curicula for family
resource and support program staff,

4) identify ‘several model programs representing the various types of family
tesource and support programs to develop technical assistance materials and
Setivities to assist other agencies in establishing family resource and support
programs; and

5) develop nationwide networks of family resource and support programs for the
purpose of sharing and disseminating information

SEC 6. Evaluation. - The Secretary of Health shall, through grants or contracts awarded or
aercred 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
4) 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 oF
srconatituticnal, 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
Sf 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,