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AGENCY ACTION PLAN and STATUS of IMPLEMENTATION RESULTS of COA VALIDATION
Agency Action Plan (for Partially Implemented
and Not Implemented Recommendations) Reason for Actual
Status of Partial/Delay/ Action Date Status of
Audit Action Plan/ Target Implementation
Ref. Audit Observations Person/ Implemen- Non- Taken/Action Follow Implemen- Remarks
Recommendations Remarks Department Implementati Implementation, Date
Responsible tation to be Taken Up tation
on Date if applicable
From To From To
severely affected by President was was held between the Canlaon and Tanjay. However,
the El Niño may not distributed to its PSWDO, Department evaluation of the submitted
have reached its intended of Agriculture (DA) – documents showed that these
intended beneficiaries, the Province, and lacked sufficient supporting
beneficiaries, as the farmers, fisherfolk, Department of Social evidence to validate that the
supporting documents and other Welfare and cash assistance was granted to
do not show that the marginalized Development (DSWD) individuals severely affected by
Department of families affected – Province. In the said the El Niño phenomenon, as
Agriculture (DA) and by the El Niño meeting, the required under Item 3(a) of the
Department of Social phenomenon, in guidelines for the Deed of Donation between the
Welfare and order to ensure distribution of the Office of the President (OP) and
Development (DSWD) that the objectives P49.870 million cash the Provincial Government of
was involved in of the grant were assistance from the Negros Oriental (PGNO).
identifying the achieved. Office of the President
beneficiaries, while was discussed and While the certifications issued by
the supporting papers established held last social workers attesting to the
submitted pertained to July 8, 2024. beneficiaries’ eligibility may form
the “Ayuda sa Kapos part of the required
ang Kita Program” The Minutes shows documentation, these
(AKAP), a separate that the certifications merely stated that
DSWD initiative to representatives of the the beneficiaries were affected
low-income families said government by inflation and were not
and individuals facing offices came to a substantiated with verifiable
economic hardships consensus to evidence such as:
due to inflation, which undertake the (a) Assessment reports or
may render the following: evaluation tools supporting the
disbursements illegal. social workers’ determination
1. To include in the beyond the information
classification “Other contained in the GIS, which only
marginalized lists personal details and does
families/households” not establish the basis for
not only the vulnerable identifying individuals or
and disadvantaged, households severely affected by
but also farmers and the El Niño phenomenon; and
fisherfolk. Such (b) Photographic evidence or
consensus was arrived other supporting documentation
at so that there will be demonstrating the actual
only one office, the adverse effects of El Niño
Local Social Welfare experienced by the
and Development beneficiaries.
Office of the various